MO-AFCC February 2025 Lunch and Learn
The Missouri Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (MO-AFCC)
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Neurodiversity Affirming Care and Family Law
Friday, February 21, 2025, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
via Zoom Webinar
CLE: 1.8 hours - Pending Approval
CEU: 1.5 hours - Pending Approval
via Zoom Webinar
CLE: 1.8 hours - Pending Approval
CEU: 1.5 hours - Pending Approval
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About the Session
In the field of family law we work with all kinds of people in all kinds of ways.
In this Lunch and Learn we will hear from Dr. Jeremy Shuman about the ways we can create space and understanding for our adult clients who are neurodiverse. We will learn more about what it means to be a person who is neurodiverse and how the court system and family systems can work to support their parenting and co-parenting with a greater skillset. |
Our Presenter

Jeremy Shuman, PsyD - Dr. Jeremy Shuman is a licensed psychologist at The Center for Mindfulness & CBT and has been providing outpatient psychotherapy for over 13 years. He is an area expert in the treatment of OCD and anxiety disorders and provides consultation and training across the country on the intersection of Autism and OCD. The focus of Jeremy’s practice is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) including Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT), prolonged exposure therapies for anxiety disorders, and metacognitive therapies.
Areas of specialty include OCD, Autism/ADHD, panic attacks, health anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder, insomnia, and distress related to tinnitus. Jeremy has particular specialty in treating OCD in Autistic clients, and has a track record of new progress with treatment resistant clients discharged unsuccessfully from higher levels of care. As a secondary niche, Jeremy also provides general counseling for stress, mood, family, and interpersonal difficulties for high achieving individuals (i.e. professionals in academia, medicine, law, engineering, finance, and tech). Common themes include overthinking, anger management, feelings of alienation from others, perfectionism, sleep improvement, boundary setting, parenting, work/life balance, assertiveness, and existential questioning.
Jeremy is trained in ERP through IOCDF, graduated from the Behavior Therapy Training Institute, and is a consultant for I-CBT. He is a leader within the neurodiversity movement in conceptualizing the intersection of Autism and OCD. He regularly engages in ongoing consultation with national experts and attends national conferences both to learn and present.
Jeremy is an advocate for social justice, practices therapy from an LGBTQ+ affirmative stance, and continually engages with anti-racist training and self-study. Jeremy self-identifies as neurodivergent and practices neurodiversity-affirming therapy. He intentionally orients treatment to the stress arising from being neurodivergent in a culture that lacks acceptance of neurodiversity, rather than pathologizing the wide range of neurological differences distributed through humanity. He understands the role of intersectionality in personal experience with identity.
Areas of specialty include OCD, Autism/ADHD, panic attacks, health anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder, insomnia, and distress related to tinnitus. Jeremy has particular specialty in treating OCD in Autistic clients, and has a track record of new progress with treatment resistant clients discharged unsuccessfully from higher levels of care. As a secondary niche, Jeremy also provides general counseling for stress, mood, family, and interpersonal difficulties for high achieving individuals (i.e. professionals in academia, medicine, law, engineering, finance, and tech). Common themes include overthinking, anger management, feelings of alienation from others, perfectionism, sleep improvement, boundary setting, parenting, work/life balance, assertiveness, and existential questioning.
Jeremy is trained in ERP through IOCDF, graduated from the Behavior Therapy Training Institute, and is a consultant for I-CBT. He is a leader within the neurodiversity movement in conceptualizing the intersection of Autism and OCD. He regularly engages in ongoing consultation with national experts and attends national conferences both to learn and present.
Jeremy is an advocate for social justice, practices therapy from an LGBTQ+ affirmative stance, and continually engages with anti-racist training and self-study. Jeremy self-identifies as neurodivergent and practices neurodiversity-affirming therapy. He intentionally orients treatment to the stress arising from being neurodivergent in a culture that lacks acceptance of neurodiversity, rather than pathologizing the wide range of neurological differences distributed through humanity. He understands the role of intersectionality in personal experience with identity.
Learning Objectives
In this workshop, attendees will:
- Learn to identify common barriers to fair access in legal settings arising from communication differences, sensory sensitivities, emotional intensity, and executive functioning challenges;
- Learn to accommodate the needs of neurodivergent clients through modifications to standard operating procedures for communication, time management, creating a comfortable environment, and following of social scripts; and
- Learn to avoid bias in assumption of intent or credibility that can arise from misunderstandings about differences in communication and non-verbal signals.
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