A structured, phase-based clinical protocol for neurodivergent clients — primarily autistic adults — whose masking has become procedural and automatic rather than deliberate. When the authentic response is overwritten before it reaches conscious awareness, "just be yourself" does nothing. This protocol does.
Built within the Neurocontextual Systems Therapy (NST) framework, the Authentic Response Recovery Protocol walks clinicians through five phases: somatic mapping, anchor identification and interrupt training, graduated transfer into higher-stakes contexts, separating catch from expression at the choice point, and stress inoculation before the new habit faces its hardest test.
Includes in-session language, between-session tracking structure, the neuroscience rationale behind each intervention, and explicit framing for clients who have internalized authenticity as a performance demand. Designed to be used as a standalone clinical tool or integrated into existing NST work.
A structured, phase-based clinical protocol for neurodivergent clients — primarily autistic adults — whose masking has become procedural and automatic rather than deliberate. When the authentic response is overwritten before it reaches conscious awareness, "just be yourself" does nothing. This protocol does.
Built within the Neurocontextual Systems Therapy (NST) framework, the Authentic Response Recovery Protocol walks clinicians through five phases: somatic mapping, anchor identification and interrupt training, graduated transfer into higher-stakes contexts, separating catch from expression at the choice point, and stress inoculation before the new habit faces its hardest test.
Includes in-session language, between-session tracking structure, the neuroscience rationale behind each intervention, and explicit framing for clients who have internalized authenticity as a performance demand. Designed to be used as a standalone clinical tool or integrated into existing NST work.
