How ADHD, Trauma, and Sensory Processing Intertwine

Join us for a unique workshop hosted by Austin’s own ADHD experts, Anita Robertson, LCSW and Carrie Comstock, OTR, MOT! They want to take us on a deep dive into how ADHD, trauma, and sensory processing interact and affect each other through an interactive, hands-on learning experience in service of our ADHD clients.

Anita Robertson is a reputable speaker among ADHD advocates, a skilled therapist who specializes in working with ADHD adults, and the author of “ADHD and US”.

Her partner in crime, Carrie Comstock, is an exceptional occupational therapist whose methodology is based in neurodiversity-affirming and strengths-based practices. Together, they make up a dynamic duo that unites their professional expertise to provide greater holistic education for helping professionals.

Bringing each of their backgrounds together offers broader insight to how ADHD brains work, and what support they need. In the same way that these two work alongside each other, psychotherapists and occupational therapists would both benefit from this training considerably. It will illuminate different aspects of care and provide understanding on different techniques we use in each of our fields. As helping professionals, we’re all in community and can learn a lot from each other, given the complementarity of our respective fields.

Key Learning Highlights

• Understand how sensory processing impacts everyone’s mental health and how it impacts ADHD. 

• A guided sensory exploration to gain a deeper understanding of sensory processing.

• Regulation Foundations – Explore how the CNS and sensory systems drive emotional regulation.

• Development & Trauma – See how early experiences shape sensory and ADHD brain development and how it shows up in adulthood.

• Rejection sensitivity dysphoria: Why it happens, ways to identify it in session and tools for you and your clients.

• Clarify common misunderstandings for ADHD adults and learn sensory communication tools for working with ADHD clients.

• Practice ADHD-affirming interventions that support self-acceptance and resilience.

• Explore sensory tools and learn how to use them effectively in sessions.

3 CEUs Available

Parking Options

There’s two parking lots nearby, the ACC Rio Grande Parking Garage on 12th St is free and just around the corner from the event center, and street parking is available.