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Couples Therapy with Asperger's Syndrome

7/24/2012

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It can be difficult enough to maintain a healthy satisfying romantic relationship with another person over time, but what if your partner has difficulty in either processing, noticing and/or exhibiting emotion? Some people may attribute their partner's emotional unavailability to a lack of commitment, care or passion, or they may believe that this seeming emotional withholding may be intentional. However, these hurtful interpretations may not be necessarily applicable when their is a realization that one of the partners may have Asperger's Syndrome.

There is surprisingly little literature and services out there that present a balanced, integrated approach to helping couples with AS understand each other's thinking and being in the world. In my experience working with these couples, it is not enough to help one of the partners be more like the other, but a true compromise, negotiation and acceptance is needed in order for both partners to feel fulfilled and understood in their relationship.

Dr. Cindy Ariel has recently written a wonderful book, titled "Loving Someone with Asperger's Syndrome"  that works toward helping these couples in their struggle to relate to each in a more balanced and informed way. "http://www.wrongplanet.net/article431.html

While having one of the partners in a relationship diagnosed or living with Asperger's Syndrome presents a specific set of hurdles, a recent NYT article depicts a relationship between two young people both of whom have been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome. This article provides a glimpse into the lives of these two individuals and what it is like to be in a relationship with someone who has very specific sensory processing issues, special interests, and many other idiosyncratic behaviors and habits, that may or may not be similar to the other partner's own idiosyncratic ways of being.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/us/navigating-love-and-autism.html?pag... 
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