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Appropriate therapy

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My adult son has been to councillors who seem to listen only to him. He suffers greatly from depression but has a high functioning job and is well paid. He needs more direction from a therapist. It is very hard to find therapists who specialise in Aspergers. Many councillors list Aspergers as one of many conditions they treat but don't have any deep knowledge of it or know how to help people with the condition.  Can anyone suggest what type of therapy would be appropriate for an Aspergers adult with severe depression please? He lives in the Godalming area.

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  • Another angle you could try, is Transaction Analysis, or T.A. as established by Eric Berne, M.D., and made famous through the book 'GAMES PEOPLE PLAY - THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS' which is essentially the Haines Manual for social interactions and - 'if you will do something for me; I will then do someting for you' - transactions.

    It is bit complex for most to get into at the beginning - but relatively easily in the social Games sections. It really really helped me alot.

    There is also now the book TA Today - A New Introduction to Transactional Analysis, by Ian Stewart and Vann Joines - which is really a very tidy piece of work (from the analytical perrspective) and more practically involving for the reader in therapuetic/personal-development terms.

    Also - TA can be used along with CBT which was as a process derived from TA, and correlates with Cognitive Analysis also. It is often found useful that getting a copy of TA Today for each person involved in relationship issues, as they can read them apart and support each other from an informed standpoint, as well as spot blind spoints and all that.

    Obviously, one size or type does not suit all people, but having options is sometimes better than having one or less - sort of thing.

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  • Another angle you could try, is Transaction Analysis, or T.A. as established by Eric Berne, M.D., and made famous through the book 'GAMES PEOPLE PLAY - THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS' which is essentially the Haines Manual for social interactions and - 'if you will do something for me; I will then do someting for you' - transactions.

    It is bit complex for most to get into at the beginning - but relatively easily in the social Games sections. It really really helped me alot.

    There is also now the book TA Today - A New Introduction to Transactional Analysis, by Ian Stewart and Vann Joines - which is really a very tidy piece of work (from the analytical perrspective) and more practically involving for the reader in therapuetic/personal-development terms.

    Also - TA can be used along with CBT which was as a process derived from TA, and correlates with Cognitive Analysis also. It is often found useful that getting a copy of TA Today for each person involved in relationship issues, as they can read them apart and support each other from an informed standpoint, as well as spot blind spoints and all that.

    Obviously, one size or type does not suit all people, but having options is sometimes better than having one or less - sort of thing.

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