CBT experiences

[Hapless]

Hello,
My report recommends I seek Cognitive behavioral therapy, I would be grateful if anyone here would like to share their experience.
Did it help you?
Would you recommend it?
Cheers.

 

[Tired]

Thread 'Efficacy of CBT for ASD?'

May 13, 2024

Looking for studies and professional views, as well as anecdata from patients.

How do we know it does us any good? Has it been tested thoroughly? How has it been adapted for different needs and neurotypes? And is it suitable for all levels and types of us? (i.e. children, women, high vs. low function) Why is it assumed that this therapy can be of significant help to ASD people?

Tony Attwood seems to be split on the matter, conceding that it can be helpful in some cases, but has serious limitations for us when it comes to burnout & overload, cognitive inflexibility, sensory...

• Seladon
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• Replies: 8
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https://www.autismforums.com/threads/cbt-therapy.18693/

https://www.autismforums.com/threads/cbt.15030/

 

[Hapless]

Thread 'Efficacy of CBT for ASD?'

May 13, 2024

Looking for studies and professional views, as well as anecdata from patients.

How do we know it does us any good? Has it been tested thoroughly? How has it been adapted for different needs and neurotypes? And is it suitable for all levels and types of us? (i.e. children, women, high vs. low function) Why is it assumed that this therapy can be of significant help to ASD people?

Tony Attwood seems to be split on the matter, conceding that it can be helpful in some cases, but has serious limitations for us when it comes to burnout & overload, cognitive inflexibility, sensory...

• Seladon
• #autismresearch #psychology #research cbt therapy
• Replies: 8
• Forum: Autism Science Discussions

• 

https://www.autismforums.com/threads/cbt-therapy.18693/

https://www.autismforums.com/threads/cbt.15030/

Thanks for sharing, I appreciate your response, but I’m really looking for more recent experiences with CBT as an autistic person.

 

[Matthias]

CBT is rated the most effective treatment for mental health disorders. It's been shown to help people overcome mental conditions that sometimes lasted for decades in about 8 to 12 weeks.

 

[velociraptor]

Did it help you?
Would you recommend it?

I use CBT, DBT, and ACT together. Very helpful and I credit them with helping me handle stress better and increasing my level of function overall. I tend to do workbooks, own over 100 now. I photograph (or screenshot) the exercises and keep them in a binder so I can do them over and over. I do not write in my books (the paper ones).

Speaking as someone with Asperger's (grudgingly relabeled as ASD1), paranoid schizophrenia, chronic depression, and alcoholism (sober 34 years). So that's what I'm using that blue plate combo to manage in addition to the perfunctory meds.

 

[monkeyclogs]

i think it probably works for people with straight forward problems. has never helped me but that was all pre-diagnosis of ASD so maybe there are adaptations.

whatever you decide it needs to be delivered by someone with proper understanding of you neurodivetsity profile

 

[velociraptor]

whatever you decide it needs to be delivered by someone with proper understanding of you neurodivetsity profile

Good luck findng that in a rural area. That's why I have all the books instead.

 

[paloftoon]

CBT seems to work if you want to be your own person rather than "partnering" with your psychologist to try to resolve your concerns.
I personally prefer to "partner" with my psychologist.

 

[velociraptor]

CBT seems to work if you want to be your own person rather than "partnering" with your psychologist to try to resolve your concerns.

I prefer being functional. I'm not fussy about what road gets me there. The books have been faster than working with people so far. It helps when you're not limited to an hour or two a month.

 

[Alexej]

Although I cannot say I have had CBT myself, what I have read is that it is helpful, IF MODIFIED for autism.
IT is this latter clause that might make it hard for you to get the help you are looking for.

 

[Hapless]

I use CBT, DBT, and ACT together. Very helpful and I credit them with helping me handle stress better and increasing my level of function overall. I tend to do workbooks, own over 100 now. I photograph (or screenshot) the exercises and keep them in a binder so I can do them over and over. I do not write in my books (the paper ones).

Speaking as someone with Asperger's (grudgingly relabeled as ASD1), paranoid schizophrenia, chronic depression, and alcoholism (sober 34 years). So that's what I'm using that blue plate combo to manage in addition to the perfunctory meds.

Thank you for sharing your experience, Are these books available to purchase online?