WHITNEY STOREY, MS, LPC, ASDCS

Explore Whitney Storey's writing on neurodivergence, autism, parenting, relationships, and everyday life. This collection includes reflections on autistic burnout, acceptance, rest, boundaries, and experiences of learning about yourself as an adult.

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Whitney Storey, MS, LPC, PMH-C | Lafayette, LA

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Capitalism Ruined Therapy

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Whitney Storey, MS, LPC, ASDCS: Oct 27, 2023, 10:16:49 AM

Phew - this blog is one that has me sweating as I write it and especially as I imagine putting it out into the world for other people to discover and read. So, let me give you some context for where this blog came from; after all, money is one of those topics that we are not supposed to talk about. Having been in practice for several years now, I'm seeing the same two seemingly conflicting themes showing up with the communities I'm a part of:...

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Strengthening the Relationship

Whitney Storey, MS, LPC, ASDCS: Sep 5, 2023, 3:50:54 PM

One of the best things about being a counselor is that counseling is relational. We know from the research what leads people to feel successful in therapy, and that is the quality of the relationship between therapist and client. This matters more than the age and experience of the therapist, the particular struggle of the client, the type of...

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Autistic and Pregnant: Part 2

Whitney Storey, MS, LPC, ASDCS: Aug 21, 2023, 10:30:00 AM

This is the second in a series of blogs looking at Autism in women when they experiences of pregnancy, the first of which focused on the process of becoming pregnant and how autists may experience struggles that are different and/or more intense than allistic folks due to the differences in their neurotype. This blog is going to focus specifically...

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Autistic and Pregnant: Part 1

Whitney Storey, MS, LPC, ASDCS: Aug 3, 2023, 2:00:00 PM

Surprise, surprise - another autistic women blog for you this month! I'm nothing if not honest when I say that this has been my special interest. And my honesty also shows up (sometimes brutally) when I talk about becoming and being pregnant. Much like my last few blogs, I had always considered these two topics (pregnancy and autism) separately,...

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The Neurodivergent Song of the Summer for 2023

Whitney Storey, MS, LPC, ASDCS: Jul 6, 2023, 5:02:23 PM

I'm here to propose what I believe to be the Neurodivergent Song of the Summer for 2023, and I'd love to get you on board. If you aren't familiar with the artist AURORA, she is a Norwegian singer and songwriter whose voice you might recognize most from Disney's Frozen II, as the mysterious spirit singing to Elsa. She has had three albums, each of...

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Autism in the Church

Whitney Storey, MS, LPC, ASDCS: Jun 14, 2023, 8:00:00 AM

In the online communities I am a part of, there has been an increase in the conversations happening related to growing up in the church as an autist. For my entire adulthood, I have been actively processing the experiences I had in the church growing up, the experiences I now attribute to my autistic traits, and my sense of self - but always...

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Rest as Rebellion

Whitney Storey, MS, LPC, ASDCS: May 24, 2023, 2:14:31 PM

Folks who know me are well aware (and dare I say, tickled) at the way I am able to walk a very fine line between being rigidly rule-governed and, at the same time, aggressively rebellious (thank you, autism). These Autistic traits in adults are common. I think this is one reason that I find myself being drawn to and working so well with clients...

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My One Track Mind

Whitney Storey, MS, LPC, ASDCS: Apr 24, 2023, 2:39:20 PM

If you have had a conversation with me in the last year or so, odds are I have brought up neurodivergence. (Cue the eye rolling and the groans from my friends and family.) I have been really diving into the neurodivergence world since I started to identify my own neurodivergent traits, and since then you could say that neurodivergence broadly and...

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The Forgotten Parents: Part 1

Whitney Storey, MS, LPC, ASDCS: Mar 24, 2023, 9:56:45 AM

Working with parents has been my niche for a long time now, and I have been a parent myself for nearly ten years (which blows my mind). Over these years I have really found myself relating to and working particularly well with certain groups of what I consider to be "forgotten parents." These are parents we (as a society) tend to either not notice...

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What is Neurodiversity?

Whitney Storey, MS, LPC, ASDCS: Mar 1, 2023, 11:01:46 AM

What Is Neurodiversity, and Could It Be the Key to Understanding Your Brain? If you have spent any time on social media lately, odds are you have come across a specific genre of video. It usually features someone laughing at their own intense need for a specific morning routine, their collection of identical t-shirts, or the absolute necessity of...

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