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DistantButHere
4 days ago

hi

is there a place to get therapy or counselling that has properly trained therapists.

i See you had therapy Iain, where did you find your therapist please?

is there a registry for really highly qualified therapists that specialise in autism/adhd?

I am really starting to bottom out on this. My level of isolation is almost 100%, I see a cpn for a couple of hours once a month, and this level of solitude has been the case for 8 years.

 Couldn’t afford ongoing therapy, but several sessions I am guessing, at least to discuss things.

ok that’s all, and I apologise for the depressing nature of this post. I am finding it hard to not sink currently. 
I hope to one day contribute more light hearted posts and thank in advance anyone who can offer advice, suggestions, or experience.

Thankyou

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  • 4 days ago
    DistantButHere said:
    where did you find your therapist please?

    I found my therapist on here:

    https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/counselling/england?category=autism

    I used the filter option to add the areas I had most need of help with and looked at the profiles until I found someone who felt right - I contacted them for an initial chat and it went well so I booked some sessions.

    All was done remotely as I live overseas and this allowed me to keep regular sessions wherever my work took me.

    DistantButHere said:
    is there a registry for really highly qualified therapists that specialise in autism/adhd?

    TheCatWoman has the right answer here - but this is a registry of qualified and registered therapists, not their specialisations.

    The link is:

    https://www.bacp.co.uk/about-us/protecting-the-public/bacp-register

    I would probably use the first links list of therapists and check the one you are interested in is on the second link.

    I pay £50 per hour for my sessions but don't need then too frequently these days. Initially it was once a week while we worked through some issues but tapered off to less frequently as I was working on a lot more in my own time.

    Everyone will have a different need but fairly frequent sessions initially seem to present the best approach.

    A therapist with experience of dealing successfully with autistic patients is likely to have a good understanding of what techniques work for them. I have read on here that CBT type sessions are typically not a good fit, but that is only anecdotal.

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  • 4 days ago
    DistantButHere said:
    where did you find your therapist please?

    I found my therapist on here:

    https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/counselling/england?category=autism

    I used the filter option to add the areas I had most need of help with and looked at the profiles until I found someone who felt right - I contacted them for an initial chat and it went well so I booked some sessions.

    All was done remotely as I live overseas and this allowed me to keep regular sessions wherever my work took me.

    DistantButHere said:
    is there a registry for really highly qualified therapists that specialise in autism/adhd?

    TheCatWoman has the right answer here - but this is a registry of qualified and registered therapists, not their specialisations.

    The link is:

    https://www.bacp.co.uk/about-us/protecting-the-public/bacp-register

    I would probably use the first links list of therapists and check the one you are interested in is on the second link.

    I pay £50 per hour for my sessions but don't need then too frequently these days. Initially it was once a week while we worked through some issues but tapered off to less frequently as I was working on a lot more in my own time.

    Everyone will have a different need but fairly frequent sessions initially seem to present the best approach.

    A therapist with experience of dealing successfully with autistic patients is likely to have a good understanding of what techniques work for them. I have read on here that CBT type sessions are typically not a good fit, but that is only anecdotal.

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