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    Counselling Deconstructed  Post 1
    Christine Michailides
    • Apr 24
    • 2 min

    Counselling Deconstructed Post 1

    Counselling doesn't work for me. Here are 15 common reasons why people may be hesitant to participate in therapy. We hear this a lot from...
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    This post will be sad if you don't read it
    Christine Michailides
    • Jan 22
    • 2 min

    This post will be sad if you don't read it

    Extreme empathy towards inanimate objects/foodstuffs? Scraping food scraps into the bin causes anxiety, throwing away broken, torn,...
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    Neurodiversity Affirmation in Action
    Christine Michailides
    • Jan 15
    • 4 min

    Neurodiversity Affirmation in Action

    Bill Mason, the author of The Autism Discussion Page, is prolific in producing content on his Facebook page for free. Then, he compiles...
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    More Than Just Tastes
    Christine Michailides
    • Jan 10
    • 1 min

    More Than Just Tastes

    If an autistic child has restrictive and repetitive behaviours around eating, it is easy to assume, "oh that's just an autistic thing"...
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    Neurodiversity Affirmative Business Expansion
    Christine Michailides
    • Dec 7, 2021
    • 2 min

    Neurodiversity Affirmative Business Expansion

    Cherish Clinic is undergoing some major expansions right now to incorporate new therapists and as well as a couple of backend staff. ...
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    What is really happening when parents grieve their healthy children?
    Christine Michailides
    • Jul 2, 2021
    • 4 min

    What is really happening when parents grieve their healthy children?

    The reality is that most parents experience grieve their children's gender transition, sexual orientation, neurodiversity diagnoses, etc,...
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    Shifting Towards Neurodiversity Affirmative Practice
    Christine Michailides
    • Jun 25, 2021
    • 2 min

    Shifting Towards Neurodiversity Affirmative Practice

    It has been almost three years since I started my private practice specializing in neurodiverse children and families. I have always...
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    How to increase independence in our children?
    Christine Michailides
    • Feb 10, 2021
    • 3 min

    How to increase independence in our children?

    "If my kids screamed 'Mom, I need x!', one more time I am going to lose my mind!" a stressed-out parent vented in an ASD parenting...
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    Christine Michailides
    • Jan 30, 2021
    • 2 min

    Managing Our Own Pathological Demand Avoidance

    I am a adult with PDA and I am really struggling as in graudate level education. I have always love learning, I do like my education...
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    Parent Contribution: Accepting vs Being Supportive
    Christine Michailides
    • Jan 19, 2021
    • 3 min

    Parent Contribution: Accepting vs Being Supportive

    This is an anonymous parent contribution as a response to my last post. I recommend reading this even if it doesn't personally concern...
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    How do I explain gender identities to autistic children? Part 1
    Christine Michailides
    • Jan 15, 2021
    • 4 min

    How do I explain gender identities to autistic children? Part 1

    My 9-year-old son is obsessed with a classmate who uses the pronoun they/their/them. He keeps asking the child "are you a boy or girl?"...
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    Can Mask Refusal be a Demand Avoidant Behaviour?
    Christine Michailides
    • Jul 8, 2020
    • 2 min

    Can Mask Refusal be a Demand Avoidant Behaviour?

    There are many videos circulating the internet featuring adults having disproportionally large and public negative reactions when they...
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    Should parents show negative emotions around their children?
    Christine Michailides
    • Jun 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    Should parents show negative emotions around their children?

    "Recently, my 4-year-old daughter has been coming up to me and giving kisses when I look frustrated. I am more frustrated juggling work...
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