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How to Tell High-Masking Autism from OCD, PTSD, BPD, and Other Common Diagnoses
Why is autism so often missed or misdiagnosed?
By the time Sarah found her way into a therapy office, she’d already collected eight other diagnoses: anxiety, OCD, PTSD, and BPD among others. But none of them quite captured what was going on with her.
And Sarah’s not an outlier.
That’s because our standard assessments only target particular presentations of autism.
Everyone who doesn’t fit the picture, especially the client who spent a lifetime learning to pass as neurotypical, can get overlooked or diagnosed as something else entirely.
Beyond that, the effort it takes a client to mask their autism can end up costing them dearly.
That’s why we invited Kory Andreas, LCSW-C to present an all-new live workshop:
— New Short Course —
High-Masking Autism: What Your Training Missed
In this workshop, Kory will walk you through the intake language, differential markers, and case-conceptualization shifts that will help you catch what standard screening was never designed to see.
- The average number of misdiagnoses a high-masking client collects before anyone considers autism
- Why autism is often mistaken for OCD, PTSD, BPD, and other common diagnoses
- What masking costs clients physically, emotionally, and relationally (even when it helps them appear successful)
- How years of suppressing autistic traits can create an accumulating pattern of trauma
- How to separate trauma responses from autistic traits when the two are deeply intertwined
- The intake questions that surface masking instead of rewarding it
- The autism profile most graduate training never covers (and how to recognize it)
- Why DBT, SSRIs, and standard mindfulness protocols tend to underperform for this population (and what to use instead)
- How undiagnosed neurodivergence shows up across a family tree (and why you should bring it up during intake)
- How to spot high-masking autism when eye contact, verbal ability, and social fluency appear to rule it out
This workshop will show you how to identify high-masking autism, distinguish it from common differential diagnoses, and make practical changes that can improve engagement and treatment outcomes.
The live workshop will take place on Tuesday, August 25 from 12-3pm ET.
Kory will take questions from participants of the live workshop periodically throughout.
In addition, by registering for the workshop, you’ll also receive the video recording, presentation slides and transcript (and all are yours to keep forever).
Register Here for $197 $97
and get access to the live, interactive session with Kory Andreas, LCSW-C, a recording and transcript of the presentation afterward
3 CE/CME Credits or Clock Hours are available for purchase at checkout.
Click HERE to get information about CE/CME credits and clock hours as well as speaker disclosures
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Course Instructor
Kory Andreas, LCSW-C
With over two decades of experience in education and clinical practice, Kory supports neurodivergent adults, couples, and families through autism assessments, therapy, and advocacy. She is certified as an AANE® Neurodiverse Couples Therapist and integrates trauma-informed, identity-affirming, and nervous system–aware approaches into her work.
Kory is also the founder of Unmasking Retreats, immersive experiences designed to create safe, sensory-aware spaces where autistic adults can rest, connect, and be fully themselves.
She is a writer, educator, and speaker on high-masking Autism and its intersection with LGBTQIA+ identities, PDA, trauma, eating disorders, addictions, and sexuality.
Here's What You'll Get:
Everything is yours to keep forever in your professional library
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Access to the live, interactive session with Kory Andreas, LCSW-C |
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The opportunity to ask Kory your questions during the live session |
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A downloadable recording of the program to watch whenever it’s convenient for you |
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A professionally formatted transcript of the program |
Register Here for $197 $97
and get access to the live, interactive session with Kory Andreas, LCSW-C, a recording and transcript of the presentation afterward
3 CE/CME Credits or Clock Hours are available for purchase at checkout.
Click HERE to get information about CE/CME credits and clock hours as well as speaker disclosures
You Are Protected By
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We invite you to register for this training program without any risk. Unless you are completely satisfied, we will refund your money. Just let us know within 30 days from the date of registration. We are that confident that you will find this information to be more than you expected.
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- The transcript makes it easy to go back and double check concepts, citations and names that are mentioned
- We put in a table of contents to make it easy for you to find the exact part of the webinar you need
- Having the concepts already written allows you to take notes on how you’re going to use the ideas rather than transcribing the ideas
- Some people simply learn better by reading than by listening or watching
- You will be able to print out and share techniques presented in the session with your patients
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Register Here for $197 $97
and get access to the live, interactive session with Kory Andreas, LCSW-C, a recording and transcript of the presentation afterward
3 CE/CME Credits or Clock Hours are available for purchase at checkout.
Click HERE to get information about CE/CME credits and clock hours as well as speaker disclosures