Have you had success with a therapist?

I've decided to see a therapist again in my perpetual search to find inner peace. However, my p-doc gave me the opinion that therapy is largely ineffective for people with Aspergers, which has made me constantly double guess whether I'm being stupid and fighting a losing battle by using a therapist to improve my issues.

While I am still awaiting a diagnosis of aspergers (Appt- 23rd Feb)

I've got a T that really gets me and says she has another aspie she sees.
I really enjoy talking to her.

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I've had two brilliant therapists who both knew how to adapt their styles to help me. I had another who was specifically for autism, but we just didn't connect

Yes, I have. My psychiatrist does psychotherapy. I'm finally starting to feel inner peace and contentment. I didn't have any success when I had the personality disorder diagnosis, because it caused my issues to be misinterpreted.

Therapy has helped deal with some problems that are most likely made worse by being an aspie

Hi muffin head. Yes, I have had success with a therapist. He happened to be my race, I am not white, and had good rapport with him. We laughed, talked serious and he always said the things make me think. It felt good, like someone for once was on my side. I also did all the homework he gave me making my sessions shorter, more successful, but sweet.

I was never really able to connect with them except one. He didn't help me all that much except we would play card games and board games and stuff and we would just laugh and talk about random stuff then. I enjoyed that. I'm planning on seeing a therapist soon, hopefully I get a good one.

I have to update my response to say that I've have had good results from most recent therapy. But now my T is moving away and I have to start the search for a new one.

I guess I find it helpful to get things off my chest so to speak... but as for 'moving on' or finding ways to reduce anxiety/depression (and I know the theory and practice behind a lot of the coping mechanisms available)... not really.

I like my T a lot... but (and I've been seeing her for 2 years, only recently got the confirmed as dx from a p-doc) I don't feel things have progressed quick enough.

muffinhead, I hope you find a great therapist. I'm very lucky because I found one. I have been to may therapists and most were not suitable. Sometimes I felt like my mental health was better than their's so that was a problem right away.
If you find a good one, you can make a lot of progress.
I wish you well, muffinhead (& I really like your name!)!

I just started with a new therapist who specializes in dealing with adults with Aspergers syndrome. I've only seen her twice so far but I like her. She's very different from my therapist who is moving away. Hopefully this new one will work out well

I have not had any luck. I have had three therapists. One told me I would probably never be able to have a functioning and fulfilling relationship and should learn to be okay with being alone. The second thought I was just paranoid and refused to believe I have had the relationship troubles I've had. The third was a religious zealot disguised as a therapist.

I have decided that if I'm going to pay someone $100+ an hour to listen to my problems, strippers at least also pretend to like me.

I've had success with a therapist but not necessarily for Asperger's directly but rather with anxiety and some aspects of social interaction.

Therapists are paid to be your listeners, but whether they're good listeners are not is up to the individual person speaking to you. From my own experience, I don't think their discussions with you on sensitive topics are as confidential as they make out. Yes, it feels good to unload your grief onto them, but just remember to be careful if it's perceived as anything more.

The success I had was being diagnosed really. Anything more then no. I have Aspergers.
I have my bad days and good days and just accept it as that, I don't want to die, I want to try and enjoy this existence and if there's a will there is always a way I believe now.

Coping for me isn't seeing a therapist honestly, it's going out with other friends who are exactly in the same situation, other Aspies and people who GET it. They understand how hard it is sometimes, unity in something we all suffer with I have found is so important because it makes you not feel lonely, and there's people like you who you can go out and do things with and talk to while you're doing it and they actually care because they are your friend, not just someone doing their job being paid to pretend to care. You also learn coping strategies off others who have/had the problems you have, so other Aspie friends are incredibly important for me.

Therapists in my opinion don't seem to get it, and it's such an effort having to explain over and over again for them to just forget. I just think it's a waste of time and I'm always going to be better off going out and doing something with other Aspies, rather than sat at my PC moping and being depressed. If I have an autistic problem - I usually ask a few Aspie people and go with the most logical answer.

For me, feelings are illogical when they stop you from enjoying yourself, so I just try to ignore it because when you pay more and more attention to it for some reason it gets worse and worse.