A blog for clinicians on making therapy accessible.
Simple, practical ways to make your social media posts welcoming to people with a wide range of disabilities, from alt text and captions to plain language and content warnings.
Read the post: Social Media Accessibility for Therapists →Inaccessible websites turn away clients at their most vulnerable moment. How screen readers, captions, color, navigation, and contact options shape a client's first impression, with a budget-based roadmap for improving your site.
Read the post: Accessible Therapist Websites →Ableist language shows up in intake forms, progress notes, and well-meant metaphors. How to revise your wording, forms, communication styles, and disability language practices so clients feel seen from the first contact.
Read the post: The Language of Accessible Therapy: Creating Inclusive Healing Spaces Through Mindful Communication →Lighting, sound, scent, and seating shape whether therapy feels safe. Practical ways to design, and keep adapting, therapy spaces for neurodivergent clients, trauma survivors, and anyone with sensory sensitivities.
Read the post: The Sensory Experience of Therapy: Creating Welcoming Environments for Neurodiverse Clients →For many disabled clients, medical trauma and inaccessibility are the same wound. How to build intake, policies, and therapeutic relationships that avoid retraumatization and earn trust.
Read the post: Trauma-Informed Accessibility in Therapy: Understanding the Intersection →Accessibility in therapy goes beyond cost and availability. Practical steps to make your sessions, paperwork, telehealth, and website work for clients with disabilities.
Read the post: Accessible Therapy →