Balancing Intersectional Neurodivergent Identities Panel - 2024 Ethics and Integrity Series

Balancing Intersectional Neurodivergent Identities Panel

Presenters

• Marissa Stein (they/them) is a WA State Licensed Mental Health Counselor, an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, and Nationally Certified Counselor. They benefit from white privileve, are an agender, neuroqueer, kinky, queer, disabled, animist, and magical practitioner. Their work is neuro-inclusive, anti-saneist, and is informed by liberation psychology, feminist, and queer theory.
• Jack Duroc-Danner M.A.Ed. CSE LMT (They/He/Ze) is a queer Autistic sexuality educator. They have been working as a sexuality educator and autism advocate for six years and are an AASECT certified sexuality educator. Jack works with therapists as well as other professionals, parents/caregivers, and Autistic individuals on how to support Autistic individuals by providing consultations (one-on-one as well as group consultation), resources, and educational workshops on the intersection of human sexuality and autism. Jack also works as a massage therapist specializing in pregnancy and pediatric massage. They have been working as a massage therapist for eight years.
• Anthony (he/him/el) earned his Doctorate degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Antioch University New England in 2022 and his Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Drexel University in 2012 and is a licensed marriage and family therapist and approved supervisor through the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). He is currently the Chair of the Couple and Family Therapy department at Antioch University-Seattle. Anthony has extensive experience in working with individuals, couples and families including Neurodiversity in children and is the Executive Director of the Colibri Center for Systemic Training & Development. In addition, he is the creator of SFT for ASD, a systemic model designed to treat children who have autism and their families.
• Sarah Dailey (she/they) is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with an extensive background providing supervision, mentorship, training, and coaching, with particular specialties working with individuals within LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities, marginalized and underserved communities, and those who have experienced trauma. In addition to supervision and mentorship, they offer consultation and training to individuals and groups/organizations on a variety of topics including cultural competency, de- escalation, communication and conflict, change management, and trauma-informed care.

Session Description a panel discussion, moderated by Sarah Dailey, MA, LMFT, titled, “Balancing Intersectional Neurodivergent Identities.” Panelists included three clinicians who identify as neurodivergent and other minority identities based on their gender, sexuality, and race: Marissa Stein, MA, LMHC, CST, NCC; Jack Duroc-Danner, MAEd, CSE; and Anthony Pennant, PhD, LMFT. Questions for the panel were rooted in ethical self-disclosure of the clinician/professional, self-reflective considerations, managing privilege related to neurodivergence, and how to practice historical and cultural mindfulness treatment toward people with neurodivergent minds.

Learning Objectives

As a result of this session participants will:

• Be able to identify two ethical considerations regarding intersecting identities including neurodivergence.
• Be able to give an example question or feedback statement to constructively and compassionately confront when individuals/systems speak of neurodivergence from a position of privilege.