Love and Asperger's: Practical Strategies To Help Couples Understand Each Other and Strengthen Their Connection

by Kate McNulty LCSW

Overview

Everyday techniques to strengthen empathy and connection in neurodiverse couples

Life with a partner whose neurotype is different than yours is filled with moments that are surprising, unique, and sometimes challenging. If one of you is on the Autism Spectrum and the other is neurotypical, this Aspergers books is a helpful and inclusive guide to understanding the nature of your relationship and navigating its particular obstacles—while keeping your love for each other at the center of everything.

Even though Aspergers is no longer an official diagnosis, many people—like you or your partner—may still fit the Aspergers profile and identify with the term. This book is designed with you in mind, featuring expert advice from relationship therapist Kate McNulty. Inside, you'll find engaging scenarios of couples experiencing similar challenges, combined with practical, evidenced-based solutions that address the needs and perspectives of both partners equally.

Love and Aspergers helps you:

• Work together—Find easy ways to improve communication, cultivate emotional and physical intimacy, and maintain a commitment to learning about each other.
• Appreciate your differences—Open a window into the inner world of your partner, and the ways in which their experiences differ from yours so you can convey your own perspective more effectively.
• Break through the stereotypes—Sort out myths and facts so you can understand neurotypical and neurodiverse thinking and make your life together as a couple more loving and more rewarding.

Deepen your relationship and your communication with an enlightening book on Aspergers and love.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781647397241
Publisher:	Callisto Publishing
Publication date:	10/27/2020
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	410,351
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

KATE MCNULTY, LCSW, is based in Portland, Oregon, where she is a certified relationship therapist and trainer through the Gottman Institute of Seattle. She is also a certified sex therapist and supervisor with the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists. For more of her work, visit AutisticTherapist.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction viii

Chapter 1 Asperger's and Your Relationship 1

Chapter 2 The Rules of Engagement 21

Chapter 3 Improving Basic Communication 41

Chapter 4 Nurturing Your Bond 61

Chapter 5 Focusing on Family and Social Life 83

Chapter 6 Cultivating Emotional and Physical Intimacy 109

Chapter 7 Maintaining Education and Commitment 131

Relationship Calendar 138

Resources 141

References 144

Index 146

Editorial Reviews

Love and Asperger’s offers wise, compassionate, useful advice for neurodivergent couples struggling with empathy, communication, getting along, and creating happiness together. But Love and Asperger’s is equally valuable for couples not on the autism spectrum. Every couple is to some extent neurodivergent, experiencing the world and relationships in uniquely individual ways. This pithy, practical guide’s insights can help any couple negotiate the choppy waters of love and commitment in long-term relationships.” —Michael Castleman, San Francisco Sexuality Journalist, Publisher of GreatSexGuidance.com, and author of Sizzling Sex for Life: How to Maximize Erotic Pleasure At Any Age

“Love and Asperger’s is a sensitively written guide for couples by a skilled couples therapist. Kate McNulty does a great job of sharing insights and practical tips that would be helpful to almost any couple but are especially important for couples where one partner is on the spectrum.” —Stephanie Buehler, MPW, PsyD, CST-S, Author of What Every Mental Health Professional Needs to Know about Sex, 2nd Ed

“This book will help couples struggling with the difficulties likely to arise when mixed neuro-type couples partner. Love and Asperger’s shares tools, vignettes, and theories that can serve as a lifeline to couples who feel they’re at the end of their rope. I appreciate how Kate embraces neurodiversity; this handbook for change really embodies acceptance!” —Christopher G. Marquardt, LPC, Couples Therapist for CGM Counseling

“Love and Asperger's normalizes that there are numerous kinds of relationships between people that include one or both partners being on the spectrum. The book goes on to give many practical strategies helpful to couples toward strengthening their relationships. Beautifully written in a no-nonsense, this-is-us sort of perspective that takes no prisoners by a strong clinician well acquainted with both the professional field and with the experience of living autistically. Delightful and highly recommended!” —Judy Endow, MSW, LCSW

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