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CBT

Alex1685

Hello, 

My daughter, who is 10, has been diagnosed this week with autism. We were expecting it and so no surprise and we now have the clarity we needed. CBT has been recommended. Can anyone share their child's experience of CBT? My daughter has high anxiety and this manifests in two areas, medical and overthinking at night leading to insomnia. My research on CBT shows it to be helpful but when I have read real people's stories on here I have found it has not been helpful. 

Any advice is appreciated, thank you. 

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  • I've not done CBT, but I just wanted to bump your post in case there was anyone who has.

    Like you I've read that people say it has to be tailored to suit an autistic persons needs for it to be really helpful. Though I think I saw someone saying it can help if it's not trying to fix the autisitc experience? Insomnia is tough, as well as having it recently, I remember bouts of it as a kid, normally when I was worried about something, and especially around exams, so if the therapist knows she is autistic it might help to at least find out what is causing any particular strong anxiety? 

    Anyway, hopefully someone who knows a bit more might be able to give you more info!

  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing

    Thank you so much for replying and bumping, I appreciate it. 

    That's what I'm thinking regarding CBT - trying to help her manage the anxiety rather than 'fix' her autistic self, which where looking at her behaviour resulting from this feeling starts. It's a bit complex as her anxiety isn't all the time, the same with the insomnia. They are definitely linked as you say. It seems quite difficult to find a properly qualified CBT therapist who specialises in neurodivergent children. We are looking at all options at the moment.

    We are fully accepting of the diagnosis, we feel really positive about it however it does feel like a deep and heavy responsibility to know what to do with this information. She is only 10 and we (obviously) want to support her the best we can. 

    Thanks again! 

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  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing

    Thank you so much for replying and bumping, I appreciate it. 

    That's what I'm thinking regarding CBT - trying to help her manage the anxiety rather than 'fix' her autistic self, which where looking at her behaviour resulting from this feeling starts. It's a bit complex as her anxiety isn't all the time, the same with the insomnia. They are definitely linked as you say. It seems quite difficult to find a properly qualified CBT therapist who specialises in neurodivergent children. We are looking at all options at the moment.

    We are fully accepting of the diagnosis, we feel really positive about it however it does feel like a deep and heavy responsibility to know what to do with this information. She is only 10 and we (obviously) want to support her the best we can. 

    Thanks again! 

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