Description
What does truly inclusive, trauma-informed mental health care look like for Neurodivergent individuals with intersecting marginalized identities?
Course Description:
Traditional mental health services for neurodivergent individuals often fail to account for the complex, overlapping identities —particularly those who are also part of marginalized racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual minority groups. This course explores Neurodivergent Intersectionality through the Neurodiversity Paradigm, highlighting the impact of epistemic injustice, minority stress, and systemic barriers in mental health services.
Designed for mental healthcare professionals including psychologists, counselors, social workers, and other therapists, this course integrates trauma-informed therapy practices that affirm Neurodivergent identity and address the compounding effects of racism, ableism, and heteronormativity in clinical settings. Participants will learn how to recognize institutional biases, validate lived experiences, and implement culturally responsive, neurodivergence-informed therapy approaches.
Through interactive discussions, case studies, and evidence-based strategies, participants will:
- Examine the intersection of neurodivergence, racial/ethnic identity, gender identity, and sexual minority status.
- Understand how epistemic injustice and minority stress contribute to poor mental health outcomes.
- Develop neurodiversity-affirming, trauma-informed clinical approaches.
- Identify barriers to equitable mental health care and advocate for systemic change.
► Presenter: Dr. Gabriela (Gaby) Hurtado Alvarado, Ph.D., a Licensed Psychologist
► 90 minutes of Professional Development credit
► On-Demand Course: Learners have access to the course for 180 days from the date of enrollment.
► For: Mental Healthcare Providers seeking to deepen their understanding and application of neurodiversity paradigm-centered practices.
✴✴✴ (Therapy Neurodiversity Collective Members, this course is included in your membership!)
Included:
☑ Course slide handout
☑ Course handout with summary and citations referenced in course
☑ Certificate of Attendance for 1.5 hours of professional development
Dr. Hurtado (she/hers/ella) has experience in the field of clinical psychology, with a particular focus on the mental health of Latinx/e adolescents and adults. Her clinical interests and practice involve crisis intervention, assessment and evaluation, and treatment of trauma and PTSD, and eating disorders. Dr. Hurtado area of expertise is the delivery of culturally-grounded interventions, as well conducting neuroaffirmative, culturally-grounded assessments and evaluations with immigrants and bicultural/bilingual adolescents and adults.
