Episode 154: Counseling In a Neurodiversity-Affirming World
What does it take to make a counseling practice neurodiversity-affirming? What do we need for the wider mental health community to understand or embrace in order to better support neurodivergent people? Dr. Andy Kahn from Understood.org is here to talk with Emily Kircher-Morris about these subjects and many more.
The Belin-Blank Center is a proud sponsor of episode 154, for more information, go to www.BelinBlank.org.
ABOUT THE GUEST
Dr. Andrew Kahn is a licensed psychologist specializing in working with neurodivergent individuals. He’s also the Associate Director of Behavior Change & Expertise for Understood.org.
His extensive experience within the public school system encompasses providing training, evaluation, consultation and therapeutic support to students, families and staff. Dr. Khan has also worked closely with underserved communities, and supported school committees to develop policies on mental health supports, suicide prevention, and access to learning interventions. Dr. Khan himself identifies as a person with learning and thinking differences.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Syracuse, and both master’s and doctoral degrees from Nova Southeastern University.