Description
1. Understanding Difference2. Communication3. Expressing Feelings and Alexithymia4. Non-Verbal Communication5. Meltdowns6. Social Interaction7. Sensory Sensitivity8. Sexual Issues9. Parenting10. Home Life11. The Four Stumbling Blocks in AS/NT Relationships12. Couple Therapy13. Diagnosis14. Who to Tell about Asperger?15. What is Cassandra?16. Maintaining the Relationship Together17. Difference Can Work
Maxine Aston has an MSc in Health Psychology and has practiced as a Couple Counsellor since 1994. She is also qualified as a supervisor and a teacher in Adult Education and has specialised in individuals, couples and families affected by Autism since 1998. Maxine's book, The Other Half of Asperger Syndrome (2001) was the first book published world-wide on relationships when one partner has Asperger Syndrome. Maxine has been running workshops for counsellors, psychotherapists, professionals and psychosexual therapists who may encounter clients affected by AS for over twenty years. In addition, Maxine's workshops, for partners that live with a person with Asperger syndrome, have been highly successful and attended by participants from all over the world, and she has spoken at both National and International Conferences.