Hi, I’m Christine.
I am a late-discovered and neuro-affirming Autistic Psychotherapist and Coach. I am passionate about supporting individuals and families to learn more about what it is to be Autistic, and with this, support and empower them and those around them to live a more comfortable and fulfilling life.
Contact me today if:
- you think you might be Autistic and you are looking for support on your self-identification journey
- you have received a diagnosis and are looking for support in processing your emotions around this discovery
- you are a family member wishing to support an Autistic loved one in a neuro-affirming way
- your family member is Autistic and you would benefit from some 1:1 support for yourself, as you support them.
I offer one-off therapy sessions and my coaching programme, ‘Unlearning Autism – Neuro-Affirming Support For Late-Identified Autistic Adults’
1:1 Support Sessions
I support clients who have received a diagnosis or those who are self-identified and are looking for support in processing their emotions around this discovery
I also offer 1:1 sessions to family members who are wishing to support an Autistic loved one in a neuro-affirming way
My 1:1 support sessions are charged at a rate of €70 per session
Autistic Post-Identification Programme
Unlearning Autism is my neuro-affirming support for late-identified Autistic adults
This is a 4-session programme set out over 8-12 weeks at a pace that is appropriate and suitable for you. Following each session you will receive a take-home pack including recent neuro-affirming research and coaching tools and questions to support our work together
Unlearning Autism is designed to empower you as you embark on your post-discovery journey. Combining psychoeducation, coaching, counselling and nervous system regulation, this programme will help you to rediscover and embrace your unique strengths, navigate life with newfound clarity, and thrive beyond diagnosis
It’s never too late to discover your authentic self and build a fulfilling future!
My work is focused on guiding you as you return to who you truly are
My Autistic Post-Identification Programme, Unlearning Autism, is charged at a total rate of €500
Testimonials
What my clients Say
Don't just take my word for it! Here is what some of my previous clients have to say about their work with me:
1-2-1 Work with Christine
I offer both counselling psychotherapy and wellbeing life coaching to adults. My therapeutic style is compassion focused, goal oriented and positively challenging.
Purchase Our Journals
Self-Reflect is a journal I designed for you. Each page has a date prompt for you to fill - inviting you to journal only on the days that are right for you. Throughout the journal you will find pops of positivity that I hope you love and at the start of the journal there is a space for your personal self-care affirmation. Enjoy x
What I Offer
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EMAIL: christine@christinedoyle.ie
PHONE: 087 687 1002
Blog
Not just for today
But in light of the day it is
#worldmentalhealthday #worldmentalhealthday2024
Community is absolutely essential for Autistic thriving. Hands down the best feeling as a late identified Autistic is to sit and share with others who just get it! The euphoria!!
Wild Women is a space to chat connect share and learn in a neuro informed and neuro affirming setting for late identified (self, formally or curious about identification) Autistic women
Now taking bookings for November-December group
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📅 Every second Monday
⏰ 6-7:30 pm BST
📍 Online
One of the biggest myths about Autism is that you can ‘see’ Autism. “You don’t look Autistic” places the high-masking Autist in the position of having to defend and justify their identity, when they are often still struggling to understand it themselves.
I feel if I had heard high-masking Autism described as internalised Autism I would have seen and understood my neurodivergence much sooner. As a high-masking Autist my Autistic experiences are almost entirely internal, yet society still widely perceives Autism as an entirely external expression.
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Rejection .. let’s Talk 🗣️
This is an almost universal experience for the AuDHDer and is so impactful that no logic or reasoning can support the enormity of the emotion in the moment.
Having access to Neuro-informed language and the commonality of AuDHD experience is essential to our thriving.
Can you relate?
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For me, a struggle I face being AuDHD is I deeply and earnestly want to show up as I know I am and know I can be for myself and for those around me yet I often find myself frustrated as my capacity doesn’t support my intentions.
There is a lot of letting go in late identification and there are days and times when capacity is minimal. It doesn’t matter how much I want to do something, at times I simply can’t.
Supporting my nervous system, minding my wandering mind, resetting through nature, protecting my boundaries, being aware of my values and consistently choosing the environments I feel most myself in help most of the time.
And at other times, more and more now than before, I rest.
Can you relate?
A brain dump
Long, rambling
It’s the only way I could accurately articulate the way my brain processes
Does your mind unspill like this? In high speed high definition high volume?
A part of my unmasking is acknowledging where I need support, not because I can’t, but because it depletes all I am
Allowing that is vulnerable, requires safety, and is an act of self-compassion
The back to school, back to routine, back to predictability and focus are often positives for Autistic children but this also comes at a time of leaving safe spaces, transitions, supporting safe food options, communication challenges, friendship struggles, executive functioning difficulties and high masking.
This huge and often challenging change for children can create a time of emotional dysregulation for many parents, and, can be particularly overwhelming for the Autistic parent.
Comment ❤️ if you relate
BACK THIS SEPTEMBER
Are you a late-identified, self-identified, or exploring identification Autistic or AuDHD?
Building community, and meeting other Autistic people is a key part of Autistic thriving and wellbeing.
Wild Women is a series of 4 Neuro-Affirming talks and chats over 2 months covering the areas of Neurodiversity, Masking & Burnout, Relationships, and Autistic Thriving.
Join me, Christine Doyle, Psychotherapist & Coach and late-diagnosed Autistic woman, in this space.
Each talk will have an anchor topic, backed by current neuro-affirming research, thus providing a space to explore these topics in terms of your own experience.
We truly do learn best from each other, and learning from and prizing the Autistic mind and experience is central to the ethos of Wild Women.
Dates: Monday 9 September / Monday 23 September / Monday 7 October / Monday 21 October
Time: 10am – 11:30am BST / 6:00pm - 7:30pm BST
Location: Zoom
Cost: €80 per person for the 4 sessions over 8 weeks
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The Autistic need to understand fully is often a trauma response from a lifetime of feeling confused, wrongly judged and, at times, as a result, punished and isolated.
This can create a need to talk things through at length, desperate to understand and be understood.
But this need to process, to go on and on as I have often heard it described, can be perceived as a big ol’ b*tch.
Which, in turn, validates the isolation.
And that, my friend, is a classic example of the double empathy problem and why understanding and accommodating for different yet valid communication styles can offset so much unnecessary trauma for the Autist.
It took me forever to try to articulate this respectfully as it feels very raw to talk about still. Do you relate?
