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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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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