This advanced practice training provides a comprehensive framework for clinicians wanting to offer affirming and inclusive care for Autistic and ADHD clients facing complex chronic health conditions, often where traditional approaches have failed to make an impact.

Join us to explore the unique stressors and vulnerabilities of your neurodivergent patients, and how to improve their overall health and well being.

In this hands-on training, Claire Sehinson, MSc, will explore the Autistic and ADHD neurotypes. We will look beyond the DSM criteria, pathologizing narratives and stereotypes we have been previously trained on. The training will equip practitioners with a holistic understanding of the ways that neurodivergent individuals learn, think and experience the world and how an environmental mismatch can set up the conditions for chronic cycles of illness that increase in complexity over time.


You will learn about the unique stressors, vulnerabilities, sensory overwhelm, interoception variability, executive functioning challenges and more that these patient face, and discover how to bridge the double-empathy gap to avoid miscommunication and improve outcomes for these individuals.

This complex cases training will coach clinicians and providers in how to prioritize a complex case to reduce overwhelm and overcome plateaus for both patient and practitioner. This training is taught from lived and specialist clinical experience of both neurodivergence and complex chronic illness. It focuses on natural and non-medical approaches and can be integrated into any functional medicine or holistic practice.

PROGRAM START & TRAINING DATES: The training begins with the first live session on May 22, 2025. Live sessions will be held May 22, May 29, June 5, and June 12.

PROGRAM FORMAT:  Self-paced curriculum and guided lectures, with four (4) live, online sessions providing live faculty guidance and trainee Q&A time (available as a recording for those unable to join)

THIS INTENSIVE TRAINING IS IDEAL FOR:  Psychiatrists and clinicians (MD/DO), nurses and practitioners, psychologists, therapists, social workers, general and family practice physicians, pediatricians, physician assistants, naturopathic physicians, and other health and mental health clinicians

ENROLLMENT FEE:  $499

    

Expert Clinical Guidance


Learn in a robust and supportive community, and benefit from benefit from live online sessions conducted by Psychiatry Redefined faculty, Claire Sehinson, MSc. Each lecture and session is led with practical application in mind, focusing on clinical skills and concepts that can be immediately implemented with your patients. These sessions also allow for collaborative case discussions with peers, where you can exchange clinical insights and navigate challenging, real-world cases.


    
                                               
Session 1: Managing Complexity – When Clients Have “All the Things”
  • Reframing Autism and ADHD: Building trust and safety
  • Understanding health disparities, fluctuating conditions, unique vulnerabilities and mental health challenges
  • Communication and perceptual differences and the impact on interactions with healthcare providers that can lead to diagnostic overshadowing (missed or misdiagnosis).
  • Practical strategies for managing executive functioning challenges and sensory differences.
  • Road mapping care for complex cases: Prioritizing interventions and accommodating unique needs.

Session 2: Centralized Sensitization, Neuroinflammation & Neurodivergent Burnout
  • Exploring the structural, functional and chemical changes leading to increased sensitivity to stress and stimuli including:
    • Neuroinflammation
    • Mast cell activation
    • Sensory gating issues
    • Interoception challenges
  • Neurodivergent burnout and holistic support

Session 3: The Intersection Between Gut Issues, Neurodivergence and Disordered Eating
  • Exploring the intersection of GI issues, food sensitivities and disordered eating behaviours in Autism and ADHD.
  • Understanding oral-motor and vagal-motor challenges and their impact on eating behaviours.
  • Exploring the role of hypermobility spectrum disorders and Ehlers Danlos syndrome
  • Case studies to tie all three module lectures together

Session 4: Case Review & Open Q&A with Faculty
                           

Instructor

Claire Sehinson, MSc

Claire is an educator, researcher with a functional medicine and nutritional therapy clinical practice. Her field of interest is the overlap of Neurodivergence and chronic complex health issues. She brings to her work her passion and lived experience of being multiply neurodivergent and diagnosed with Autism and ADHD as an adult, whilst navigating her own recovery from ME/CFS and dealing with many complex health issues throughout her lifetime. Claire has over a decade of specialist clinical experience working with complex illness, trauma, CFS, Fibromyalgia and chronic infections. Claire is the Head of Research at the Optimum Health Clinic (an integrative body-mind clinic) where she researches and trains practitioners on cutting-edge protocols to support complexly ill clients. Claire is a member of the Psychiatry Redefined faculty, supporting members of the online fellowship community. She continues to advocate for marginalized groups to raise awareness and share knowledge of intersectionality in healthcare.