Neurodivergent Affirming Therapy: Rethinking Approaches for Autistic and ADHD Clients

by Amy Peters

Radically rethink how you work with Autistic and ADHD clients with this comprehensive and compassionate guide to neurodivergent affirming therapeutic practice.

Drawing on Amy Peters' lived experience and professional insight, this book explores how traditional therapeutic models can misinterpret or pathologize neurodivergent ways of being and offers a practical and affirming alternative.

Written with professionals in mind, this book introduces several original models developed by the author, which guide practitioners through neurodivergent experiences of trauma, emotional regulation and burnout. Reflection points, client insights and case studies invite readers to reflect on how this work can be integrated authentically into their current modality.

To support everyday practice, it also includes practical alternatives to deficit-based, neuronormative advice on common challenges such as anxiety, communication and motivation. These tools are grounded in an understanding of how neurodivergent minds work and are ready to be used directly with clients.

Each chapter closes with a unique section specifically for neurodivergent therapists, offering support and reflective prompts that help neurodivergent professionals understand how their identity shapes their work.

256 pages, Paperback

Published May 21, 2026

About the author

“Neurodivergent affirming practice isn’t about adding new tools. It’s about unlearning, reflecting, and confronting the ideas we’ve unconsciously absorbed." Amy Peters https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Amy is an experienced therapist, trainer, and speaker specialising in neurodivergence and she’s proudly Autistic and ADHD herself.

Through her work as the founder of Newglade Counselling, Amy offers affirming, accessible support to neurodivergent individuals and those who work with them.

With a background in training therapists, creating impactful resources like the Neuro Cards, and supporting families and professionals alike, Amy brings both lived and clinical insight to everything she shares. Her book “Neurodivergent Affirming Therapy” is the culmination of years of learning, unlearning, and deep reflection, written to help others hold space with greater understanding and care.

Reviews

[Caroline · Rating 5 out of 5]

An absolutely essential book for anyone working with neurodivergent individuals or clinicians who are neurodivergent themselves. I’ve read lots of books on this subject and, for me, this has been the most helpful personally and professionally. The writing style is so easy and also interesting to read. I started highlighting useful sections and had to stop because I was about to highlight the whole book! The references at the back are really helpful as well. Throughout the book I felt I was in safe hands and I think if you were to set up a clinic specifically for neurodivergent individuals this would be an automatic essential and I think anyone else who works therapeutically would benefit from this book. I hope she writes more books, maybe for people attending therapy or who want more information about neurodivergence because I think her writing style would lend itself so well to this.
Thank you to NetGalley for providing this book for my consideration, this is all my own rambling, honest and personal opinion.

[Helen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book - useful, accessible and well explained on the topic of being neurodivergent, being a therapist of a neurodivergent person or being a neurodivergent therapist.
Some of the items you may well already know but it’s good to have them all in one useful resource. Thanks to NetGalley and Jessica Kingsley publishing for the ARC.

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