Understanding & Working With Autistic Clients in Therapy (Udemy.com)
Learn From an Autistic Therapist What it is Like to Be Autistic and How Autism Impacts on Problems & in Therapy
Created by: Dan Jones
Last updated March 2019
What you will learn
- Learn about what autism is and the thoughts around what causes autism
- Understand autistic traits, challenges and strengths and how these can relate to a client's presenting problem and in therapy
- Learn ways you can interact with autistic clients and what you can do to help and support the client therapeutically
How it compares
Against the other 662 rated Udemy courses in Health & Fitness on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 49% of them
- Reviews522#222 of 663 by number of reviews
- Length3.2 hourslonger than 56% of them
- Last updatedMarch 2019earlier than 83% of them
Course Description
As well as being autistic, the course tutor, Dan Jones, has worked as a psychological therapist and worked supporting children/teens and families for over 20 years.
Between 1 in 68 and 1 in 100 people are autistic, many autistic adults are undiagnosed and may not even realise they could be autistic. Any counsellor or other psychological therapist in full-time practice is likely to encounter diagnosed and undiagnosed autistic clients. It could be that the client doesn't realise they are autistic and most counselling and therapy training doesn't cover autism, so the therapist also may not realise that the client could be autistic, yet knowledge of this could lead to better outcomes for that client and greater awareness of what support and guidance would be helpful.
This course may also be of interest to those who don't do psychological therapy but who want to know more about how autism presents and what the world is like for autistic people and how autism can impact on problems people have and better understanding behaviours you observe. This course focuses more on working with autistic adults rather than on working with autistic children.
Included with this course are:
11 PDF supporting documents totalling over 18,000 words of additional content
A PDF of my autobiography 'Look Into My Eyes' about being autistic which is over 68,500 words
A PDF Sussex Hypnotherapy Centre certificate of completion which you can print out for Continued Professional Development
"I am autistic and I have over 20 years of experience working with autistic individuals of all ages and working within a variety of contexts from care homes for adults, care homes for children and teens, to working with families, couples and individuals in private practice. In this course I share my knowledge and insights around autism as a professional and an autistic individual.
I share the different challenges and traits autistic people have and how these can manifest and impact on the problem the client is presenting with, how they can manifest and impact on the therapy and how you can work with the client and present your therapy to get the best results. You will also have an idea of the kinds of things which clients may say and do that lead you as a therapist to feel that they could be autistic."
This isn't a course teaching you how to do therapy, the expectation is that you are already trained to do therapy if you are working as a therapist. This course teaches you about the traits, challenges and strengths of autistic clients and how the client being autistic can impact on their life and on how they respond in therapy to give you ideas about understanding autistic clients better and have ideas for how you can best help them.
The course doesn't teach you how to 'treat' autism as autism isn't something you can cure. Autistic people are born autistic and can't be 'cured' of the autism, but I am open about my own personal experiences within the course and share my own examples and examples of experiences of people I have worked with to illustrate what behaviours others might see and what is going on for the autistic person in that moment, and what things can help the autistic person, like what skills they might need to be taught to reduce the impact of certain challenges the client may have on the presenting problem.
Instructor Details
- 4.6 Rating
522 Reviews
Dan Jones
Dan Jones has sold over 100,000 books, 500,000+ of his Self-Hypnosis Mp3's downloaded, over 4.5 million view of his videos and over twenty-five years experience with hypnosis, therapy and the healing arts. He has a wide range of popular Udemy courses and over 25,000 unique students from 161 countries.
Dan Jones is an autistic best selling self-published author and hypnotherapy and psychotherapy trainer. He is one of the UK's leading experts on Ericksonian Hypnotherapy. Described in the British media as 'Remarkable', with 'Expert Insight', and 'Personal Development Guru...the UK's Leading Personal Development Coach'.
Dan has over 25 years experience, he has carried out research into the effectiveness of using the Human Given's Counselling Approach to reducing youth crime and anti-social behaviour with a Youth Offending Service (this research has been published in the peer reviewed journal 'Human Givens'), and is a Trance-Formation Coach and founder of the Sussex Hypnotherapy Centre.
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Reviews
By Neil Howard Cayton on 4/30/2026
I am enjoying the course. It is good to learn from another person's personal experience of autism, and to think about what I am learning and how it can be related to my own practice to understand each client and how the change a client would like to experience can be facilitated. The pace of teaching is good because facts about what autism is like in experience are given alongside explanation of personal experience which means it is not an overloading experience but interesting to watch and listen to the videos and take on board personally the content.
By Danielle Greer on 6/14/2025
I really appreciated the course. I gave it 4 stars cause I was looking more for concrete strategies and techniques but this helps with understanding motivation and navigating that when presented with clients with Autism
By Emma Goddard on 3/20/2025
This course was an amazing journey to understand how to support and encourage individuals with autism to thrive in the counselling room and beyond. I love Dan's ability to share his experiences both as an individual and also as a professional. I have really enjoyed these lectures and learning and they have given me a desire to continue to explore further training to support my autistic clients.
By Rickie Russell on 4/28/2023
I work for a Mental Health Charity and half of my clients have Autism, I also host an Art group for Adults with Autism. I've found this course very interesting and relatable, the Spectrum is a very large canvas to explore and every insight, is a positive one. Thank you! I will be considering everything that has been said in my daily practice.
By Jessica Coimbra on 11/26/2021
Very interesting. I appreciate the speaker sharing their own experiences both as an autistic person and as a provider of services. Covers some basics, but often takes the concept a step further with personal narrative that describes situations beyond the initial understanding you may have had as a listener.
By Jennifer Brown on 1/9/2021
Helpful insights and information. Knowledgeable instructor. Would recommend incorporating more interactive elements to the training (e.g. interactive slides, alter presenter's background, varied aides to enhance learning for various learning styles, etc.) to enhance the learner's experience.
By Mario Draxl on 11/19/2020
Dan hält sein Versprechen und zeigt Besonderheiten im Verhalten und in der Kommunikation autistischer Menschen auf und ermöglicht damit die Berücksichtigung dieser Besonderheiten innerhalb eines therapeutischen Settings. Dabei gibt er auch praktische Tipps, was die Wahl der Interventionen, die Gestaltung des Ortes und die Art und Weise Dinge anzusprechen anbelangt.
By Maureen Pirie on 8/4/2020
I love this course. It is so helpful hearing from someone who lives this everyday verses someone who has learned all about it. I have 2 autistic kids and I have taken so many workshops and courses to help them the best I can but I will never understand what they are going through. It makes it easier to apply all that I learn to help them when it is coming from someone who actually gets it. I am so thankful for this. Dan is absolutely amazing. The pace is great, info is great and he has made me laugh and almost cry a few times. I truly admire him and all that he is doing and how much help he has been.
By Phoenix Alexander on 5/21/2020
Dan is very open and vulnerable about explaining his experience with Autism. This helps the learner to truly understand the course material better. I was able to gain exponentially more understanding about a partner who is very likely on the spectrum. Bravo. The resources for how to get tested is wonderful. I have taken multiple classes from Dan on this platform. I have been incredibly impressed by all of his knowledge and the way he present material.
By Sheila Elaine McNeel on 7/5/2019
Fantastic class This man is so genuine and transparent I am in awe of how much I learned and enjoyed this class He also has a PHENOMENAL YouTube channel that has a wealth of helpful resources and amazing story journeys He is a MASTER hypnotherapist and story teller such an honor to get to learn from him Five stars I would give 10 stars ⭐️ if I could
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