#66 - Therapy Challenges in Autism & Gender Identity with Alan Dignam

Alan Dignam is a counsellor and psychotherapist accredited with the Irish Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (IACP) and a member of Psychologists Protection Society (PPS).

00:00 - Pluralistic Therapy
11:13 - The intersection of transgender people & ASD
25:45 - The double empathy problem
31:40 - The fear of diagnosis
38:04 - Self-diagnosis vs real diagnosis & social media
40:35 - The improvement in society & acceptance
47:30 - Where psychotherapy misses the mark
50:30 - Fear of getting it wrong
57:10 - The importance of having conversations
01:03:32 - The LGBT scene in 90's Ireland

Alan's links:

Website: www.dignamcounselling.com/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dignamcounselling/

My links:

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