{"id":2060,"date":"2021-03-23T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T17:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/wordpress\/autisticme\/?p=2060"},"modified":"2023-11-26T16:27:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T22:27:42","slug":"podcast-episode-061-kate-mcnulty-lcsw-author-of-love-and-aspergers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/2021\/03\/23\/podcast-episode-061-kate-mcnulty-lcsw-author-of-love-and-aspergers\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast Episode 061 &#8211; Kate McNulty, LCSW, author of Love and Asperger&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Podcast\u00a0Episode 0061; Season 04, Episode 25; March 23, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Autistic Therapist, Kate McNulty, discusses her book Love and Asperger\u2019s. We also discuss gender identity, sexuality, and the challenges faced by autistics in relationships with neurotypical partners. This hour is a frank discussion of some reasons autistics struggle to maintain romantic relationships. We also spend time exploring the trauma of families rejecting autistics who are also part of the LGBTQ+ community.<\/p>\n<p>Autistics know we\u2019re outsiders. Autistics who are non-conforming along the spectrums of gender and sexual orientation face a significantly higher risk of depression.<\/p>\n<h3>About Love and Asperger\u2019s<\/h3>\n<p>Kate McNulty is a Licensed Clinical Social\u00a0Worker (LCSW) and certified relationship therapist through the Gottman\u00a0Institute of Seattle, Washington. She is a certified sex therapist and member\u00a0of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists\u00a0(AASECT). You can learn more about McNulty on her website,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/autistictherapist.com\">AutisticTherapist.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McNulty is the author of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Pi19Gy\">Love and Asperger\u2019s<\/a>:\u00a0Practical Strategies to Help Couples Understand Each Other and Strengthen their<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Connection<\/em>. Love and Asperger\u2019s is published under the Rockridge Press imprint of Callisto Media.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>McNulty\u2019s Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/autistictherapist.com\">https:\/\/autistictherapist.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AutisticLCSW\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/AutisticLCSW<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Lover and Asperger\u2019s<\/em> on Amazon: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Pi19Gy\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Pi19Gy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/18445790\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/336699\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" 1=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" 2=\"mozallowfullscreen\" 3=\"oallowfullscreen\" 4=\"msallowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<h3>Transcript in Progress\u2026<\/h3>\n<p>Yes, I really do need to set days aside just to finish editing transcripts!<\/p>\n<h3>The Autistic Me:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Blog:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/\">https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Podcast:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/autisticme.libsyn.com\/\">https:\/\/autisticme.libsyn.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Facebook:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/autisticme\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/autisticme\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/autisticme\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/autisticme<\/a><\/li>\n<li>YouTube:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/CSWyatt\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/CSWyatt<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LinkedIn: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/autisticme\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/autisticme<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Podcast\u00a0Episode 0061; Season 04, Episode 25; March 23, 2021 The\u00a0Autistic Therapist, Kate McNulty, discusses her book Love and Asperger\u2019s. We also discuss gender identity, sexuality, and the challenges faced by autistics in relationships with neurotypical partners. This hour is a frank discussion of some reasons autistics struggle to maintain romantic&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/2021\/03\/23\/podcast-episode-061-kate-mcnulty-lcsw-author-of-love-and-aspergers\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Podcast Episode 061 &#8211; Kate McNulty, LCSW, author of Love and Asperger&#8217;s<\/span> <i class=\"fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"iawp_total_views":24,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,11],"tags":[282,312,421,435,554,591,603,636],"class_list":["post-2060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","category-relationships","tag-family","tag-gender","tag-lgbtq","tag-love","tag-podcast","tag-relationships","tag-romance","tag-sexuality","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/Podcast_Banner_800x400.png?fit=711%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfivLC-xe","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2060"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3561,"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060\/revisions\/3561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}