Re:It all made sense when we found out we were autistic
by mercer on Monday March 26, 2018 @01:43PM
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Yeah, CBT is still the default approach, AFAIK, and perhaps for good reasons.
I wish I had the article at hand, but as I recall the problem with CBT can be that it still focuses too much on the mind and thinking as a way to solve things, which can exacerbate the ASD tendency to, well, overthink in circles and get lost in (ineffective) rumination. I think the article argued that DBT could be better in those cases (perhaps because it's even more 'mindfulness/meditation' in nature??).
But I've also heard/read that DBT is kind of the Vue.js to psychology's React.js, in that it's 'New And Improved' but not quite as well-tested.
I wish I had the article at hand, but as I recall the problem with CBT can be that it still focuses too much on the mind and thinking as a way to solve things, which can exacerbate the ASD tendency to, well, overthink in circles and get lost in (ineffective) rumination. I think the article argued that DBT could be better in those cases (perhaps because it's even more 'mindfulness/meditation' in nature??).
But I've also heard/read that DBT is kind of the Vue.js to psychology's React.js, in that it's 'New And Improved' but not quite as well-tested.