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Danielle Aubin, LCSW

Nov 11, 20232 min read

Being thin was part of my mask

I read a statistic recently that 20-30% of people diagnosed with eating disorders are autistic.

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Danielle Aubin, LCSW

Nov 10, 20232 min read

Can you see the problem here??

Not only does mainstream culture mostly offer puzzle pieces and retreats for people “touched by autism” but good luck finding autism...

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Danielle Aubin, LCSW

Nov 7, 20232 min read

Mama is an AuDHD'er

For most disabled parents including parents who are autistic/AuDHD/2e, etc, it is usually pretty clear what we need to support our wellbeing

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Danielle Aubin, LCSW

Nov 4, 20232 min read

Embracing being an autistic parent

When I am at my lowest points, I also wonder if I should have had kids. It can be a real struggle for me sometimes.

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Becoming your own therapist, self-healing, and hyper-individualism

Danielle Aubin, LCSW

Oct 29, 20232 min read

Becoming your own therapist, self-healing, and hyper-individualism

The Euro-Western world is obsessed with individualism and it is no surprise that therapy has become a tool....

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Therapy is the epitome of where neurotypical culture is reinforced

Danielle Aubin, LCSW

Oct 28, 20232 min read

Therapy is the epitome of where neurotypical culture is reinforced

All of the times that I felt I wasn’t good enough or professional enough, due to being (late-discovered) AuDHD, came rushing in.

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Danielle Aubin, LCSW

Oct 21, 20232 min read

Autistic traits are all connected

When we see lists of autistic traits, they seem separate and unrelated to each other.

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Danielle Aubin, LCSW

Oct 17, 20231 min read

Announcing a new membership offering!

I am beyond thrilled to announce that My Autistic Therapist is growing and expanding into the membership world!

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Danielle Aubin, LCSW

Oct 15, 20232 min read

Autistic skill regression vs. Unmasking

Unmasking and skill regression can look similar.

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Black and white thinking was (partially) what kept me from knowing I was autistic

Danielle Aubin, LCSW

Oct 3, 20232 min read

Black and white thinking was (partially) what kept me from knowing I was autistic

The most ironic thing about being autistic is that my autistic brain struggled with believing that I was autistic.

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I feel like an outsider in both the allistic and autistic world.

Danielle Aubin, LCSW

Sep 30, 20232 min read

I feel like an outsider in both the allistic and autistic world.

And yet, I feel like I don’t fully belong to either the allistic or autistic world 100%. I arrived late here...

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I've always felt like I was missing something.

Danielle Aubin, LCSW

Sep 29, 20232 min read

I've always felt like I was missing something.

Growing up as an (undiscovered) multiply neurodivergent person, I’ve always felt like I was missing key information.

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Danielle Aubin, LCSW

Sep 25, 20232 min read

Let's talk about 2e (twice exceptional)

The majority of 2e clients that come to see me have had very “successful” (according to allistic standards, anyway) careers

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Existential therapy is what works for my autistic brain

Danielle Aubin, LCSW

Sep 24, 20232 min read

Existential therapy is what works for my autistic brain

No one is the expert, we are both just live forms on a spinning planet trying to figure stuff out. It feels REAL.

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Neurodivergence-Affirming is more radical than you think

Danielle Aubin, LCSW

Sep 23, 20232 min read

Neurodivergence-Affirming is more radical than you think

So, what is neurodivergence-affirming therapy? For one, it is way more radical than you think.

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Danielle Aubin, LCSW

Sep 19, 20232 min read

AuDHD & Morbid Curiosity

My brain is an analysis machine and the emotional pull a topic has, the more my brain wants to turn it over and examine it inch by inch.

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Danielle Aubin, LCSW

Sep 18, 20232 min read

Internalized ableism and self-torment

Hands down the number #1 issue I see is internalized ableism that ultimately turns into self-torment.

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Danielle Aubin, LCSW

Sep 17, 20232 min read

Decolonizing parenting

So, like with any problem I encounter, I dove into books and research.

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What autistic skill regression can look like

Danielle Aubin, LCSW

Sep 16, 20232 min read

What autistic skill regression can look like

When I first heard of skill regression being related to autistic burnout, I thought I had never gone through it.

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Danielle Aubin, LCSW

Sep 15, 20232 min read

Pre-birth meeting with the universe

Real transcript of my pre-birth meeting with the universe

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