Building capacity for neurodiversity-affirming therapy across Ontario and Canada

Wendy McGuire

MSW, RSW, PhD

Registered Social Worker

After many years of research and teaching in University settings, I made an abrupt mid-life career change to work with the neurodivergent. There were few, if any, services for neurodivergent adults at the time. I wanted to change that. It was personal. I am a mom, friend, colleague, teacher and therapist to neurodivergent people of all ages and walks of life.

Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy, Training and Advocacy

Finding a counsellor who understands your neurotype can be challenging. But if you identify as neurodivergent, love someone who is, or might be, or want to explore the possibility for yourself, you have come to the right place. Visit my clinical practice, Scattergram Counselling and Consulting here.

Counselling and Therapy

The Scattergram approach to counselling and therapy ranges from highly structured, psychoeducational, and skills-based to unstructured, creative, and insight-based, moving back and forth between the goals of acceptance and change.

The Scattergram Approach

Consulting and Supervision

Wendy McGuire MSW, RSW, PhD provides various kinds of consulting and supervision to students, therapists and related health and mental health service providers to build competence in working with neurodivergent clients..

Building Capacity

The A.C.C.E.P.T. Program™

The underlying philosophy of Scattergram, which permeates all of our services and training, is embodied in our trademarked A.C.C.E.P.T. Program.

  • Assertive
  • Curious
  • Connected
  • Exceptional
  • Perceptive
  • Tolerant

The Foundation

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More about me

Typical clients I work with may include teenagers struggling to understand who they are and navigate school and social relationships, late diagnosed adults who wonder what their diagnosis means, adults who have self-diagnosed but continue to question, individuals who are tired of masking or suffering from autistic burnout, couples who are not getting what they want from their relationship and struggle to communicate about it, and neurodivergent youth and adults who want to meet other neurodivergent folks and figure these, and other, things out together.

As a counsellor: I provide traditional counselling services for mental health struggles (anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, self-harm, sex and gender identity stuff, etc.). I also provide non-traditional counselling based on my understanding of how neuroatypical brains and nervous systems work.

As an educator: I work to build capacity for neurodiversity-affirming educational and mental health services and workplaces in Canada. In a neurotypical world, the burden falls on the neurodivergent to adapt, at any cost. But round pegs don’t fit into square holes. The only way all neurotypes can coexist with an equal chance of being understood and respected is if we build understanding around difference and stop privileging typical brains over all others. To solve the problems of our world, we need neuroatypical brains! My training workshops are based on research and professional and lived experience.

The A.C.C.E.P.T. Groups

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Explore our Groups for ND Adults >30, couples and the ND Room for grades 7-12 here.

 

Canadian Neurodiversity Affirming Therapists (CNDAT) Facebook group

The place to be for neurodivergent therapists and therapists for the neurodivergent. Seriously, we are like the neurodivergent Illuminati. Join here

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