|
Sonny Hallett@scrappapertiger.bsky.social |
175 followers 87 following 41 posts
Therapist, trainer & consultant. Autistic, trans, mixed race. Woodland creature. They/them
linktr.ee/scrappapertiger
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Also just reminded that Carl Rogers talked about clients moving from "fixity" and rigidity to "fluidity" in effective therapy, which seems to stand in such stark contrast to the fixed and rigid tendencies within the counselling profession.
1 replies 1 reposts 3 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Also, I feel like quotes like this is symbolic of problems in therapy training.
1 replies 0 reposts 1 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
*lolsob* Who is this "most of us"?
2 replies 3 reposts 13 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Conflating neurodiverse with neurodivergent is like conflating racial diversity with racially minoritised groups - it allows those with privilege to see themselves as 'outside' of these dynamics, and furthers our othering.
0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
'Neurodiverse conditions' isn't really a Thing. The word you're probably looking for is neurodivergent.
0 replies 1 reposts 0 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
I wish people would learn to apply the same meaning rules and logic to the word neurodiversity as they do with biodiversity. Would you call hippos or marmosets biodiverse creatures? No? Then stop calling autism and ADHD neurodiverse conditions š¤
1 replies 1 reposts 1 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Happy Autistic Pride Day!
0 replies 0 reposts 5 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Iām quite glad to be taking a bit more of a break this year from the level of talk and training intensity I put myself through last year, though I will be running a workshop at the Rainbow Therapy annual conference this September.
0 replies 0 reposts 1 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
YouTube version:
youtu.be/irIruFqFTMc?...
1 replies 1 reposts 1 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
A year ago today I presented my first keynote, in what turned out to be a year of big keynotes & talks. This was at the International Conf on Pluralistic Counselling & Psychotherapy. Itās about exploring neurodiversity and therapy via a walk in the woods:
medium.com/@sonnyhallet...
1 replies 1 reposts 3 likes
|
Thinking Person's Guide to Autism
@thinkingautism.bsky.social
[ View ] |
"There can be an immense sense of pressureāesp. in time-limited therapyāto dig right into sometimes deeply painful experiences that our monotropic processes might find hard to put down again from week to week, leaving some in a constant & unbearable state of crisis." By @scrappapertiger.bsky.social.
0 replies 4 reposts 8 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
I spoke at The National Autistic Society ās annual professionals conference last week on counselling and neurodiversity.
You can read the whole talk here:
medium.com/@sonnyhallet...
0 replies 0 reposts 5 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Just the *thought* of it šØ
0 replies 0 reposts 1 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
š±š”
1 replies 0 reposts 3 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Talk done, and some good questions at the end. This was my conference set up today. Note my lovely mushroom cup by Hannakin, also fidget slug and fidget bag clip with lego piece that fits perfectly into it.
0 replies 0 reposts 5 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Iām speaking at the National Autistic Society professionals conference this morning on counselling for different ways of being.
If you canāt tune in today, this piece covers similar ground and includes some nice pics and a video. Iāll share todayās text later on.
medium.com/@sonnyhallet...
1 replies 0 reposts 4 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Thanks Donnacha šæ
0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Some thoughts about growth, change, safety, and trees.
(Other person centred therapists might notice that this is a piece about the self-actualising tendency š )
medium.com/@sonnyhallet...
1 replies 3 reposts 4 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Some thoughts about growth, change, safety, and trees.
(Other person centred therapists might notice that this is a piece about the self-actualising tendency š )
medium.com/@sonnyhallet...
1 replies 3 reposts 4 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Evening doodling
0 replies 0 reposts 9 likes
|
Fergus
@ferrousmu.bsky.social
[ View ] |
I made @scrappapertiger.bsky.social a critter inspired by Kyrgyzstani sheep.
0 replies 1 reposts 3 likes
|
|
Fergus
@ferrousmu.bsky.social
[ View ] |
The first Christmas present @scrappapertiger.bsky.social opened, sitting on
@drrobertchapman.bsky.social's book like some kind of festive visual commentary.
0 replies 2 reposts 8 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Yeah that sounds great!
1 replies 0 reposts 1 likes
|
Shannon Rosa
@shannonrosa.bsky.social
[ View ] |
"Everything that happens in a day, from needing to eat, dress myself, and walk the dog; to projects for work, social demands, other uncertainties or worries, and illness or painā¦ take up some of my diminishing resources. It can therefore take a fairly trivial thing to bring them all crashing down."
1 replies 8 reposts 14 likes
|
|
Thinking Person's Guide to Autism
@thinkingautism.bsky.social
[ View ] |
The holiday season is also often autistic meltdown season. If you experience meltdowns, @scrappapertiger.bsky.social hopes their experiences are relatable, helpful, or encouraging. For non-autistics, some insights on how your reactions could helpāor hinder.
0 replies 20 reposts 31 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
I wasn't thrilled about having to take the dog out in the cold and wet (and neither was she!) but it was totally worth it to get to see my first Bohemian waxwing, right up close in a neighbour's front garden! I ran back with my big camera but sadly they'd left, but I did get these phone pics.
