TPP 256a: Autistic Therapist Kate McNulty on Mixed-Neurotype Relationships
Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
Debbie Reber
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Head home for the holidays with Abercrombie and Fitch. Between family dinners and making time to catch up with friends, my calendar gets booked up. |
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| 0:30.8 | Hey, it's Debbie. |
| 0:32.2 | For the month of December, Playback Friday episodes will be all about navigating family dynamics, |
| 0:39.6 | partners, co-parents, grandparents, |
| 0:45.4 | in-laws, and everyone in between. If this season tends to stir up old patterns or extra tension, |
| 0:50.3 | these episodes will offer you grounding, perspective, and practical tools to help you move through it with more ease. |
| 0:59.8 | Welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, |
| 1:05.6 | informing and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host, Debbie Reber. |
| 1:11.8 | Today's topic is a little bit different, but certainly no less interesting, relevant, or helpful. |
| 1:18.2 | Because no doubt, if we are parenting a differently wired child, then many of us, whether we are neurotypical or neurodivergent, are coupled or co-parenting with a differently wired partner. |
| 1:24.1 | My guest is licensed clinical social worker and family and couples therapist Kate |
| 1:28.6 | McNulty. Kate is herself autistic and in this episode we dig into a lot of important issues |
| 1:34.7 | surrounding what she calls mixed neurotype couples, the common challenges and misconceptions, |
| 1:41.0 | fostering connection and understanding as partners and parents, handling a later |
| 1:45.9 | in-life diagnosis, and much more. Kate also tells us about her new book, Love and Asperger's, |
| 1:52.5 | practical strategies to help couples understand each other and strengthen their connection. |
| 1:59.3 | Thanks so much, and now here is my conversation with Kate. |
| 2:07.7 | Hello, Kate. Welcome to the podcast. Hi, Debbie. Thanks for making time to talk with me. |
| 2:12.9 | It's a pleasure to be here. I'm really looking forward to this. I was intrigued when you reached out to me and you |
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