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Asperger Syndrome and Psychotherapy: Understanding Asperger Perspectives by Paula Jacobsen (files.mastodon.social)

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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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[–] firefly@neon.nightbulb.net 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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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.

[–] essellburns 1 points 8 months ago

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