Alison Lubliner, PhD
I am an experienced Clinical Psychologist who uses evidence based assessment tools and strategies to guide you in understanding yourself and supporting your way of being in the world. Therapy aims to empower you to change and grow in the direction you choose.
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I am committed to learning and supporting neurodivergent communities. I take a neurodiversity affirming approach to assessment and therapy.
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Neurodiversity affirming assessment and practice
Adolescents
Adolescence can be a tricky time of change when the demands from peers, family and school increase and emotions are heightened.
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Many young people seek to understand who they are, who they are becoming, and their strengths and challenges. They seek affirming support and a place they can explore identity, build self-compassion and foster acceptance.
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Support is tailored for the individual. It may include learning about emotions and strategies that assist with self regulation. .
ADHD Assessment
Difficulty concentrating, restlessness and agitation, feeling fidgety, impulsive, and/or having trouble with motivation may lead you to wonder if you are an ADHDer. ​ Assessment for ADHD includes questionnaires and a structured diagnostic interview using the DIVA5. Seeing your GP for a referral to a psychiatrist is recommended if you wish to discuss medication.
If you have already been diagnosed with ADHD and wish to learn more about how your brain works, if you are seeking support and wish to learn strategies and workarounds to improve everyday functioning, therapy can help.
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Adults
Autism Assessment
Experiences across the lifespan shape an individual's life narrative. A developmental lens can help us to understand current feelings, relationships and functioning.
I work collaboratively with clients experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, and other difficulties. My work is influenced by the neurodiversity affirmative movement, cognitive behavioural therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and schema therapy.
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The MIGDAS-2 diagnostic interview process invites young people and adults to share their worldview through preferred topics and sensory materials. The assessment process is designed to be a positive experience, highlighting each personal's strengths, challenges and exploring their brain style.
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ADHD and Autism often co-occur so both may be explored during the assessment process.
Neuroaffirming Therapy
I strive to provide a warm, compassionate and understanding environment for clients who identify as Autistic, ADHDers, or both. Therapy is adapted to suit neurotype and support includes psychoeducation, strategies, and recommendations for adjustments at home, school, university and work as needed.
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"Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it" - Brene Brown
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Anxiety and OCD
Anxiety is a common experience and it can be overcome or better managed so that it is easier to live with.
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People with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) experience intrusive and unwanted thoughts, images or impulses (obsessions), and feel compelled to perform behavioural or mental rituals (compulsions). Obsessions and compulsions are distressing and time consuming. Treatment utilises psychoeducation, Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) practices to help reduce OCD symptoms.
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