Lived Experience Peer Professionals Support Group
This is a peer support space for Autistic Lived Experience Peer Professionals. This monthly peer collective invites you to join them to connect with neurokin with shared experiences. We are a supportive and diverse group who all share the need to connect and the heart to support our neurokin. Our format is Intros/Checkins then open discussion focused on sharing of experiences & resources. This is a Neurokindred Autistic co-facilitated peer support space.
What to Bring:
-Starting Script
-Visual Story
-Break out room script
Emma Mitchell
She / Her
Late-identified AuDHD; Spoonie
Emma is a counsellor and group facilitator, with a passion for providing Neuroaffirming, accessible therapy to Autistic and other Neurodivergent clients.
The areas and approaches she is most interested in are:
• Neurodiversity Affirming practice
• Grief & loss
• Trauma
• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
• Narrative Therapy
• Art and Creative Therapies
Emma Mitchell Counselling & Psychotherapy
Kahlia Sherman
she/they
Autistic & ADHD
Kahlia Sherman is a Lived Experience Peer Professional, Peer Mentor & Group Facilitator.
At Neurokindred, Kahlia is a Program Coordinator, peer group facilitator, and provides text-based peer mentoring services.
They are also involved in administration and lead the accessibility support teams for Neurokindred’s Thriving Autistically events.
Kahlia currently co-facilitates the:
- The Persephone Circle: Autistic Women & Non-Binary+ with Complex Trauma Peer Support Group
- Furring Autistic Wellbeing SpIns Group
- Autistic Spoonies Discussion Group
- Thriving Autistically Video Game Hangout
- Lived Experience Peer Professionals Support Group
- Shhh I’m Speaking Non-Speaking Event at Thriving Autistically
Alongside their lived experience, Kahlia holds a Certificate III in Individual Support (Disability & Aged Care).