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Asperger Syndrome and Psychotherapy: Understanding Asperger Perspectives by Paula Jacobsen
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Asperger Syndrome and Psychotherapy: Understanding Asperger Perspectives by Paula Jacobsen
People with Asperger Syndrome (AS) understand and respond to the world in a very different way from people without this condition. The challenge for psychotherapists working with Asperger clients lies in setting aside their own preconceptions and learning to understand their client's perspective.
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The problem I see with psychoanalysis is that the state defines what is "normal" or "typical" and thus diagnosis by design serves the interests of the state. It also gives a convenient platform or pedestal for class victimization, which definitely serves the interests of the state in dividing people into special interest groups that can be controlled rather than empowered.
That's the medical model you're describing, it uses diagnosis and pathology to define illness and cures.
Psychotherapy & counselling work from a holistic approach which recognises the value of all of the person, the adaptive nature of the human to the environment and disregards the value of blame and judgement.
A modern psychodynamic counsellor who uses psychoanalysis is unlikely to use the medical model, except in a few countries like the US, given the limitations of that approach