What if I sense a gap but can't quite name what's missing?

At a Glance

If you sense your understanding of autism is incomplete — but can't quite put words around what's missing — the gap is probably paradigmatic. You can't see a paradigm from inside it. The course was built to close exactly this kind of gap.

A particular kind of frustration

You may have done some autism CPD. You may have read articles, attended a webinar, absorbed the prevailing framework. You may already be working with autistic clients. And you may still have a quiet sense — not quite articulable — that something is incomplete. That the framework you're working within doesn't quite fit. That the therapeutic relationship, for all its warmth, isn't quite reaching where it could.

This is not a failure of attention or commitment. It is the nature of paradigm-level gaps. They are invisible from the inside. The preconceptions that shape your existing understanding don't show up as preconceptions while you hold them — they show up as common sense.

What the course does about it

The course doesn't just add to what you know. It changes how you see.

• A different lens — affirming rather than deficit-based; person-centred rather than diagnostic; identity-first rather than disorder-focused

• Lived experience throughout — interviews, content, and tutors who carry the knowledge in their bodies, not just their textbooks

• Specific concepts that close specific gaps — the double empathy problem, alexithymia, interoception, the toll of masking. Concepts you may have heard of without truly grasping their implications for therapy.

• Implementation work — taking the new lens into your own practice on the live workshop day, not leaving it at the level of "now I understand autism better"

What members describe afterwards

The language of paradigm shift recurs across testimonials.

The phrases — moved from, moves beyond, challenges conventional — describe the experience of finally holding a framework that fits what you intuitively felt was needed.

A quiet truth

The fact that you're asking the question — am I missing something? — is itself a good sign for the work you'll do as a practitioner. People who never ask the question are often the ones who shouldn't be doing the work.

You're not failing. You're paying attention. The course is built for people who pay attention.

Want to know more?

You can see full course details — including upcoming start dates and current pricing — at the Certificate in Working Therapeutically with Autistic Clients page.

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