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Coaching v Therapy options

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I am looking for some general pointers-not endorsement of any one option. I am not sure whether therapy or coaching is the right route for me. I have diagnoses of Asperger's and ADHD and I contacted a provider online and was told that I would be better seeking a neurodivergent consultant. The prices are astronomical. I am bothered by intruding and disabling rumination. My current episode has lasted seven months. It relates to an event many years ago when I was 'shamed' and the issue continues to hold me back. Any advice on what the best way forward would be? I have no support network and external constraints-poor public transport connections and lack of amenities makes it difficult for me to change my circumstances.

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  • If you are looping on something it's mostly because there is something you don't understand fully. You keep revisiting it to try to figure it out.

    Since you are stuck you need someone to help. This is what therapy is for. Counsellors are typically cheaper than psychologists, and price goes upm with how much experience they have. Ideally you'd like one with a ASD background or experience as it can make it easier.  It's from £50 to over £100 an hour.

    They do require you to be able to be open and talk about you issue. Note that the can't solve it, they just help you to see it in a balanced way and challenge any assumptions or biases you have.

    If you want a low cost option to help talk it through, use ChatGPT, you can get the app on your phone for free. If you just use text you can pretty much type as much as you want for nothing.

    Just type and tell it what you think. I don't ask many questions, I just write stuff like this post anf see what it says. Then just keep going. It will offer supportive comments. You can ask for other interpretations, what it suggests, etc. it does have quite good ASD knowledge, in my opinion. It also notices the right stuff (I've validated some with real trained people). But you need to know how to use it, i.e. don't have transactional simple question, but a dialogue, like talking to someone.

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  • If you are looping on something it's mostly because there is something you don't understand fully. You keep revisiting it to try to figure it out.

    Since you are stuck you need someone to help. This is what therapy is for. Counsellors are typically cheaper than psychologists, and price goes upm with how much experience they have. Ideally you'd like one with a ASD background or experience as it can make it easier.  It's from £50 to over £100 an hour.

    They do require you to be able to be open and talk about you issue. Note that the can't solve it, they just help you to see it in a balanced way and challenge any assumptions or biases you have.

    If you want a low cost option to help talk it through, use ChatGPT, you can get the app on your phone for free. If you just use text you can pretty much type as much as you want for nothing.

    Just type and tell it what you think. I don't ask many questions, I just write stuff like this post anf see what it says. Then just keep going. It will offer supportive comments. You can ask for other interpretations, what it suggests, etc. it does have quite good ASD knowledge, in my opinion. It also notices the right stuff (I've validated some with real trained people). But you need to know how to use it, i.e. don't have transactional simple question, but a dialogue, like talking to someone.

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