SUPPORT FOR NEUROTYPICALS
CASSANDRA SYNDROME SUPPORT: BELIEVING CASSANDRA
If you are interested in therapy with a counselor who is highly trained in issues related to Cassandra Syndrome, you have come to the right place.
We are proud to present our partner website, Believing Cassandra, which is dedicated to healing the Cassandra experience.
www.believingcassandra.com
CASSANDRA SYNDROME ONE-TIME WORKSHOP
This workshop is crafted for women like you who are navigating the intricate dynamics of being in a relationship with an autism spectrum partner.
We aim to provide you with understanding, strategies, and support tailored to your unique situation. Here's what we'll explore together:
1) Anchor in Safety and Understanding: Create a foundation of mutual understanding and support.
2) Illuminate Your Journey: Light the way to healing and growth in your relationship.
3) Master Emotional Alchemy: Learn techniques to transform emotional challenges into tranquility.
4) Navigate the Neurodiverse Maze: Enhance communication and connection with your partner.
5) Reflect on the Future of Your Relationship: Find clarity and direction for your journey ahead.
6) Rediscover and Reclaim Your Sense of Self: Empower your identity within the context of your neurodiverse relationship.
WORKSHOP DETAILS
Cost: $29
Date: Run periodically. Complete our contact form for the latest dates
Format: 1 hr meeting via Zoom
Ready for the next step?
Just complete our Cassandra Group Contact Form
to get started.
WEEKLY GROUP COACHING/THERAPEUTIC EXPERIENCE: "THRIVING BEYOND CASSANDRA SYNDROME"
Our 8-week program is a journey designed to elevate your well-being and reignite joy in your life. It's inclusive for anyone in a neurodiverse relationship, regardless of their partner's ASD diagnosis, the stage of their relationship, or previous therapies and interventions they've experienced.
That is, it is for women only and is for you if:
You know or suspect your partner is on the Autism spectrum
Whether or not you are in couples therapy (or coaching)
Whether or not you are experiencing the classic Cassandra Syndrome, Ongoing Traumatic Relationship Stress, or Trauma Bond.
You seek guidance, clarity, healing, and reclamation relative to your unique relationship.
In this supportive group environment, you will:
Feel Less Alone and Establish Emotional & Psychological Safety
Clarify Patterns and Discover Solutions to Them
Requalify Your Emotions to Experience Relief and Peace in Your Heart
Apply Powerful Psychological and Emotional Empowerment Tools
Nourish Yourself to Strengthen Your Mind, Body, and Spirit
Heal Attachment Injuries to Step into Your Full Power
Reclaim Yourself to Feel Whole Again
Focus on Post-Traumatic Growth & Release Regret
GROUP DETAILS
Cost: $120 per session (not covered by insurance*)
Times:
Friday evenings. Complete our contact form for the latest dates
Ready for the next step?
Just complete our Cassandra Group Contact Form
to get started.
THE NEUROTYPICAL EXPERIENCE
Because the person with autism does not have the same relational needs as the allistic partner, he or she is often unable to instinctively recognize the emotional needs of his or her partner and may feel ill-equipped to meet them. Relationships can thus form seriously dysfunctional patterns.
RELATIONSHIP OF CONVENIENCE?
People who do not have autism enter a relationship with the normal expectation that the priority of a relationship will be about togetherness, mutual terms and meeting of needs, but in reality, the relationship ends up…
CASSANDRA SYNDROME (CADD) & OTHER SYMPTOMS
Many neurotypical partners often feel that they are sacrificing their own sense of self to help fulfill the priorities of the partner who has autism. They begin to feel that they are entirely defined by the role they fill for their autistic partner. There…
STEPS & SOLUTIONS
VALIDATING REALITY
The first step to start supporting the neurotypical partner is to sit with the reality of what life has become. To begin to grieve the dreams of what the relationship was "supposed" to look like. This usually takes the form of the following steps: