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Disability in Psychotherapy is a free educational website about what happens when disability is taken seriously in therapy. It’s for disabled people, the people who support them, and therapists, trainees and services.
What you’ll find here
- Explanations of experiences many disabled people meet in therapy, like being misunderstood, or having access treated as a side issue.
- Practical tools, such as worksheets, scripts and checklists. Most are this site’s own and haven’t been formally tested. Each one says so.
- Guides to therapy approaches, read through a disability lens.
What it isn’t
It isn’t therapy, and it can’t assess your situation or respond in a crisis. It’s written by Casey Donaghey, a psychotherapist who lives with cerebral palsy. Casey also has a separate therapy practice. You don’t need to use it to use this site.
One example of the thinking here
Someone keeps arriving late to sessions. A therapist might wonder whether they’re ambivalent about therapy. That’s possible. But the bus might not have a working ramp. Their morning care might run late. Or the stairs might take longer on some days than others.
The site’s approach is to keep all of these possibilities open, and to ask about the practical ones before assuming a psychological meaning. Often several are true at once.
Pick one route
- Understand my experience
Short pages on themes like ableism, grief, the body and care. Each opens with a 60-second summary.
- Find therapy
How to choose a therapist, what to ask about access, and where to look.
- Use a resource for my role
Tools and guides for disabled people, therapists, carers, trainers, services and researchers.
That’s enough for now. You don’t need to read anything else first. If you only do one thing, choose one route above and open the first page it suggests. You can come back any time. Nothing here times out.
Questions about the site: FAQ · About this project · Contact the educational project