How Should I Say It?
A 5-Week Support
Group for Neurodiverse Couples

presented by

Grace Myhill and Carol Feldman Bass

Meets weekly for 5 weeks:
October 1st, 15th, 22nd, and 29th,
and November 5th

Cost: $500 per couple for 5 sessions

AANE Office, 51 Water Street, Suite 206, Watertown, MA

Group Description

Communication in any type of relationship can be challenging. Now add to that the difficulties and frustrations when each member of a couple appears to have very different: 

• Speaking styles

• Auditory processing abilities

• Perspectives

• Tolerance for conflict

• Capacity for problem solving 

This group will address the communication issues in relationships in which one member of the couple identifies as having Asperger's or a related Autism Spectrum profile and the other member does not.

Using a combination of action methods, group members will experience what it might feel like to be in each other's shoes and to learn an alternative approach to communication from that perspective.

AANE Membership Required to Attend

Grace Myhill is the Coordinator of Spouses/Partners Services at the Asperger’s Association of New England, where she leads groups for neurodiverse couples and for spouses/partners of individuals with Asperger Syndrome. She has a private psychotherapy practice in which she specializes in working with neurodiverse couples or spouses/ partners of individuals with Aspergers.  Her offices are in Watertown and Wellesley, MA, and in Baltimore, MD. She is also available for consultations by phone or video conference.

Ms. Myhill co-authored the article Asperger Marriage: Viewing Partnerships Through a Different Lens with Dania Jekel. She is a 2004 graduate of the BU School of Social Work and a 1983 graduate of Vassar College.

Carol Feldman-Bass is the founder of Social Dynamix, an interactive learning program that combines social pragmatics and theatre to help individuals overcome social anxiety and acquire the spontaneity that is critical to establishing warm social relationships.   For the past several years she has worked collaboratively with AANE to develop and run groups entitled, "The Dating Game” and “Relationship Game” for men and women who have Asperger's Syndrome and wish to acquire better socialization skills. She is a graduate of Vassar College and Boston University School of Law and is currently at Lesley University working on her Master’s in Counseling and Drama Therapy. Ms, Bass is also a certified Life Coach and is in her last year of a six-year training program at the Hudson Valley Institute of Psychodrama. She has been a working actress and improvisor in New England for more than 12 years.

Workshop subject to cancellation if not enough participants register.

For More Information 

Please contact Grace Myhill at gmyhill@gmail.com or 617-504-3116.

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