Support for Neurodiverse Grievers | 1 CE Credit

CARE Counseling has partnered with Kailey Bradley, MA, LPCC-S, NCC, FT to provide a Grand Rounds training on how to support Neurodiverse grievers. Neurodiversity is a model that affirms that brains that operate differently aren’t deficient but rather -they are simply different. There are many misconceptions about neurodiversity. One is that individuals who are neurodiverse are not emotional. Emotions may just be experienced differently - many neurodiverse individuals have a higher sensitivity and feel emotions deeply and learned that in order to appear “normal” they mask how they are truly feeling, which results in uncertainty and unfamiliarity with how to express and label emotions. Providers can be compassionately curious with their neurodiverse clients about how emotions show up and present and offer safe spaces where masking does not have to occur.  

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Level of programing is introductory; assumes minimal familiarity with the topic. 

The CARE Grand Rounds is intended to help attendees: 

• Summarize the neurodiversity paradigm 
• Name three common misconceptions about neurodiversity 
• Identify one way to cultivate a safe space for neurodiverse clients

The presentation is designated for CARE psychologists and mental health professionals (LP, LPC/LPCC, MFT/LMFT, LGSW/LICSW, LADC), pre-licensed mental health practitioners, and students. 

CARE Counseling is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CARE maintains responsibility for this program and its content.  

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About the Presenter: 

Kailey Bradley, MA, LPCC-S, NCC, FT, is a licensed counselor, doctoral student, and adjunct professor of Thanatology. She has conducted over 75 presentations on a wide range of grief related subjects and currently has 8 peer-reviewed publications. She has a background as a hospice bereavement coordinator. Her interest in childhood bereavement has been acknowledged through the Association for Childhood and Adolescent Counseling where she was awarded as an emerging leader in 2024. She is also currently doing research on the impact of pediatric illness on families. She is active in local, regional, and state counseling organizations where she is currently the NCACEs graduate-student representative, president of the Association of Child and Adolescent Counseling Ohio, president-elect of the Ohio Association for Spiritual Religious and Ethical Values in Counseling, and an active member of the National Alliance for Children’s Grief, and the Association for Death Educators and Counselors. She also has a successful private practice and is passionate about clinical supervision and teaching young counselors and providing them with opportunities to grow and develop. 

*The speaker has indicated no conflicts of interest. There was no commercial support for this training.