Ich, Birgit, Autistin und Psychotherapeutin

Birgit Saalfrank is a psychotherapist. For years, she has lived in various roles: competitive athlete, loving partner, successful director of a psychosocial center - until everything becomes too much. She develops a severe depression. By chance, she reads a book about a woman with Asperger's syndrome and is shocked: "That's me!" But an autistic psychotherapist - that can't be! Birgit's world falls apart. At the same time, she begins to understand herself better: her relationship problems, the constant overwhelm at work, her depression - all of this suddenly makes sense. In her very personal book, Birgit describes how she finds herself more and more through various psychotherapies, especially a psychoanalytic treatment. She learns to accept herself as she is and is finally able to lead a happy life, even if she has to give up her profession as a psychotherapist.