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As parents of PDA individuals and professionals working with PDAers, it can be a huge struggle to find the “right” kind of therapy or therapist. 

In our 2025 PDA Experience Report of over 2,000 PDA families, across all surveys, caregivers and PDA individuals reported rarely receiving helpful or affirming information from providers.

The majority reported always or often receiving unhelpful or judgmental feedback, highlighting the gap in provider knowledge and support.

*Ref. The PDA Lived Experience Survey by PDA North America, 2025.

That’s why our founder, Diane Gould, teamed up with seven PDA-affirming therapists from different modalities in this engaging 3-hour training for parents & professionals featuring expert guest therapists who share neurodiversity- & PDA-affirming strategies for adapting OT, DBT, ACT, IFS, EMDR, the Safe & Sound Protocol, and Speech-Language Therapy for PDA individuals.

Therapy Options for PDAers aims to empower both parents and professionals, where expert therapists share practical, neurodiversity- and PDA-affirming ways to adapt therapy to better support PDA individuals. 

Featuring the following therapists & therapy modalities:

  • Diane Gould, LCSW – Founder of PDA North America

  • Linda K. Murphy, MS-CCC-SLP on Speech-Language Therapy

  • Stephanie Arias, OTR/L on Occupational Therapy (OT)

  • Angele Close, PhD. on Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Britt Rathbone, MSSW, LCSW-C on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) 

  • Christine MacInnis, LMFT on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

  • Colleen Hanson, MSW, LCSW, CDWF on Safe & Sound Protocol (SSP) 

  • Jenny Hoving, LPC & Melissa Emmerson, LCSW, HSV on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

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