Can anyone recommend a good therapist?

Hello, take as much as you need to process your new autistic identification. I would recommend you contact an autistic therapist, you won’t need to explain your neurology then. You should feel understood.

This website might be helpful:

https://neurodivergenttherapists.com/

You say you want to talk about your diagnosis it could therefore be really useful to share your thoughts and experiences with another autistic person.

 I hope this helps.

And thanks very much for the link, I didn't know that there was such a website for finding neurodivergent therapists.

Sorry, just one other thought. This equation could be really helpful for you to navigate difficulties: ‘Autism + Environment = Outcome.’ I hope this helps (when I have lots of ideas , I can go on a bit of a tangent, I am sure this is familiar to lots of other autistic people).

Yes, it is great. It is written directly for us as the autistic community. Even though Luke Beardon is not autistic, his understanding and depth of knowledge is amazing. I liked it so much, I highlighted certain sections because I thought they were very useful.

Ausomely Autistic said:

Autism + Environment = Outcome

This book is based around his golden equation and throughout the book he gives examples of reasonable adjustments that would make environments more autistic friendly.

This book helped me understand and could really help other autistic people understand that anxiety doesn’t have to be part of everyday life if your environment suits your neurology.

I hope you find this book as useful as I did.

Ultramarine said:

Overcoming Anxiety and Depression on the Autism Spectrum, by Lee A Wilkinson. 

This seems interesting, I shall do some research.

Yes, it is great. It is written directly for us as the autistic community. Even though Luke Beardon is not autistic, his understanding and depth of knowledge is amazing. I liked it so much, I highlighted certain sections because I thought they were very useful.

Ausomely Autistic said:

Autism + Environment = Outcome

This book is based around his golden equation and throughout the book he gives examples of reasonable adjustments that would make environments more autistic friendly.

This book helped me understand and could really help other autistic people understand that anxiety doesn’t have to be part of everyday life if your environment suits your neurology.

I hope you find this book as useful as I did.

Ultramarine said:

Overcoming Anxiety and Depression on the Autism Spectrum, by Lee A Wilkinson. 

This seems interesting, I shall do some research.