CBT to Improve Social Skills?

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I started seeing a new therapist on Monday for cognitive behavioural therapy to address my chronic anxiety, and to improve upon my social skills. CBT is a proven therapy for anxiety, but I don't really know how it works on the development of interpersonal skills. Have any of you ever had it for that sort of thing? What was it like?

Therapists never seem to stick to CBT for me. I think it's the starting place, but a good therapist or a young one with a good supervisor should be able to adjust. If nothing else, there is an educational/informational piece you will need more of than someone not on the autism spectrum. I think they should be able to adjust.

Yes! I had almost eight months of CBT and most of it was to help me with my interpersonal skills. I give it two thumbs up. Got me to change some of my maladaptive reactions to situations as well as take a more thinking approach on how to react - as well as helping me to look at many social situations from a different angle, giving me better insight.

It worked well for me - let us know how you find it StarTrekker. Feel free to PM me with any specific questions on CBT.

Thanks for the input guys, it's good to know. Waterfalls, my therapist is a doctoral student who specialises in CBT for ASDs, and her student status means she has a supervisor, who is also an expert in ASDs. I know there have been studies that show that classic CBT needs adapting for autistics because we learn and process differently. Hopefully the combined expertise of my therapist and her supervisor will give me the specific help I need.