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Help! London based therapist/counselor/psychiatrist for autistic 12 year old?

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usernamebore · 22/08/2023 09:42

Hi,

Sorry - I know this sort of thing gets asked all the time, but we are really struggling to find a therapist to support our newly diagnosed autistic 12 year old. He has been masking like crazy, but with lots of anxiety etc, and school has been extremely hard, but the therapy he has been having for the last year was for NT kids and was just bog standard CBT which really was not working.
We have been searching for weeks and everyone is either without availability or only doing online, which does not really work for my son as he finds zoom super stressful (which I think might not be uncommon for autistic people) and it is also really hard to build up a relationship of trust online.
I have exhausted google, so was hoping some of you lovely people might have some ideas!
Thank you!

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redrighthand83 · 22/08/2023 11:55

Have you tried contacting Local Offer? Each borough will have a website with all the local resources for SEN children to the age of 18. If you google your borough and Local Offer you should have something come up!

I am also trying to find a private OT so also following with interest....I did get a quote from OTforKids - I think they have offices in London?

Whatsthepoint1234 · 22/08/2023 13:01

Watching with interest, ds13 has a phobia of dying in his sleep and we are currently on the everlasting CAMHS waiting list. All I can say is I’ve got sympathy OP ds won’t use zoom/teams either!

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