Wilma Wake

Wilma Wake, PhD has been a licensed clinical social worker for over 40 years She is also an ordained minister, now retired after 28 years of active ministry. She has an M.Div. and D.Min. in Feminist-Liberation Theology and has published fou books on spirituality. Her first love is education and she has a Ph.D. in Social Foundations of Education. She has taught on many levels, including nine years as Associate Professor of Practical Theology at the Swedenborg School of Religion. In her mid sixties, she was diagnosed by is now a is co-facilitator. Her social work practice is devoted primarily to working with older autistic adults, neuro-diverse couples, and with autistic children and their families. She is committed to helping train other service providers to work with autistic adults. She is trained and certified as a neurodiverse couples' therapist by AANE. [The Asperger/Autism Network]. She has a post-graduate certificate in Play-Family Therapy from the Family & Play Therapy Center of Philadelphia.