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Best therapy options for autistic people?

Leni

I'm studying to become a counsellor at the moment, only on my level 3. But I joined a study group on facebook and today a lady asked what the best route/therapy type would be most beneficial for autistic people. 

Now the thread is full of comments of lots of trainee counsellors who want to work with us but there isn't a great deal of research into therapy types. 

My question to you is what is your opinion or experience of therapy? Which ones would you recommend or have helped the most? I could only give them my opinion of my experience but would like to try and offer a bit more advice.

As an autistic person myself I was truly touched by the sheer amount of people who want to understand us and how to help us thrive. I feel it's up to us to help them thrive in their understanding.

You don't need to go into detail if you don't want to, just the type of therapy and how helpful you found it. Hope you can help me to help them.

An extra note. I hope you all managing to find some way to deal with the challenges of lockdown Blue heart

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  • The problem with therapy/ counselling etc is working out what you are trying to treat. So some with autism did to their struggles develop anxiety or depression. So if you are aiming to treat these, let’s call them the side effects of autism it will require a different approach to managing the autism itself. So having a clear scope of what you aim to achieve is essential. Thereafter it’s really just finding what works, CBT works for some where as more structured talk based therapy works for others, and there are other options as well. I dong think any is better than another, rather individuals respond in different ways, so if one way doesn’t work for you, try a different approach. I guess what I’m saying is a rigid ‘one size fits all’ doesn’t work too well with autism, in part because of the range of different people on the spectrum but also because it’s life long and can’t be ‘cured’ as such meaning progress can’t be measured in the same way it can be in say depression or anxiety. I’m not sure if my view helped, I hope it has in some way. 

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  • The problem with therapy/ counselling etc is working out what you are trying to treat. So some with autism did to their struggles develop anxiety or depression. So if you are aiming to treat these, let’s call them the side effects of autism it will require a different approach to managing the autism itself. So having a clear scope of what you aim to achieve is essential. Thereafter it’s really just finding what works, CBT works for some where as more structured talk based therapy works for others, and there are other options as well. I dong think any is better than another, rather individuals respond in different ways, so if one way doesn’t work for you, try a different approach. I guess what I’m saying is a rigid ‘one size fits all’ doesn’t work too well with autism, in part because of the range of different people on the spectrum but also because it’s life long and can’t be ‘cured’ as such meaning progress can’t be measured in the same way it can be in say depression or anxiety. I’m not sure if my view helped, I hope it has in some way. 

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