Monique Mitchelson

About

Monique is an Autistic and ADHD’er Clinical Psychologist, Board Approved Supervisor and cohost of the popular podcast ‘The Neurodivergent Woman Podcast’ which has over 1 million downloads and is in the top 1% of podcasts on Spotify. With Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Michelle Livock we share information on Neurodiversity in Girls, Women and AFAB as well as interview women about their lived experience of neurodiversity.

Monique specialises in treating trauma, PTSD, complex PTSD and conditions that often co-occur with trauma such as sleep disorders, chronic pain, functional neurological disorders, dissociation, and anxiety and depression.

Monique practices Neurodiversity Affirming therapy. Neurodiversity Affirming therapy aims to affirm the different neurotype of a neurodivergent person, rather than seeing their neurotype as inherently “bad” or in need of fixing to become neurotypical. It aims for the person to explore their neurodivergent identity and find their own unique strengths. The Neurodiversity Affirming movement comes from the wider disability movement and is an important therapeutic approach in working with neurodivergent people.

Monique has presented on:

• Neurodiversity Affirming Paradigm to the Australian and New Zealand Chapter of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ANZ ACBS).
• Compassion-Focused Therapy from a Neurodiversity Affirming Perspective at the UQ Compassion Symposium 2022.
• Yoga as a Therapeutic Tool for PTSD for the APS EMDR Interest Group
• Gender Bias in Psychology in Autism and ADHD at the 2023 APS Educational and Developmental Psychology Conference

2023

• Self-Compassion at the Yellow Ladybugs Autistic Girls and Gender Diverse Students Conference
• Neurodiversity Affirming EMDR at the EMDRAA Conference
• APS Trauma and Neurodiversity Symposium in New Zealand
• Spectrum Space Symposium WA on Burnout and Chronic Pain in Neurodiversity

Monique delivers Neurodiversity Affirming Autism and ADHD assessments for adults through Redlands Psychologists. Her assessments aim for a collaborative respectful process and specialise in assessing under-diagnosed populations and high-masking individuals. Contact Redlands Psychologists for pricing and process.