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Types of Therapy?

Fluttershy

Well-Known Member
Hi again.
I created a thread recently about medication, but obviously I want to do therapy and see where that gets me first.
I was wondering what kind of therapists/therapy is working for everyone (and not working I suppose). I can look up therapists on my insurance's website and look up therapists who treat autistic individuals and are LGBT friendly, but I was more curious as to what approach works. There's one clinic that is "humanistic." There's a lot of cognitive behavioral therapists. I'm trying to manage the secondhand affects basically, stress and anxiety and obsessive traits. I get so stuck in my own head.
 
I had one therapist I really liked in high school who was actually a social worker and she did meditation and such, and I tried to track her down and see if she sees adults. I guess she works under an insurance company now that is not the insurance I'm on. :(
 
CBT is supposed to be quite friendly towards autistics since it's looks at things objectively, using facts. I've used it for anxiety, and I learnt a few helpful things including coping strategies.

Tony Attwood mentions in his book that traditional psychotherapy offers little to autistic individuals.
 

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