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Tsukasa Murakami1, Fumiyo Oshima2, Takafumi Morimoto3
1Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, JPN.
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Schema therapy (ST) is a therapeutic approach to address chronic and complex psychological difficulties. ST is also used to treat mental health problems that individuals on the autism spectrum have. However, no practical reports exist on its application to cases involving subthreshold autistic traits with associated psychological difficulties. This report describes schema therapy for a woman with subthreshold autistic traits and raised in an abusive environment. The intervention was based on schema therapy for individuals on the autism spectrum and consisted of a total of 42 sessions. The effects of schema therapy remained effective at an eight-month follow-up. This practice suggests that the promotion of understanding of autistic traits and experiential techniques are helpful in schema therapy for cases with subthreshold autistic traits.
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