Cognitive Behavioural Therapy & Asperger Syndrome experi

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hi i have a question I went to my gp and told her i think i may have aspergers she thinks it social anxiety so in 2 weeks i I have a cbt assessment what shall i tell the psychologist help would be appreciated

kazma: just answer the questions honestly. if you're not sure you understand the question, ask them to clarify or rephrase.

I have done a few sessions of CBT for OCD recently and I think that it is helping with those tendencies. Therapist has me trying to cut back on things like going way overboard on oral hygiene, checking habits, repetitive thought process, self harm. The idea is to identify and deal with my triggers before they get to the point of overwhelming. Identify the start and stop the build up there, before it gets out of control.

I have declined her offer to work on AS related social stuff. I am not interested in that.

MrStewart what i mean to say is I think im being sent to cbt for social anxiety should i mention that I suspect I may have aspergers I also scored 43 on The AQ Test should i mention this

All therapy has the same effectiveness, as long as the therapist and the patient both think it is effective.

Personally I found CBT to involve pretending issues didn't exist because they shouldn't exist, overlooking the fact that the irrational issues did exist.

Kazma, you should absolutely tell the therapist about potential ASDs. I think it would help them to understand where your situation and hopefully how your brain works. Better communication and understanding is really good for helping therapy to work, I think.

I think that CBT may work better for problems where the cause is "irrational" (such as phobias, OCD) or for working towards a desired goal (such as stopping smoking).

If there is a more rational cause it is less easy to think away the problem.