Asperger Syndrome and Psychotherapy: Understanding Asperger Perspectives

Jacobsen, Paula

ISBN 10: 1843107430 / ISBN 13: 9781843107439

Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Asperger Syndrome and Psychotherapy: Understanding Asperger Perspectives
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843107430
• ISBN 13: 9781843107439
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

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. Behaviour that, in a "neurotypical" client, may be evidence of a problem, in an Asperger client may simply be a manifestation of Asperger ways of approaching the world. Paula Jacobsen, an experienced child psychotherapist, demonstrates how to interpret classic analytic and psychodynamic theories in relation to people with AS and explains how revised theories of mind, executive functioning and central coherence have helped provide new concepts and language with which to properly articulate the experiences of those with AS. The importance of the therapeutic relationship, case management, the need for collaboration between professionals, school consultation and educational needs of children with AS are also discussed at length, and illustrated with case studies. Providing an in-depth analysis of AS from a psychotherapist's point of view, this original book makes compelling reading for parents, families, teachers and those with AS, as well as for professionals in this area.

About the Author

Paula Jacobsen, a licensed clinical social worker, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Los Gatos, California. She has thirty-eight years' experience as a child psychotherapist, and she provides supervision as an adjunct clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. She has taught continuing education courses for child psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, and other psychotherapists, and has provided in-service training and consultation to educators. These have predominantly focused on high functioning autism spectrum disorders.