This workshop will:
• List the most common mental health problems reported by autistic clients
• Review barriers to autistic clients’ accessibility to mental health services
• Provide a rationale for using CBT to improve mental health
• Present a working model for conceptualizing therapy cases
• Discuss relevant evidence-based CBT approaches for treating anxiety and depression
• Use case examples to demonstrate applications and modifications for autistic clients

Learning Objectives

You will learn:
• To recognize the unique needs of autistic clients
• How to use an individualized case formulation to design a CBT treatment plan
• To determine when and how modifications to CBT are needed
• To consider mindfulness-based CBT for building emotion regulation skills