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Health Equity or Cultural Competence Continuing Education Credits (CEs)
AuDHD in Love Two-Day Series
Presented by: B Lourenco, MA, LMHC, Stacy Skowronski, PhD, LCSW, CST, and Hannah Tyer, MOTR/L
When: Thursday, December 10th – Friday, December 11th, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM, Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved CEs): 12 CEs – 4 count as Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs | $319.00***see below for payment and financial options
Continuing Education Workshop Description
As people learn more about Autism and ADHD through lived-experience and the Neurodiversity-Affirming movement, we see the layered influence on sexual and romantic relationships. Masking profoundly affects the development of the “self” and the understanding of relationships, leading to misunderstandings and confusion across all relational settings. Add in the nuances of differing sensory needs and ways of attending to stimuli, plus experiences of rejection sensitivity and demand avoidance, and the challenges pile up quickly. And we haven’t even talked about relational trauma yet!
Whether people share the same neurotype or not, the impact of neurodivergence is complex and layered. Using a multidisciplinary approach, this workshop is taught by three clinicians with a variety of expertise and experience and will explore how Autism and ADHD affect intra- and interpersonal relationships, from platonic to romantic/sexual and everything in between.
Broken down into 2 parts, Day One will focus on AuDHD traits and how they influence the individual while in relationships, and is geared towards folks who work largely with individual clients. Day Two will shift into a relational lens that offers support for clinicians who work with couples and systems. Attendees are welcome to attend one or both days, depending on their clinical needs and interests.
Day One Key Objectives
After this continuing education workshop, attendees will be able to:
- Define at least 3 ways the medical model of Autism and ADHD differs from the neurodiversity-affirming model
- Define at least 3 ways the medical model of Autism and ADHD leads to biases in healthcare providers/clinicians
- Describe at least 2 ways that Autistic and ADHD traits and experiences can impact romantic/sexual relationships
- Explain the relational effects of the Double Empathy Problem, Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, and Pathological Demand Avoidance
- Identify how monotropism influences Au/DHD communication and relational patterns
- Identify how missing key experiences like monotropism, RSD, and PDA can contribute to relational harm in therapy
- Describe how differing sensory profiles can impact all types of relationships where people share space
Day Two Key Objectives
After this continuing education workshop, attendees will be able to:
- Identify key elements from Bowen’s Family System theory and how they present in AuDHD relational systems
- Identify how Au/DHD traits influence relational pacing and attachment
- Apply sensory-informed and interoceptive frameworks to enhance safety and connection
- Implement tools to offer sensory mapping profiles for relational systems
- Identify/understand common polarities in neurodivergent couples that impact connection
- Identify how prioritizing independence as a therapeutic goal negatively impacts ND couples and systems
- Differentiate codependence from interdependence within neurodiverse couples
- Describe at least 2 ways that current relational therapy models may perpetuate stereotypes and harm AuDHD people
- Integrate neurodiversity-affirming approaches and the Polarities to Parallels Model to support accountability, repair, and mutual regulation
***Payment & Financial Options:
Cascadia Training values quality continuing education that is accessible, inclusive, and barrier-free for all. We never want the cost of our workshops to be a barrier to attending, particularly our multi-session workshops.
We offer several options to make our workshops cost-inclusive: payment plans, limited full- and partial-scholarship opportunities, student discounts, early professional, military/veteran, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and more discounts. Please email us at hello@cascadiatraining.org for more information.
For payment plans, you can select paying 50% today and 50% due on December 31, 2026.