What You'll Get
Lifetime Access
Purchase once and keep it forever
Digital Resource
Professionally designed and ready to use
Evidence-Based Learning
Step-by-step guidance through complex psychological concepts
Neurodiversity-Affirming
Grounded in neurodiversity-affirming practices
About This Resource
Alexithymia: Assessment and Management is a practical, research-informed guide for practitioners working with clients who find it hard to identify and describe their own emotions.
Alexithymia shows up across our caseloads far more often than it is named. When it goes unrecognised, clients can easily be misread as resistant, avoidant or lacking insight, and therapy can stall as soon as you start to enquire about their emotional experiences.
This resource helps clinicians recognise alexithymia, understand where it comes from, and adapt their work so clients can build emotional awareness starting from what they can already notice.
The guide gives particular attention to autism, including where the alexithymia hypothesis stands now, the close relationship between alexithymia and interoception, and its links with anxiety, depression and burnout in autistic adults. It also takes a careful look at the research on ADHD, trauma and acquired brain injury, with a neurodiversity-affirming lens throughout.
What’s Included
- A clear introduction to alexithymia, its core facets and the attention-appraisal model, plus common misconceptions worth unlearning
- An overview of how alexithymia develops
- An in-depth look at alexithymia in autistic clients, covering the alexithymia hypothesis, mental health, interoception, late identification and burnout
- A critical note on the ADHD research
- Guidance on recognising alexithymia in session and assessing it well, including links to the main self-report measures, their strengths and limitations, and differential and cultural considerations
- Practical therapeutic strategies and adaptations, with tailored guidance for autistic clients, trauma and dissociation, and supporting families and partners
Who Is This Resource For?
This resource is suitable for psychologists, counsellors and allied health professionals who want to better recognise and support clients with alexithymia. It’s especially useful for clinicians working with autistic and late-identified clients, people with trauma histories, and clients whose distress tends to show up in the body or through behaviour, as well as anyone assessing for autism who wants to understand how alexithymia fits into the clinical picture.
Format and Access
- This is a 64-page digital guide, part of the Specialist Clinician Guides series
- Professionally designed and suitable for use on iPad, computer, or in print
- Reviewed by an accessibility expert and graphic designer to optimise readability, visual clarity, and user experience
- It is delivered as a downloadable PDF for individual professional use
Terms and Conditions
This is a digital product. No physical item will be shipped.
This resource and its contents are the intellectual property of Amanda Moses Psychology. Each purchase is for individual professional use only. If you work in a group practice, each practitioner must purchase their own copy.
Due to the nature of digital products, no refunds are available.
Please review the full terms of purchase here: Terms of Purchase
Frequently Asked Questions
Are these therapy tools ready to be used in sessions with clients?
Yes. Most of the clinical tools are designed to be used directly in therapy and assessment sessions.
Each therapy manual and guide include structured worksheets, reflection exercises, and homework activities that can be introduced in-session and used between appointments. Printable materials are provided so they can be used collaboratively during sessions or shared with clients for ongoing work.
Where relevant, I have also included guidance for clinicians on how to introduce each tool, explain its purpose, and integrate it meaningfully into therapeutic work. The intention is to support active, collaborative therapeutic processes.
Who are these resources designed for?
These resources are designed primarily for psychologists and allied health professionals working in assessment and therapy settings.
They are used by provisional psychologists, early-career clinicians and more experienced practitioners seeking structured, ethically grounded tools.
Resources within the Understanding Neurodivergence Series are also suitable for neurodivergent community members seeking education and self-reflection.
Can I adapt the templates and tools to suit my own practice style?
Yes. All templates are designed to be flexible.
You are encouraged to adapt language, structure and formatting to suit your theoretical orientation, client population and workplace requirements. They provide a strong foundation while allowing professional judgement to remain central.
Can I share these resources with colleagues or students?
Resources are licensed for individual professional use and are not intended for redistribution or resale. If colleagues or students are interested, please direct them to the website to access their own copies.
Are these resources suitable for early-career psychologists?
Yes. Many provisional and early-career psychologists use these tools to build confidence in documentation, formulation and intervention planning.
They provide structure without oversimplifying clinical complexity.
Do you offer payment plans for your psychology resources?
Flexible payment options are available at checkout through third-party providers such as Afterpay and PayPal, depending on eligibility and provider terms.
Amanda Moses Psychology is not affiliated with these providers. All approvals and payment arrangements are managed directly by the third-party provider.
Can I create my own bundle or add more items later?
Bundles are fixed, but you can also create a custom bundle of resources tailored to your current needs. Pick any 3 from the clinical resources range to receive 10% off, or any 5 items to receive 15% off. This excludes larger combined libraries and pre-discounted bundles, such as the Practice Tools Library or Therapy Manual Bundle. Additional courses and resources can be purchased separately to further enhance your clinical toolkit.
How do I access the courses or resources after purchase?
After purchasing a bundle, you’ll receive an email with login instructions and direct access to all courses and resources. This ensures immediate access to your training materials, clinical resources, and professional development tools.
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