David Moat talk on 'Psychotherapy for the autism spectrum'

Date:21st Oct 2010

Time:7:30pm

Where:Room 3, Meadows Community Centre, 1 St Catherine's Road, Cambridge, Cambs, CB4 3XJ

Who should attend?
Parents, carers and professionals with an interest in autism

Further information

This talk has been organised by the Cambridge Branch NAS and is free, however donations at the door will be gratefully received to cover the costs of room hire.  Click on this link for directions and bus information to the Meadows Community Centre. 

Psychotherapy for the autism spectrum

An evening talk from David Moat, an experienced practitioner and psychotherapist working with the autism spectrum. David will look at emotional perception and expression in autism, and how psychotherapy can be useful in achieving behavioural changes and anger management.

His starting point is that experiencing an autism spectrum disorder in a largely neuro-typical world is bound to create various stresses, traumas and altered perceptions, and that therefore psychotherapeutic approaches may well have some value.

Biographical Notes:

David has worked in the field of autism for some 26 years. He has combined this with his psychotherapeutic studies at the School of Analytic and Cognitive Hypnotherapy (SACH - for whom he is now a senior tutor). He can now offer specialist counselling and advice often hard to find in more general health and learning disability settings. Having recently moved to Cambridge, from Essex, he now lives locally with his wife (who is a Play Therapist).