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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Autistic and Pregnant: Part 2

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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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On Privilege, Race, and White Feminism

Whitney Storey, MS, LPC, ASDCS: Dec 30, 2022, 1:53:26 PM

I can count on one hand the number of times I, as a cis-White woman, have been a minority in any space I have been while in the United States. Growing up in this way means that while I was aware of some differences that exist between myself and my non-White peers, I never really came face-to-face with the ripple effects of this way of living until...

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What is a Perinatal Mental Health Specialist?

Whitney Storey, MS, LPC, ASDCS: Nov 1, 2022, 9:30:00 AM

October of 2022 was a huge month for me. It was in this month that I finally earned my certification in Perinatal Mental Health, which was really the culmination of a decade of work in mental health and in my own journey as a mother. Naturally, I have been wanting to celebrate with the folks around me, but I have noticed one important barrier to...

Whitney Storey | Counselor | Lafayette, LA | Mother

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The Curse of the Good Mother

Whitney Storey, MS, LPC, ASDCS: Oct 3, 2022, 9:00:00 AM

Humans are natural story tellers. We have long histories of using stories as a way to explain the unexplainable, to teach and guide our children, and to give our lives a sense of direction and purpose. We have stories about ourselves - like, I'm a good person, I love music, I'm a natural with animals, I'm bad at math... One story I have about...

Whitney Storey, MS, PLPC, CBE | Motherhood | Counselor | Lafayette, LA

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Matrescence: It's Going to be a Bumpy Ride

Whitney Storey, MS, LPC, ASDCS: Aug 8, 2022, 3:02:09 PM

Growing up I made a number of assumptions about who I was going to be and what my life would be like in adulthood. I assumed I would go to college, meet a nice man, get married shortly after graduation, and begin my family as a stable and capable professional - a working wife and mother. Of course, things aren't that simple. It has been an...