I've tried therapy/counselling several times and never found it helpful, and I'm starting to wonder if that's because neurotypical therapists just don't understand me properly. My last counsellor had a Masters degree in Autism but was neurotypical. I stopped seeing her because I got frustrated that she was constantly misinterpreting or apparently not hearing/acknowledging things I brought up with her - I felt like she wasn't listening at all and it was really discouraging - but I'm wondering if part of the problem was that I was somehow not making myself clear and if perhaps another autistic person would understand/"hear" me better.
Been thinking about this since becoming friends with someone who is autistic like me and finding that I feel more comfortable with and understood by her than I ever have with anyone else.
Does anyone know of any UK therapists/counsellors who have autism themselves and work with autistic adult clients?
