by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Nov 2, 2015 | Therapeutic Word of the Day
Beginning today, I am going to create a Therapeutic Word of the Day List. Similar to other words of the day lists, my list will take a word and give a therapeutic, helpful message. I plan to do this every day for the next year. Happiness is a difficult concept to...
by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Mar 16, 2015 | Autism
Part three of the autism treatment series: why repetitive behaviors are coping skills rather than problems to punish — and how “joining” your child’s world builds the trust that change depends on. The last article in the Series Treating Autism...
by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Mar 9, 2015 | Autism
Part two of the autism treatment series: why your child notices far more than you think — and how your own attitude and the right motivators become the engine of real progress. In my first article in the series Treating Autism, I discussed mindset and how believing...
by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Feb 24, 2015 | Autism
Conventional wisdom says autism is fixed and hopeless. In this series opener, a therapist challenges that view — and argues that treatment begins with changing how parents think about autism. The words treatment and autism do not pair well. Common knowledge for some...
by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Nov 24, 2014 | Autism, Book Reviews
A neurologist’s book reframes autism not as a fixed life sentence but as a dynamic condition that can shift with diet, behavior, and attitude — and it changed how this therapist sees the spectrum. Autism has long been viewed as a static condition with little...
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