Krossgatan sálfræðiráðgjöf
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English
My name is Asdis Bergthorsdottir. I run a psychological service for people with ASD. I see autism spectrum disorder as a normal variation, not a as something that is deviates from the norm. I work on the basis that my clients define their problems and I help to find solutions that suit them. If you want to be touch for any reason send me an e-mail on krossgatan[at]krossgatan.is or through the form on this page
Here is a link to an article "Lost in translation? Autism and the interest-based social communication style" published in The Nordic Psychiatrist where I explain why there is a difference in langugage use between autistic and non-autistic people.
Here is a link to a talk for NAIT on why CBT and other cognative therapies oftne don't work for autistc people. Here are the slides. Here is a link to slides of an earlier lecture on the subject.
Here is a link to my autistic trauma model.
Talks in English
| Talks | |
|---|---|
| 2023 | NAIT Scotland |
| Reflections on CBT and Autistic Thinking | |
| 2022 | Autism Europe Congress, Cracow |
| Can cognitive models describe the autistic experience? | |
| 2022 | Event by Lithuanian Autism Association |
| Problems with cognitive therapy for autistic people | |
| 2019 | APAC 2019, Singapore |
| Autistic Fight and Plight In Therapy - Incorporating New Social Models In Therapy | |
| 2016 | Autism Europe 2016 |
| It is All a Normal Variation - and Then What? The Experience of Running of a Psychological Service for People with ASD |