Therapy

Ellie said:

Does anyone know any therapists that specialise in Autistic and Neurodivergent people?

It is a very good idea to ask about the therapists knowledge and expereince of working with eurodivergent poeple when you are finalising your shortlist - you can normally have a free 15 mins session to interview them so build up a list of questions that can be answered quickly and cover whay you are most concerne with in their ability.

I found a therapist who has neurodivergent children (grown adults now) so has had long history with our needs and knows how challenging we can be to get through to sometimes.

Having a degree in psychology was one of my criteria too, but most important was the amount of autistic patients they have had success in helping over a long period of time.

The final hurdle was whether they knew what sort of questions to ask to get information from me. Being direct and focussed got results and not just telling me what to do helped me really undetstand the choices I had to make.

Ellie said:

Does anyone know any therapists that specialise in Autistic and Neurodivergent people?

It is a very good idea to ask about the therapists knowledge and expereince of working with eurodivergent poeple when you are finalising your shortlist - you can normally have a free 15 mins session to interview them so build up a list of questions that can be answered quickly and cover whay you are most concerne with in their ability.

I found a therapist who has neurodivergent children (grown adults now) so has had long history with our needs and knows how challenging we can be to get through to sometimes.

Having a degree in psychology was one of my criteria too, but most important was the amount of autistic patients they have had success in helping over a long period of time.

The final hurdle was whether they knew what sort of questions to ask to get information from me. Being direct and focussed got results and not just telling me what to do helped me really undetstand the choices I had to make.