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I am seeing a psychitrist and psycologist and i am ok with seeing the psychistrist but the therapist isn't working out because she is basically telling me to normalize everything and telling me she goes through all the stuff i do. I know she might be trying to make me feel better but she says the same things for about a year now and just hands me over to the psychiatrist and tells me i need to feel better so she will send me for more meds. I have no problem taking meds and have less raging with the meds at least, but everything is still a problem for me and i have a handful of diagnosis and my children's psychiatrist thinks all those diagnosis in one are Autism.

My question is does anyone just see a psychiatrist and not see a psycologist? Or are you seeing a therapist that seems like a waste of time and you aren't feeling any better? I talked to my psychiatrist about the therapist and she told me to look for one in another agency which i didn't want to do that since there are plenty more therapists where i am at now and i was told i could see another one if i felt it was necessary. I just wonder if i should bother seeing a therapist when they arent following the recommendations from my testing that was done in the winter time that they sent me to get a diagnosis from a place that had the tools to do the tests. Just curious if anyone is going through this as well?

I think it's a good idea to switch therapists when you feel that your therapist doesn't understand you or misinterprets you frequently. Telling people with ASD to normalize themselves is damaging. Ignoring the recommendations from your testing sounds iffy too, although I don't know how closely most therapists follow recommendations.

I have switched therapists within the same department before. I asked the receptionist for a switch, and information was relayed to the therapist, and the therapist approved the request, and I chose a different therapist. Therapists are supposed to help you, and they work for you, so if they're doing a job of that, then you shouldn't hesitate to find a more understanding insightful useful therapist.

Thanks I gave it a chance for awhile too and it kept staying the same. I forgot to add part of it is i don't like going out much and even to my appointments unless it is over quick like my psychiatrist appointment is only 15 mins or so. I still push myself to go to a therapist but i don't like talking and it is me doing all the talking and i could go on and on but i just repeat myself cause the therapist doesn't ask me what triggers me or give me ways to cope. I don't expect perfection out of any therapist i am not asking them to "fix" me either. Part of it is my problem that i hate talking for an hour. I need to get through this issue too.

While it's rather unlikely for you to simply normalize, your therapist is correct in saying that other people go through similar trials and thus similar emotions as you. In my experience, therapists help you to feel less lonely and alienated, which takes time to recognize, but it is possible that this individual is not the best match for you.

I Have not seen my psychiatrist in some time, as I have not been taking meds.