Yunetta Spring Smith

Very excited about this August we will be presenting at the EMDRIA Conference! 🎉 who’s planning to attend 😊

Hey June! This is your Therafriendly reminder that you have access to your answer!
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Grateful for the opportunity to present at the annual Tennessee Licensed Professional Counselors Association Counseling & Therapy Summit.

I had the privilege of speaking on When Your Past Meets Your Practice: Working with Childhood Wounds as a Neurodivergent Clinician, with a focus on helping therapists recognize and honor their neurotype, sensory needs, and accessibility needs as a way to deepen, sharpen, and sustain the work they do.

One of the greatest gifts of understanding my own neurodivergence has been learning to see myself through a different lens. What I once viewed as limitations, I now recognize as information. Learning to honor my nervous system instead of constantly pushing against it has changed the way I work, travel, teach, lead, and live.

This journey is still a work in progress.

My brain is always looking for ways to refine, improve, and grow. But I’m also learning to celebrate the moments where I showed up authentically, trusted myself, and allowed myself to be fully present. Growth isn’t just about identifying what’s next. It’s also about acknowledging what went well.

I’m grateful for the conversations, connections, networking, and opportunities that came from this experience. Every speaking engagement teaches me something new about myself and gives me another chance to refine how I show up in clinical spaces while helping therapists better support themselves and the people they serve.

For now, I’m trading conference rooms for a little rest, some quiet, and a nervous system reset.

TheraFriendly Reminder: You don’t have to earn rest by reaching exhaustion first.

After big events that require a lot of energy, what routines or rituals help you honor your nervous system and sensory needs? 💭✨