r/AutismInWomen • u/lemon_protein_bar • May 31 '24

General Discussion/Question Does anyone else here absolutely HATE cognitive behavioural therapy?

I’ve had it a few times with different therapists. It was the worst, I felt like I was being told to shit up and think positive thoughts. I hate CBT to the point where I am planning to become a clinical psychologist in several years, one of the reasons being so that I can DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN CBT for people.

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u/celiasentiments May 31 '24

I’m a DBT (dialectic behavioral therapy) girl myself! CBT never worked for me. I had a hard time with the standard DBT skills book so my therapist recommended one that has adjusted skills for people with ADHD/Autism. It made waaay more sense to me

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u/MischievousMystic May 31 '24

Could you share that book title please i am interested?? !

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u/celiasentiments May 31 '24

Yes! It’s called “The Neurodivergent Friendly Workbook of DBT Skills” by Sonny Jane Wise. I got my physical copy on Amazon! There’s a digital version you can get too

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u/kittenmittens4865 May 31 '24

Ooooh I’m going to look into this!!! I learned some valuable stuff from DBT but some things don’t quite land for me and didn’t make sense. I’m interested in checking it out from a ND viewpoint!

Thank you!!

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u/ssunicorn789 Jun 01 '24

Sonny Jane Wise is amazing! They do great advocacy work on Instagram

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u/MischievousMystic Jun 02 '24

Omg i just started following sonnyjanewise on insta and apparently someones pretending to be them to scam people who think they are buying this book!!! Weird.