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Taking off the mask, practical exercises to help understand and minimise the effects of autistic camouflaging, Hannah Louise Belcher

eng

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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non fiction

Taking off the mask

bibliography

Hannah Louise Belcher

practical exercises to help understand and minimise the effects of autistic camouflaging

Growing up autistic can often feel as though you have to become a chameleon in social situations, camouflaging yourself to fit in with a seemingly neurotypical world. Combining lived experience with scientific research and practical advice, this book is the essential guide to understanding why you mask and how to feel confident without one. Focusing on diagnostic devices like the Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q) to discover the situations in which you mask the most and why, alongside a range of techniques, from CBT, compassion-based therapy, DBT, and mindfulness to relieve anxiety and reduce stress, this guide gives you all the tools and confidence you need to re-connect with yourself, the things you love and finally, take off your mask

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