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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 111386"><p>I found our therapist by word of mouth. She was recommended by our guidance counselor who knew of another student seeing her and had seen good results.</p><p></p><p>Before I took difficult child to see her, I spoke with her at length on the phone and met with her individually. (Although I was 99% sure when I talked to her on the phone that she was going to work out. She just seemed to really get it. I didn't have to break everything down, Know what I mean??) By the time we got to her, we were several years into this with no luck. One therapist was too easily manipulated by difficult child, another was too intimidating to difficult child...you get the idea.</p><p></p><p>She is an MSW (Social Worker - Master's Degree) and she was the first person to pick up on the Executive Function and possible NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD) issues. She was the first person to recommend a neuropsychologist. She was the first person to really 'get' difficult child, and she also understood that her relationship with difficult child (as with any therapist with difficult child) was volatile and proceeded carefully. In fact, she refused to see us as a family for fear of alienating difficult child. She wanted us to see someone else for family therapy...someone she would, of course, be willing to share information with.</p><p></p><p>Find out what therapeutic interventions the therapist employs. CBT is very common and is the gold standard with which to treat depression, among other things. But, there are others out there like EMDR, sand therapy, etc. Sometimes a combination of treatments are helpful, especially if they seem to hit a wall that they can't get past. Get a feel for how s/he would relate to difficult child. They need to build a bond with the child so the child feels comfortable opening up and really working with the therapist. Would your son be more comfortable with a man or a woman? Those kinds of things.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 111386"] I found our therapist by word of mouth. She was recommended by our guidance counselor who knew of another student seeing her and had seen good results. Before I took difficult child to see her, I spoke with her at length on the phone and met with her individually. (Although I was 99% sure when I talked to her on the phone that she was going to work out. She just seemed to really get it. I didn't have to break everything down, Know what I mean??) By the time we got to her, we were several years into this with no luck. One therapist was too easily manipulated by difficult child, another was too intimidating to difficult child...you get the idea. She is an MSW (Social Worker - Master's Degree) and she was the first person to pick up on the Executive Function and possible NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD) issues. She was the first person to recommend a neuropsychologist. She was the first person to really 'get' difficult child, and she also understood that her relationship with difficult child (as with any therapist with difficult child) was volatile and proceeded carefully. In fact, she refused to see us as a family for fear of alienating difficult child. She wanted us to see someone else for family therapy...someone she would, of course, be willing to share information with. Find out what therapeutic interventions the therapist employs. CBT is very common and is the gold standard with which to treat depression, among other things. But, there are others out there like EMDR, sand therapy, etc. Sometimes a combination of treatments are helpful, especially if they seem to hit a wall that they can't get past. Get a feel for how s/he would relate to difficult child. They need to build a bond with the child so the child feels comfortable opening up and really working with the therapist. Would your son be more comfortable with a man or a woman? Those kinds of things. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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