I'm planning to visit a clinical psychologist phD for therap

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I'm planning to visit a clinical psychologist phD for therapy, she employs cognitive behavior therapy. I feel some social alienation, which gives me unhappy feelings and anxiety. I also see a psychiatrist for SSRI and xanax as I suffer from anxiety.

What should I talk about? How can she best help me?

I've not told her or my psych that I'm an Aspie, and neither suspect it.

Is this psychologist at all experienced with ASDs? The thing is, for auties, a different approach in C-B therapy is needed. So if she's going to help you, she really needs to know your suspicions. If and when you tell her, if she brushes you off or gives you reasons why you're not autistic, then she is definitely not the therapist for you.

After that, try seeking out a therapist in C-B or Psychodynamic who is experienced with adult Aspies. Hopefully there'll be someone in your local area. If that isn't an option, then you need to find a therapist who is willing to acknowledge your suspicions and is also willing to learn how to do therapy with an autie, because like I said, we can be a bird of a different color in the therapy room.

This unfortunately will mean "interviewing" therapists till you find the right one.

While I concede I do not know her qualifications, she's a school psychologist and it's free for me. I'm not sure what to talk about or how therapy is supposed to help, but it's a precondition to getting xanax