Thanks. It seems that your T is really adapting (I mean it in a positive way) to your diagnosis and that she integrates a bit of CBT as well. I do want to analyse the relationship with my T and also talk about relationships with other people and my T tells me (at least she says so) that I have a lot of insight.
I think knowing about my PDD NOS diagnosis combined with a general uncertainty makes me hesitate and I find it hard to know whether the therapeutic relationship is good enough or not. I agree it´s valuable to went but I´m very unsure about that will help me reach any goals.
Do you have specific goals in therapy that you and your T follow up regularly?
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Originally Posted by The_little_didgee
I'm in therapy and have an ASD diagnosis. My therapist tends to use the psychodynamic approach even though she doesn't really go into depth about my past. I'm definitely getting positive results from it.
My therapy tends to be practical, which is very different from the content that people post in the psychotherapy forum. I focus on problems that I can work on and social skills, rather than analyzing the relationship with my therapist and parents. Analyzing a relationship makes no sense to me, probably because I'm not a very emotional person and into forming all kinds of deep relationships. I consider my therapist to be a consultant, someone I do business with.
I did a lot of healing after I was diagnosed with ASD. For years I suffered due to misdiagnosis, since it came with all kinds of assumptions. A lot of therapists thought I had "suppressed memories of abuse" and came from a dysfunctional family. None of that was true. It confused me, even though I knew they were wrong. Once I got a proper diagnosis my life changed and I started to heal. Therapy allowed that to happen, because I was finally able to discuss what I went through and express my hurt.
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