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Helping Your Autistic Teen With Anxiety with Clinical Psychologist Dr Naomi Fisher
Helping Your Autistic Teen With Anxiety with Clinical Psychologist Dr Naomi Fisher

Wed 24 Sept

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Virtual Event

Helping Your Autistic Teen With Anxiety with Clinical Psychologist Dr Naomi Fisher

How anxiety works and understand the reasons why so many autistic young people feel anxious.

Time & Location

24 Sept 2025, 12:30 – 13:30

Virtual Event

About The Event

Many autistic young people are highly anxious, and their parents are often stuck to know what to do. They may be told that their child needs to 'build resilience' or even 'toughen up', but this feels wrong and even punitive.

In this webinar, you'll learn how anxiety works and understand the reasons why so many autistic young people feel anxious. You'll gain an understanding of teenage brain development, and get some insight into what is going on during adolescence. You'll get some practical ideas as to how to help .

This webinar is suitable for parents of young people from the age of 11 or 12 upwards, whether diagnosed or not.

This webinar will be recorded. Please choose that option at check out if you wish to watch a recording.

Dr Naomi Fisher is a clinical psychologist who is registered with the HCPC. She specialises in trauma, autism and alternative education. She is the author of The Teenager's Guide to Burnout: Finding the Road to Recovery.

Participants from previous webinars said

"Thank you so much for the wonderful webinar on managing anxiety tonight. It was just fantastic."

"Amazing. I can’t tell you the sheer relief and gratitude parents feel to have professionals recognise what they’ve been saying for years!"

"I thought it was very clear how you systematically explained the reasons why anxiety develops and escalates and how to de-escalate it over time. It also felt hopeful because it pointed to a pathway out of the situation we’re in. Such a relief to have her feelings and my experience of her behaviour validated."

This webinar is not therapy and should not be used as a replacement for therapy.


Agenda

  • Managing Emotions

  • When School Meets Autistic Teenager

  • Teenage Brain Development

  • DRONE

  • In the moment anxiety

  • The Mindset 'M's


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