The contact work primer

Popescu, Beatrice

doi:10.1037/e677112011-001

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“…Still, even motivated clients, regardless of neurotype, may struggle acquiring psychological contact. Garry Prouty's pre-therapy contact reflections, based in person-centered theory, may particularly help foster meaningful connection with persons in various states-of-Being, and along with simple check-ins can help ground the client (Sanders, 2007b;Prouty et al, 2002;Van Werde, 2007). Gendlin (1972) and Cohen (1981) Some example tragic outcomes include therapist-initiated harms (e.g., Dimidjian & Hollon, 2010;Lilienfeld, 2007;Stevens, 2017), self/other-directed harm and suicidal ideation (Lewis & Hasking, 2021;McGarry, 2020;Moerman, 2011), inauthenticity and masking (Beck et al, 2020;Miller et al, 2021;Pearson & Rose, 2021), avoidance of one's moment-to-moment experiencing, depression (Murphy, 2019), and mental ill-health (Rogers, 1959).…”

Section: Combatting the Double Empathy Problemmentioning

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De-centering Neuronormativity is an Imperative in Humanistic Psychotherapy: Towards a Neurodiversity-Informed, Person-Centered Approach

Bolton¹

2023

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Here, I bring attention to some of the ways psychotherapists operate within a neuronormative frame–how they use power structures and relational instrumentality to subjugate and oppress those of differing neurological backgrounds, relegating rather than elevating neurodivergent individuals. I call on humanistic therapists to consciously de-center this neuronormativity through heightened psychotherapeutic relationality, knowing-about, and introspection. I also offer a model of neurodivergent needs which therapists might use to better understand and support their clients.

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Section: Combatting the Double Empathy Problemmentioning

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De-centering Neuronormativity is an Imperative in Humanistic Psychotherapy: Towards a Neurodiversity-Informed, Person-Centered Approach

Bolton¹

2023

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“…This demonstrates that the individual is inherently worthy and valued. Hawkins (2014; although see Bolton, in press, for context with respect to reference language), provides three case studies demonstrating such interactions (and see Sanders, 2007a;Warner, 2014;Van Werde, 2007 for similar Proutian, pre-therapy processes).…”

Section: Contact As Relational Activism For the Meeting Of Needsmentioning

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On the Further De-Centering of Neuronormativity: Psychological Contact to Meet the Therapeutic Needs of Persons on the Autism Spectrum

Bolton¹

2023

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Building upon work presented elsewhere in this special issue of The Person-Centered Journal, focused on matters of power, pathology, and liberation, I write here on the role played by psychological contact in fostering relational activism. Specifically, I advocate from an autistic, lived-experience position that psychological contact engenders relational activism via unconditional positive regard, and discuss ways in which these processes can assist in the meeting of autistic and wider neurodivergent needs in therapy.

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The contact work primer

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De-centering Neuronormativity is an Imperative in Humanistic Psychotherapy: Towards a Neurodiversity-Informed, Person-Centered Approach

De-centering Neuronormativity is an Imperative in Humanistic Psychotherapy: Towards a Neurodiversity-Informed, Person-Centered Approach

On the Further De-Centering of Neuronormativity: Psychological Contact to Meet the Therapeutic Needs of Persons on the Autism Spectrum

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