Well... to explain my inability to make a connection:

the rose/rosebush drawing is a common exercise in art therapy. I don't know if your therapist is trained in art therapy or not [and that is not any kind of judgement on their training- it can't be, I don't know them, I simply lack that bit of infomation], but the conclusions they come to based on what you draw in that exercise may be partly intuition but it is also, or should be, based on legitimate training and knowledge of what different asspects of drawings often respresent for individuals.

Fences, thorns, petals in different states, a single rose versus and actual bush, crowding, sun, grass, etc... these all make a picture of a person's perception...

And that base knowledge has been formed through repeated exercises over many many years and comparisons of many many many individuals and situations and case studies and treatments, etc etc etc.

But one of the issues in your situation is that the exercise is effective when the individual actually IMAGINES the scene- you stated that what you drew was based on something you saw.

i'm also confused as to the interpretation- granted, I'm not a professional, but I have knowledge of the exercise both from doing it in my studies and studying it in order to get training to be an art therapist.

So it isn't that I don't agree with the idea that asperger's is a more emphatic manifestation of a masculine brain- that's not really something I think much about so I'mnot really sure.

I think it is something to consider.

From a psych point of view, I'm curious about the exercise you describe.

As someone who has been dignosed as autistic, I find art therapy to be really really valuable, and I think a lot of people don't want to take advantage of it because they don't necessarily understand how it works or they are intimidated by it, which is SO unfourtunate.

I think it is really great and can be beneficial to some extent for just about anyone as long as it is catered to the individual.

...and off I go with the tangent again haha.