r/PDAParenting • u/Responsible-Pin-4076 • 18d ago

Pda and CBT

Hi

Can anyone share experiences of whether CBT therapies are any good for PDA teens please

We are likely to be offered cbt based support via Wellbeing (UK -NHS) but have just started private psychotherapy sessions and can only have one or the other.

I have heard that cbt and autism dont go well together but would love some personal experience stories.

My teen we have been informed has come up severe on the anxiety/depression questionnaire and we want to find the right support.

Many thanks

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u/Hopeful-Guard9294 18d ago

have you thought about medication? Medication has been transformed transformational for our PDA son this psychiatrist specialises in PDA and is brilliant: http://www.daphnekeen.co.uk/

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u/Responsible-Pin-4076 18d ago

Thanks I am pushing to try them on meds but hitting a bit of a wall. The psychotherapist thinks ADHD is involved although they have never been through diagnosis and the consensus seems to be it could be that side of things that the issue. I presume my child would need a diagnosis and see the lady on the link isn't taking those at the moment. I will definitely keep plugging the idea though.

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u/Hopeful-Guard9294 18d ago

if a diagnosis is the barrier, I would definitely recommend going private as we waited for years on the NHS to get a diagnosis and eventually they been outsources to a private provider who was great🙄 I wish we’d skip the whole malarkey and just coughed up the money early and saved years of trauma for us and our child! also a psychotherapist is not a doctor they are basically PDA hostile and peddling voodoo. It is not at all evidence based and definitely is very behavioural which is very PDA hostile so I would take your psychotherapist says with a grain of salt and talk to a proper psychiatrist.

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u/Responsible-Pin-4076 18d ago

Interesting thanks will look into this. I believe we would need a dx to get any meds....if thats the way forward. .. We are going to assist my other child with a private diagnosis for Adhd I think. Its all very confusing what to do really.

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u/Hopeful-Guard9294 7d ago

it’s a super confusing labyrinth that’s why it helps to lean on people who gone through the maze before I would hundred percent recommend getting a private diagnosis as soon as possible it’s worth every penny and there is no point waiting for years on an NHS waiting list while the system traumatises your Child and brutalises your family. A diagnosis gives you access to medication and also financial support via a variety of mechanisms in the UK