About Tania

You Deserve to Feel Great. Tania is Here to Help.

Tania was recognized by Autism Australia in both 2016 and 2015 for her work advancing the field of female Autism and Neurodiversity. She is the Author of “I Am AspienGirl: The Unique Characteristics, Traits, and Gifts of Females on the Autism Spectrum”, Foreword by Dr. Judith Gould, and “I Am AspienWoman: The Unique Characteristics, Traits, and Gifts of Adult Females on the Spectrum”, Foreword by Dr. Shana Nichols.

She is a Gold medal winning and best-selling author, a Clinical Psychotherapist, A Consultant and Analyst in Forensic Services and offers crisis management support, resources and assistance to health professionals.

Tania Marshall is a 2015 ASPECT Autism Australia National Recognition Awards Nominee

(Advancement category), a 2015 eLIT gold medal book award winner.

Tania Marshall has worked in the fields of psychology and mental health for over 25 years (in a variety of roles, environments and contexts), with children, teens and adult with developmental disorders, Autism and related disorders, across the lifespan. She has supported many neurodiverse individuals with Asperger Syndrome/Autism and related conditions. She provides a wide variety of evidence-based interventions including: Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), Cognitive Affective Training (CAT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), Narrative therapy, Family therapy and family-based interventions, Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), Solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT), Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), Schema-focused therapy, Emotion-focused therapy, Self help and Psychoeducation. Tania participated in a Doctoral-level pilot in the area of Adult female autism in 2014.

She has practiced in a wide variety of roles over the course of her career (consultant, psychologist, registered psychologist – provisional, educator, trainer, group therapist, and some of her work has included diagnostic assessment impressions, support, intervention, problem-solving sessions, letter, reports and/or consultations via Skype/Zoom or in-person. On her ‘psychologist’ role, Tania was an approved Medicare Registered Provider of Psychology Services, an approved APS Identified Autism Practitioner, a Helping Child With Autism approved provider, a Better Start for Children with a Disability Provider and a trained Secret Agent Society (SAS) Trained Group Facilitator. Currently, Tania divides her time between private practice, her contract work, writing her book series and research. Tania’s work has been translated and/or cited in numerous publications including Sarah Hendrickxs’ recent release entitled “Women and Girls with an Autism Spectrum Disorder” (June, 2015).

After the completion of her Masters of Science degree (Applied Psychology, Developmental/Educational psychology), she then completed a supervised 18-month post Masters externship (supervised by a Clinical Psychologist) at a private special needs school for children from Grades 1-12, who were “at-risk”, had dropped out of school, been suspended, were in foster care, in contact with the justice system, abused, and/or had a variety of disorders and/or conditions. Some of her duties included: providing diagnostic assessments, psycho-educational assessments, psychological assessments, intervention, support and therapy, family therapy, report writing, stakeholder meetings and visits to hospitals to see students. She supported students of all ages, both genders and their families, all with a wide variety of conditions, learning difficulties and concerns. She worked with many students with Autism or Asperger Syndrome. She worked with females on the Autism Spectrum when very little was known about Autism in females. She also completed an 18-month post-Masters externship in private practice, supervised by a Clinical Psychologist.

Tania attended Dr. Ross Greene’s “The Explosive Child” one-day seminar, briefly meeting him and discussed children with Autism and related conditions. Tania stands firm in her belief that the vast majority of children want to please their parents…IF they can. If they cannot, it is our job to find out what their lagging skills are and assist them. She is a strengths-based practitioner, assisting others to focus on their strengths whilst being supported with their challenges.

Since then, Tania has worked in private practice, providing a wide variety of assessments and services to people of all ages. She has worked with many thousands of individuals of all ages with varying expressions and sub-types of autism/neurodivergence and conditions/disorders, including personality disorders. A large majority of individuals she has worked with are twice-exceptional, (Gifted and Talented) and Neurodivergent.