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Regulation of therapists.

Stuart333

I read this article yesterday.

https://news.sky.com/story/blurred-lines-and-no-rules-the-dark-side-of-therapy-13481757

Anyone can call themselves a therapist. Few check their credentials, which can lead to problems when people are in a troubled state.

There are calls to tighten things up.

I was aware of this and was careful, but it seems few know.

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  • I'm a bit concerned that things could easily get *too* regulated. I think patience, understanding, and real life experience are far more important than qualifications/licensing.

    The therapist I saw was appropriately qualified/registered but her autism knowledge was mainly from experience and she did state once that when dealing with autistic patients you basically have to rip up the therapy rule book.

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    mp500 said:
    she did state once that when dealing with autistic patients you basically have to rip up the therapy rule book

    Indeed. For NT you are usually trying to regulate emotions, then gradually get them to talk to process their emotions. You don't go too deep.

    For ASD often there are limited emotions, I show nothing in public. What people are after is understanding the problem. It is understanding that leads to nervous regulation, as it is the mismatch that causes problems. So going deep helps. The problem is whether you can get to the bottom of it, with all the looping taking up time too. I just used hundreds of hours on AI to do this.

    It is what typical therapy doesn't help.

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  • in reply to mp500
    mp500 said:
    she did state once that when dealing with autistic patients you basically have to rip up the therapy rule book

    Indeed. For NT you are usually trying to regulate emotions, then gradually get them to talk to process their emotions. You don't go too deep.

    For ASD often there are limited emotions, I show nothing in public. What people are after is understanding the problem. It is understanding that leads to nervous regulation, as it is the mismatch that causes problems. So going deep helps. The problem is whether you can get to the bottom of it, with all the looping taking up time too. I just used hundreds of hours on AI to do this.

    It is what typical therapy doesn't help.

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