Three-day Masterclass: Working with neurodivergent clients. A neurodivergent-affirming, process-focused approach with Dr. Anna Robinson

Dr Anna Robinson is a Senior Lecturer in Autism at the University of Strathclyde, a
psychologist, psychotherapist, and clinical supervisor specialising in Emotion-
Focused Therapy (EFT). She is a Board Member of the Scottish Institute for Emotion-
Focused Therapy.
Her work focuses on the development and application of neurodivergent-affirming
approaches to psychotherapy, with specialism in emotional processing, shame, and
therapist responsiveness in work with autistic and neurodivergent clients. She is
Director of the Neuro-EFT Research Clinic at the University of Strathclyde, where
she leads clinical and research developments in this area.
She is co-developer of Neuro-Emotion-Focused Group Therapy (Neuro-EFGT) and
has developed a PQ-informed understanding of what brings neurodivergent clients
to therapy, alongside a clinically applied model of shame in neurodivergent
contexts.
Anna is a psychotherapy researcher and Principal Investigator, with over a decade
of publications in neurodivergent-affirming therapy. Her current research includes
phenomenological studies exploring both neurodivergent clients’ experiences of EFT
and EFT therapists’ experiences of working with neurodivergent clients. She has also
developed an EFT-informed case formulation for working with trauma in autistic
clients and is Principal Investigator on the CATS (Creating Autistic Trauma Stories)
project.
Anna teaches, supervises, and trains therapists in applying EFT in neurodivergent-
affirming ways, with a focus on enhancing moment-to-moment clinical decision-
making, emotional attunement, and alliance repair in complex clinical work.