Adapted CBT therapy that worked

I've not personally had adapted CBT because when I had CBT I didn't know that I was autistic.  And neither did the therapist.   But these days I would be asking questions about how it's adapted because, of course, we're all different and really it needs to be individually tailored.   What adaptations would you need or like?

Aucademy have a couple of videos that might be help when choosing therapy or the type of adaptations you need.  Here's one of them:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq7UPvQxJgM&t=3s

It might also be worth asking why they made this recommendation.  CBT is quite a directive approach and many autistic people aren't comfortable with this.  A person-centred approach might appeal more, but often isn't recommended by the NHS because CBT seems to have more measureable outcomes.  I say "seems to have" because much of the data comes from quite basic self assessment reports which are very subjective and many people drop out before they even get to that stage. 

Here's some more on the person centred approach:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShhpNjbsGW4&t=1s

That's not, of course, to say that CBT wouldn't suit you.  It can be very logical and assist with identifying thinking habits that might not be working very well for you.  Valerie Gaus has written a couple a books about it.  That said, I'd be put off by the language used and, looking back at my own experiences, no amount of adaptation would have made it a better fit for me psychologically.  After years and years of not realising that I'm autistic, it smacked of getting me to adapt rather than encouraging me to ask for the adaptations and help I needed.  I might just have been unlucky though.    

I've not personally had adapted CBT because when I had CBT I didn't know that I was autistic.  And neither did the therapist.   But these days I would be asking questions about how it's adapted because, of course, we're all different and really it needs to be individually tailored.   What adaptations would you need or like?

Aucademy have a couple of videos that might be help when choosing therapy or the type of adaptations you need.  Here's one of them:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq7UPvQxJgM&t=3s

It might also be worth asking why they made this recommendation.  CBT is quite a directive approach and many autistic people aren't comfortable with this.  A person-centred approach might appeal more, but often isn't recommended by the NHS because CBT seems to have more measureable outcomes.  I say "seems to have" because much of the data comes from quite basic self assessment reports which are very subjective and many people drop out before they even get to that stage. 

Here's some more on the person centred approach:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShhpNjbsGW4&t=1s

That's not, of course, to say that CBT wouldn't suit you.  It can be very logical and assist with identifying thinking habits that might not be working very well for you.  Valerie Gaus has written a couple a books about it.  That said, I'd be put off by the language used and, looking back at my own experiences, no amount of adaptation would have made it a better fit for me psychologically.  After years and years of not realising that I'm autistic, it smacked of getting me to adapt rather than encouraging me to ask for the adaptations and help I needed.  I might just have been unlucky though.    

 I will need to have a proper think about what help I need. What is an advantage, though unusual by NT standards and what is a disadvantage. Some of my issues stem from autism and some from trauma. Thank you for sharing.