Abstract

He or She is forgetting things, not stopping playing games even while eating, frequent money and interpersonal problems, losing your temper when things get inconvenient - what should you do about this frustration? The relationship can be improved by "getting to know" each other, despite the frustrations! You can get a place to feel at ease even under one roof.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Could you have Cassandra Syndrome? （Is your partner "unusual"?
Do you know what "Cassandra Syndrome" is?　and more)
Chapter 2: Let's get to know your partner (Even within the same "developmental disability," there is a great deal of individual variation)
(Types of developmental disabilities 1: Autism, autism spectrum disorder, etc.)
Chapter 3: Communication will be easier if you change the way you deal with your partner (Depending on you, your partner will change as well)
(Three spells (questions to yourself) to prevent Cassandra from becoming exhausted, etc.)
Chapter 4: Recommended ways to deal with Cassandra's problems (Three principles for dealing with your partner's strange behavior)
How should you deal with a partner who does not understand "appropriate"?　etc.)
Chapter 5: Graduating from Cassandra-san (Independence is necessary for graduation)
(Patterns for graduation from Cassandra-san, etc.)

Author’s Information

Yuko Kanda　　
Counselor specializing in developmental disabilities and Cassandra syndrome. Representative of Office Realise. She has 35 years of experience as a counselor. After working as a secretary at a general company, she began teaching at a vocational school and junior college in Sapporo in 1989. In 1996, she established Yuu Counseling Office. Since 1998, she has been in charge of mental health at the Hokkaido Government Office and later began lecturing and training at public offices and corporations throughout Japan. In 2004, she opened a school for training psychological counselors in Hokkaido, Kumamoto, and Tokyo, and in 2014, she founded "Office Realise. She founded "Cassandra Lab." In April 2023, she integrated the organization into "Tsubara Tsubara," a members-only salon for cross-cultural exchange and learning where people with developmental disabilities and Cassandra Syndrome learn together. After turning 50, she studied as a working student at Sophia University (Grief Care Research Institute) and Lutheran College (Clinical Psychology Course). She obtained a master's degree (Research on Support for Offenders of Crime) from Rikkyo University, Graduate School of Social Design for the 21st Century.