The Impact of Reprocessing Your Life and Understanding Attachment Styles on Improving Relationships-Nicole Knowlton

Nicole Knowlton is a Marriage and Family Therapist who also has a law degree. During this episode. she talks about her work as a therapist and her own personal neurodiversity journey. During Season 5, Nicole will be joining Mona as one of her "guest co-hosts" on the podcast, so if you have any topics you would like Mona and Nicole to address in a future, please feel free to send an e-mail to: neurodiverselove4u@gmail.com

Other topics addressed are:

• What is "nesting" and how might it be helpful for children of separated or divorced parents?
• Slow processing and how it can effect communication.
• Masking at the beginning of a relationship.
• Our internal narratives.
• Core beliefs and stories we tell ourselves about failure and shame.
• Reprocessing life after diagnosis and self healing.
• The importance of remembering that "We are all doing the best we can and we need to have grace with the past".
• Misdiagnosis in adults.
• Boundaries and communication styles.
• Take "people" out of the problem while working to find a solution.
• Pursuer-withdrawer and other attachment styles.
• Avoidant attachment style may be because parents did not know how to meet an autistic/neurodivergent child's needs.
• The importance of emotional safety in your relationship.
• Trauma can sometimes hide autism.

Nicole does coaching, therapy and assessments. You can find her on Psychology Today or on Twitter @aspietherapist

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