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Depression counselling

Abathur

I am an adult male, and have Aspergers Syndrome. I am currently suffering depression.  I have had two lots of CBT but I do not think it has helped much. What I think I need is a counsellor on a one to one basis to just talk to.

I work part time, as at present that is all I can manage. Can anyone advise me as to where would be a good place to start to find specialist counsellors?

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    NAS7937 said:

    We don't know that the OP has underlying communication issues. I'm autistic and I don't.

    The triad of impairments that characterise Asperger's are

    People with the condition have difficulties in three main areas. They are:

    • social communication
    • social interaction
    • social imagination.

    [Ref: http://www.autism.org.uk/asperger]

    So, when I said that the OP had communication issues I was referring to an impaired ability to interact and communicate with other people. People with Asperger's often have very good vocabulary and speech but are unable to get their points across and are unable to see other people's points of view so communication is less effective to the point where it is a real issue. I imagine that SALT for children will aim to make them effective communicators so they would perhaps teach them about listening to others and thinking about others ideas before jumping straight back in with the childs own personal and self oriented views. I was wondering if anyone had had communication training for adults in which turn-taking and listening skills were addressed.

    Access to Work will fund the specialist counselling that I linked to above. I know because they funded it for me. Depression can be work-related.

    If an autistic person has depression because they have problems at work due to their autism then counselling would be entirely appropriate. I would expect the counsellor to try and resolve the issues of "autism at work" as a route to tackling the depression.

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    NAS7937 said:

    We don't know that the OP has underlying communication issues. I'm autistic and I don't.

    The triad of impairments that characterise Asperger's are

    People with the condition have difficulties in three main areas. They are:

    • social communication
    • social interaction
    • social imagination.

    [Ref: http://www.autism.org.uk/asperger]

    So, when I said that the OP had communication issues I was referring to an impaired ability to interact and communicate with other people. People with Asperger's often have very good vocabulary and speech but are unable to get their points across and are unable to see other people's points of view so communication is less effective to the point where it is a real issue. I imagine that SALT for children will aim to make them effective communicators so they would perhaps teach them about listening to others and thinking about others ideas before jumping straight back in with the childs own personal and self oriented views. I was wondering if anyone had had communication training for adults in which turn-taking and listening skills were addressed.

    Access to Work will fund the specialist counselling that I linked to above. I know because they funded it for me. Depression can be work-related.

    If an autistic person has depression because they have problems at work due to their autism then counselling would be entirely appropriate. I would expect the counsellor to try and resolve the issues of "autism at work" as a route to tackling the depression.

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