Description

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This class is 1 hour long

To celebrate our third Misophonia Matters May, I have decided to offer the Misophonia Matters Coping Skills class for misophonia 100% free in perpetuity. It is my hope that this class can provide coping skills to all of those who are interested, especially those who have lower access to resources. Please feel free to share with teachers, community members, groups, and more. This class was originally sold as part of our misophonia psychoeducation and coping skills offerings for parents, teens, and adults with misophonia. This is not a clinician certification, if you are a clinician you can learn more here: https://misophoniainternational.com/clinicians/

Misophonia Matters is an advocacy-based coping skills class, book, and workbook for adults, teens, and clinicians by long-time advocate Shaylynn Hayes-Raymond. Shaylynn has been advocating for misophonia since 2015 and moved to a career in counselling based on her experiences as a misophonia advocate and sufferer of the disorder. The Misophonia Matters approach includes advocacy, psychoeducation, sensory-based skills, and cognitive and psychological skills. Worksheets are presented throughout the program. Central to Misophonia Matters is the idea that while we cannot treat and prevent misophonia, we can learn to navigate and adapt to our world through accommodation, coping skills, and an empathetic advocacy-based approach.

The Misophonia Matters Adult and Teen Self-Help and Clinical Workbook is designed as an accompanying material to the Misophonia Matters approach and can be used in conjunction with the book, or on its own provided that the practitioner has participated in training or read the book.

The book is not featured with the class but is available via ebook on our website here: https://misophoniainternational.com/product/misophonia-matters-ebook-drm-free/
If you would like a print version of the book you can find it here.

Syllabus

• Introduction
• Part 1: Psychoeducation
• Part 2: Advocacy and Explaining
• Part 3: Accommodations and Negotiations
• Part 4: Sensory-Based Strategies
• Part 5: Cognitive and Psychological Strategies
• Conclusion
• References

Shaylynn Hayes-Raymond is an LCT-C with a MA in Counselling Psychology, BA in Political Science, and honours diploma in Creative Digital Media. Shaylynn is the director of the International Misophonia Foundation and a private-practice therapist in New Brunswick, Canada. Shaylynn has written numerous pieces on misophonia and has been an advocate for the condition since 2015. Shaylynn herself has misophonia and is a passionate mental health advocate both as a therapist and as neurodiverse advocate.