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Neurodivergent therapy?

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I've had therapy and counselling a few times in my life for social anxiety, but it's ineffective because they're trained to councel neurotypicals. I'm autistic with ADHD.

Is there no autistic therapy on the NHS? (With a therapist who is autistic and trained to councel autistics). I could only find one such service on the website and it's private only.

If they exist, how do I access them, please? I feel like only a neurodivergent therapist could help.

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  • This is what pisses me off massively about the bargain basement approach taken to depression and anxiety when one asks for help… namely, stuff an SSRI down their throat, give them six hours of CBT Pollyanna lessons and chuck ‘em back to the coal face. CBT is fashionable because it’s good for metrics. But it’s just like the typical IT service desk that’s obsessed with closing tickets asap rather than actually making sure the problem is solved.

  • in reply to Arx

    My son is autistic and after years of seeking help he was offered group therapy which is CBT and DBT based. However he refused to attend. So we will never know if it works or not. People have told me that the only way that kind of thing works is if the recipient is 100% on board and willing to ‘do the homework’. So I expect it wouldn’t have worked in my son’s case. Many people have told me that CBT is not suitable for autistics. 

  • in reply to John M

    Group therapy in its very essence is not notably autistic-friendly. We have difficulties with social groups, but if everyone in the group were to be autistic, it might work.

  • in reply to Martin

    Yes indeed, we need to be supported by our neurokin. NTs don't get us and in mental health shove us in damaging 'wrong' boxes.

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