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behavioural psychologists (sussex)

clairey

Hi, apologies if this is in the wrong section, wasn't quite sure where to put it!

Due to lack of interest from community paeds/CAMHS we've ended up going down the private route with our 8 year old who has HFA

He suffers from anxiety/stress/anger issues and has lately started saying that he wishes he was dead, which I think is his way of telling us that he just can't cope with things right now and he wants to escape it. We're having major behaviour issues mainly at home but also creeping in at school too (where previously he has been "a delight" to teach!!)

We saw Dr Blincow (psych) at the Priory, who referred us to a behavioural psychologist closer to where we live but unfortunately she is giving up practicing! argh!

SOOO... what I really want to ask is whether anyone can recommend a good behavioural psychologist in the South-East (we're in W.Sussex but happy to travel)

thanks!

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  • longman said:
    But I would still argue that until psychologists recognise sensory overload as a factor, we aren't going to get any further forward helping people on the spectrum.

    I do wonder too if therapy just helps an individual resolve a backlog of issues and misunderstandings, which after a time will start to build up again. The psychologists don't seem to consider that people on the spectrum might have a propensity for accumulating unresolved issues, so that therapy can only be short term.

    I agree.  As the ICD is pending revision (ICD-11 Beta Draft), I wonder whether they will follow the DSM5 in writing in sensory problems as part of diagnostic criteria.  We seem to follow the Americans in everything else.

    I personally have never found talking therapies helpful.  I actually just sit there and waffle on in answer to questions and it never solves anything.

    I think there needs to be a sea-change of attitude and approaches in psychology when it comes to autism.

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  • longman said:
    But I would still argue that until psychologists recognise sensory overload as a factor, we aren't going to get any further forward helping people on the spectrum.

    I do wonder too if therapy just helps an individual resolve a backlog of issues and misunderstandings, which after a time will start to build up again. The psychologists don't seem to consider that people on the spectrum might have a propensity for accumulating unresolved issues, so that therapy can only be short term.

    I agree.  As the ICD is pending revision (ICD-11 Beta Draft), I wonder whether they will follow the DSM5 in writing in sensory problems as part of diagnostic criteria.  We seem to follow the Americans in everything else.

    I personally have never found talking therapies helpful.  I actually just sit there and waffle on in answer to questions and it never solves anything.

    I think there needs to be a sea-change of attitude and approaches in psychology when it comes to autism.

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