Sounding The Alarm: Autistic Burnout & How To Help

THE AUTISM ADHD PODCAST

Holly Blanc Moses

Psychology, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Kids & Family, Adhd, Speechtherapy, Autism, Autismawareness, Occupationaltherapy, Child, Therapy, Parent, Parenting, Education, Behavior

4.8 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this super insightful episode rebroadcast of the Autism ADHD podcast, Holly welcomes Dr. Alice Nichols, an autistic clinical psychologist. Dr. Nichols shares her personal journey and expert advice on understanding, spotting, and preventing burnout in autistic individuals. They chat about the signs of burnout, the unique struggles autistic people face, and offer practical tips for managing stress. Dr. Nichols also talks about her support programs for autistic adults, packed with helpful resources for autistic individuals and their supporters. Whether you're a parent, educator, or professional, this episode is full of real-life advice for supporting autistic people and improving their well-being!

Don’t miss out - Listen & Subscribe! 👏

Click here for Holly's FREE resources on social interaction and emotional regulation

Get neurodiversity-affirming continuing education for therapists

Learn about Holly's private practice in North Carolina

Join Holly's Facebook group for parents

Join Holly's Facebook group for professionals

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to the Autism, ADHD podcast. I am so happy that you join me today. I want to take a moment and ask for your help. Please take just a second and give the podcast a five-star review.
0:19.5	This will help me continue the podcast and keep bringing you helpful
0:23.7	information. Thanks so much again for taking the time to give that five-star review. Now let's get
0:30.3	started. Welcome Dr. Alice Nichols to the Autism, ADHD podcast.
0:40.2	Oh, thank you so much for having me.
0:41.7	It's such an honor to be here.
0:43.5	I am thrilled that you're here today, and we are going to be talking about an extremely
0:47.8	important topic.
0:48.9	But before we get into that, I'm going to introduce you to our audience.
0:54.0	Dr. Alice Nichols is an autistic
0:56.5	clinical psychologist specializing in autistic burnout. She draws on both her personal and
1:02.5	professional experience to help autistic adults understand, recover from, and avoid autistic
1:07.8	burnout. She lives in the UK and works with adults around the globe
1:12.3	in her online course, membership, and coaching program.
1:16.2	And we are definitely going to get into that at the end of our talk today.
1:21.3	So we're very excited that you're here.
1:24.3	And as you probably noticed, listeners and watchers, we're talking about autistic burnout,
1:31.6	which we've never done on the podcast before. So we're very excited. This is an extremely
1:38.4	important topic. So, Alice, how would you describe autistic burnout? What does this mean to people that this is a new concept?
1:50.8	So it is a new concept and it's not an official diagnosis, but it is something that the autistic
1:56.9	community has been talking about for quite a long time now. And we're just starting to see
2:01.3	the research catching up. So some researchers recently looked at all sorts of mentions of
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Holly Blanc Moses, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Holly Blanc Moses and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.