• Blog
    • Autism/ADHD
    • LGBTQI+
    • Social work
    • My story
  • Books
    • Neurodivergent Game Plan
    • Neurodivergent Game Plan: The Workbook
    • The Neuroaffirming Therapy Handbook
    • Nepo
  • Video
    • Gear I use
  • Therapy
  • Freebies
    • Neurodivergent Game Plan preview
    • Neurodivergent Game Plan sample chapter
    • Neurodivergent Game Plan acronym guide
    • Neurodiversity 101 guide
    • Common Traits of Autism & ADHD guide
    • Autism & ADHD Challenges guide
    • Mastering Executive Functions guide
    • Neurodivergent Strengths guide
    • Managing Neurodivergent Needs guide
    • Understanding Neurodivergent Attachment & Trauma guide
    • Neurodivergence, Sexuality & Gender guide
    • Neuroaffirming Therapy guide
    • Social worker resources list
    • Social worker student guide
    • Social worker finance guide
    • Recommended books
  • About
  • Contact
    • Subscribe
Essy KnopfEssy Knopf
  • Blog
    • Autism/ADHD
    • LGBTQI+
    • Social work
    • My story
  • Books
    • Neurodivergent Game Plan
    • Neurodivergent Game Plan: The Workbook
    • The Neuroaffirming Therapy Handbook
    • Nepo
  • Video
    • Gear I use
  • Therapy
  • Freebies
    • Neurodivergent Game Plan preview
    • Neurodivergent Game Plan sample chapter
    • Neurodivergent Game Plan acronym guide
    • Neurodiversity 101 guide
    • Common Traits of Autism & ADHD guide
    • Autism & ADHD Challenges guide
    • Mastering Executive Functions guide
    • Neurodivergent Strengths guide
    • Managing Neurodivergent Needs guide
    • Understanding Neurodivergent Attachment & Trauma guide
    • Neurodivergence, Sexuality & Gender guide
    • Neuroaffirming Therapy guide
    • Social worker resources list
    • Social worker student guide
    • Social worker finance guide
    • Recommended books
  • About
  • Contact
    • Subscribe
  • YouTube icon
Essy KnopfEssy Knopf
  • Blog
    • Autism/ADHD
    • LGBTQI+
    • Social work
    • My story
  • Books
    • Neurodivergent Game Plan
    • Neurodivergent Game Plan: The Workbook
    • The Neuroaffirming Therapy Handbook
    • Nepo
  • Video
    • Gear I use
  • Therapy
  • Freebies
    • Neurodivergent Game Plan preview
    • Neurodivergent Game Plan sample chapter
    • Neurodivergent Game Plan acronym guide
    • Neurodiversity 101 guide
    • Common Traits of Autism & ADHD guide
    • Autism & ADHD Challenges guide
    • Mastering Executive Functions guide
    • Neurodivergent Strengths guide
    • Managing Neurodivergent Needs guide
    • Understanding Neurodivergent Attachment & Trauma guide
    • Neurodivergence, Sexuality & Gender guide
    • Neuroaffirming Therapy guide
    • Social worker resources list
    • Social worker student guide
    • Social worker finance guide
    • Recommended books
  • About
  • Contact
    • Subscribe
  • YouTube icon
Browsing Category

Dating

Essy Knopf distraction capitalism
Dating LGBTQI+ Wellbeing

Gay dating and hookup apps and the hidden cost of ‘distraction capitalism’

Gay dating and hookup apps dangle the promise of in-person interactions, yet no one…

Essy Knopf gay dating apps
Dating LGBTQI+ Wellbeing

‘Breadcrumbing’: the gay dating app practice that destroys connection

If you've ever used a gay dating app before, you've likely experienced "flash in…

Essy Knopf Grindr exclusion-based dating
Autism/ADHD Dating LGBTQI+

The ugly truth about Grindr and exclusion-based dating

Exclusion-based dating has long been a widely embraced norm for apps and services like…

Essy Knopf dark patterns gay geosocial apps Grindr
Dating LGBTQI+ Wellbeing

The ‘dark patterns’ that keep us hooked on gay geosocial apps

To what does the gay geosocial app Grindr owe its success? Is it the…

Essy Knopf surveillance capitalism
Dating LGBTQI+

Dating apps are surveillance capitalism at its most cynical

As someone with a natural tendency for obsessive compulsiveness, I loathe visits to the…

Essy Knopf dating apps choice
Dating LGBTQI+

Is ‘choice’ in app-based dating really just a cruel illusion?

As someone with a natural tendency for obsessive compulsiveness, I loathe visits to the…

Essy Knopf gay relationship success
Dating LGBTQI+

Five steps to a fantastic gay relationship

Throughout my twenties, I stumbled from one unsuccessful gay relationship to another, thwarted by…

Essy Knopf dating app sociopath
Dating LGBTQI+

How to avoid becoming a gay dating app sociopath

Much of the small talk that happens on gay dating apps is, in my…

Essy Knopf gay dating
Dating LGBTQI+

How judgmentalism is ruining gay dating

Gay dating is riddled with pitfalls, but perhaps the most significant is the rampant…

Essy Knopf gay men dating
Dating LGBTQI+

Four instances when gay men are justified in cutting a date short

I’ll be honest: I have in the past been prone to bouts of boundless…

  • 1
  • 2
Essy KnopfEssy Knopf
© 2025 Ehsan "Essy" Knopf. All Rights Reserved.
  • YouTube icon