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<blockquote data-quote="MandyH" data-source="post: 1844" data-attributes="member: 424">I chose mental health. If I had fifty quid for each time I've heard mental health services have turned autistic people away saying that their anxiety is because of their autism and cannot be helped, I could retire quite comfortably.&nbsp; There simply aren't sufficient resources to personalise support whether it's with relationships or with mental health&nbsp; or anything else for that matter - I've done my best as a trainer to offer practitioners training on how best to support autistic people over the years.&nbsp; Mental health and relationships are both very complex fields and support has to be individualised - otherwise it simply won't be appropriate or effective.&nbsp; Of course there are some things that can be useful to many, but when I hear that CBT can only be offered over the phone or in group therapy I do feel as though I'm banging my head on a brick wall at times.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MandyH, post: 1844, member: 424"] I chose mental health. If I had fifty quid for each time I've heard mental health services have turned autistic people away saying that their anxiety is because of their autism and cannot be helped, I could retire quite comfortably. There simply aren't sufficient resources to personalise support whether it's with relationships or with mental health or anything else for that matter - I've done my best as a trainer to offer practitioners training on how best to support autistic people over the years. Mental health and relationships are both very complex fields and support has to be individualised - otherwise it simply won't be appropriate or effective. Of course there are some things that can be useful to many, but when I hear that CBT can only be offered over the phone or in group therapy I do feel as though I'm banging my head on a brick wall at times. [/QUOTE]

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