Working with clients from different cultural backgrounds is challenging enough. The additional stress of having dramatic differences in English language ability can make us feel (at best) frustrated or (at worst) terrified.

In this workshop, we will:

💡 discuss the challenges for foreigners seeking counseling in Taiwan

💡 discuss the internal experience of the counselor, the “anxious or emotional brain,” and how it impacts therapy and the relationship

💡 provide suggestions on managing the anxiety, as well as adapting our use of verbal language to be more effective in session

 I hope that by sharing our experiences (our mistakes, attempts, and maybe even successes), we will learn that are feelings are normal, that we are not alone in these feelings, and that there are more important issues than just language that determine how we help our clients.

📓 簡介：
「神經多樣性」或 neurodiversity 是一個重要的社會正義運動。它推廣著人類腦部神經多樣化的益處、降低對精神健康狀況的汙名化，並在心理諮商的運作方面有著很重大的涵義。

The neurodiversity movement aims to reduce stigma for any brain differences (e.g., mental illnesses, developmental disorders, acquired cognitive impairments) by promoting the benefits of neurological diversity, similar to how biodiversity benefits the world. Neurodiversity is, therefore, a social justice movement and a tool for inclusion that has important implications for the world of counseling and psychology.

每個人的腦部運作過程和形式都不太一樣。但這個世界大多是設計給擁有典型腦部運作的人，而擁有非典型腦部運作模式的人就會被看稱為社會的問題兒童、不良少年、精神疾病患者、等等的邊緣人士。

這些邊緣人士因社會的灌輸，把自己也歸類為有問題的人，然後不停地想辦法造就一個看似正常人般的生活。可惜他們不懂得自己腦部運作特定且獨有的方式，所以永遠不可能活出他們本質的樣貌和精采。這些遭邊緣化、排除、剝削等壓迫的人們時常都不知道為什麼他們過的那麼辛苦。畢竟腦部和神經系統運作都算是隱蔽式和不容易察覺的。他們在一個不適合自己的運作模式裡打轉，遭受了不停不朽的打擊和挫折，結果大多數都落得一個悠悠寡歡的下場。

心理諮商師遇到的個案裡大部分都擁有非典型的腦部和神經系統運作模式。我們該怎麼去了解他們非典型的運作模式呢？而對於長年累月的社會灌輸又該怎麼去慢慢瓦解人們已內化的能力主義偏向呢？心身殘疾的人士難道就不該有資格活得快樂充足嗎？ 

本課程由從事臨床心理學的劉璦榕博士分享臨床經驗和神經多樣性的知識。從了解非典型腦部神經運作的一些特點和益處，運用在心理輔導的歷程中，更有效地幫助你的個案活出他們的精彩和有意義的人生。

  🧑‍🏫 講師介紹：🌟 劉璦榕博士

[專長]
諮商輔導、多元文化教育、神經多樣性教育、社會正義運動、自閉症、過動症、親子互動

[專業證照] 
美國加州臨床心理醫師 (PSY34058)
https://drsilvialiu.com

[現職] 
Pepperdine University, Adjunct Professor

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