2 replies 0 reposts 16 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Iāve been doing some woodcarving recently, and made this otter from basswood for a friend
1 replies 0 reposts 10 likes
|
Sooz
@soozbz.bsky.social
[ View ] |
In each piece I've read by them, @scrappapertiger.bsky.social does an absolutely beautiful job of articulating how it feels to be different. This one is no exception.
2 replies 3 reposts 7 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Thank you ā¤ļø
0 replies 0 reposts 1 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
"Difference itself, variation, is always present everywhere, enriching and inherent to life. What normality does, however, is to ensure that difference makes a difference - that it takes away from some people's power and autonomy and adds to others'." Nick Totton, Different Bodies
0 replies 1 reposts 4 likes
|
|
Shannon Rosa
@shannonrosa.bsky.social
[ View ] |
"People who are different challenge normative assumptions just by existing, and through existing we are labelled trouble makersājust look at the gay panic of the 80s, or the trans panic now." Autistic therapist @scrappapertiger.bsky.social on their professional journey.
0 replies 4 reposts 11 likes
|
|
Thinking Person's Guide to Autism
@thinkingautism.bsky.social
[ View ] |
"Those of us who are different will feel the bumps and sharp edges that are actually hurting most of us, to some degree, and we should all care about that." From autistic therapist @scrappapertiger.bsky.social, on their professional journey.
0 replies 6 reposts 13 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
November sunflower in my front garden š® pretty sure it grew from one of the seeds dropped by another sunflower I planted earlier in the year!
0 replies 0 reposts 9 likes
|
Helen AutisticRealms
@autisticrealms.bsky.social
[ View ] |
@ferrousmu.bsky.social some images remind me of www.bps.org.uk/psychologist... & others on monotropism.org/explanations/
1 replies 2 reposts 6 likes
|
|
Thinking Person's Guide to Autism
@thinkingautism.bsky.social
[ View ] |
āNot everyone needs an official label. You can learn a lot about yourself without needing validation from professionals!ā However, āEmbrace Autism has a variety of quizzes designed to give you a sense of whether you are likely to be autistic.ā From @ferrousmu.bsky.social, on being monotropic.
0 replies 11 reposts 16 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Thanks so much for the overwhelming feedback and responses to my BACP AGM keynote talk this afternoon. I need a bit of time to come down from the adrenaline but looking forward to catching up on everyoneās comments on the train
In the meantime hereās the text to my talk:
medium.com/@sonnyhallet...
0 replies 2 reposts 7 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
This is a really important open letter to the BACP, and I encourage any therapists in the UK to take a look, and you are invited to add your name to it if you support it.
therapistconcerns.co.uk?fbclid=IwAR2...
0 replies 2 reposts 3 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Nightshades still going strong! Sugar rush peach stripey chillis, mystery tomatoes, orange snack peppers
0 replies 1 reposts 4 likes
|
Michael Hobbes
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social
[ View ] |
No one disputes that the crimes were bad! Killing random civilians is indefensible. ... Which is why it's indefensible to kill a bunch of civilians in response! Extremely basic principles deliberately elided by people who make arguments for a living.
16 replies 129 reposts 1108 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
There isnāt nearly enough covered in all types of training and ongoing supervision to support people to adequately respond to this invitation & challenge.
0 replies 0 reposts 1 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Just by existing we might be inviting practitioners, etc, to challenge their assumptions and expand their imaginations around how beings might authentically connect with each other.
1 replies 0 reposts 2 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
I think a lot of the challenges that ND folks encounter in therapy (& in education, social care, etc) can be linked to us being seen as ādangerousā in the ways in which our ways of being call for different ways of communicating or relating - that if met would challenge ānormalā ways of doing things.
1 replies 1 reposts 2 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
In order to preserve the domination of normative ways of being, difference that challenge this is presented as suspect or pathological: differences in intimacy, ways of relating, sensory connection, interpersonal relationships, communication, relationship with the outside world, internal experience.
1 replies 1 reposts 2 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
I think this is true with all types and scales of connection - within families and friendships, communities, professional, supportive and therapeutic, societal, political, etc.
1 replies 0 reposts 1 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Normative society preserves the status quo by perpetuating the narrative that neurodivergent people (and others who are different) are ābad at communicating and connectingā or doing it wrong, when really our existence says that communication and connection can and needs to be understood differently.
1 replies 3 reposts 11 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Today š
0 replies 0 reposts 9 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Recent fungi and plant summary:
0 replies 0 reposts 4 likes
|
|
Fergus
@ferrousmu.bsky.social
[ View ] |
The campaign against trans people's human rights and healthcare has been ratcheted up yet another notch at the Conservative Party conference.
We *need* cis allies to educate themselves enough to challenge lies being staff around about trans people.
This document could help...
rtie.org/trans-facts/
1 replies 5 reposts 8 likes
|
Ann Memmott (She/they)
@annmemmott.bsky.social
[ View ] |
www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Ooo, this is an interesting new bit of autism research. The AQ test is indeed gender-biased, it seems, as so many of us have been saying for quite some time. Needs reworking to make it fair to all genders.
2 replies 13 reposts 34 likes
|
|
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger.bsky.social
[ View ] |
I wrote some thoughts about strength, taking testosterone, therapy, and supporting each other in our communities. This piece is kind of about EDS, being trans, and trauma, but also about love, consistency, and care.
medium.com/@sonnyhallet...
0 replies 3 reposts 3 likes