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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 489945" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Therapeutically, what I've been told we need by profs is individual counseling for each of us and intensive family counseling by someone exoerienced in these sort of issues. This is because it's not just me having ptsd and it's not just a family problem, nor is it just difficult child getting into legal trouble. Residential Treatment Center (RTC) was the proposed answer since that is quite extensive for a treatment plan. PLan B was for each of us to have indivdual counseling while difficult child was incarcerated and possible family therapy while he's still in. That plan didn't work either for a variety of reasons.</p><p></p><p>I had gotten therapy lined up thru VA in the old jurisdiction for myself when I got this job and moved. I went to one session with her that was scheduled already and just had to say I was getting ready to relocate, so that ended that. Being broke and having to travel on the spur of the moment didn't even make it feasible for me to line something up here right away. Then, admittedly, the PTSD symptoms subsided so I kind of put it on the back burner. But I wouldn't have been able to go on a routine basis anyway with this job.</p><p></p><p>I don't know what will end up happening. I do get the feeling that some think if I'd just get therapy for my PTSD, difficult child would have no more problems. I'm sure that isn't true and the MH profs that evaluation'd difficult child before and talked to me individually then and after he was incarcerated don't see it that way either. Mainly because I had no signs of PTSD left from my own personal experiences when difficult child became a difficult child. After a couple of years of all the stuff with him and the juvie system (custody battle, etc), the PTSD returned. Therefore, there is more than one problem going on here contributing to difficult child being a difficult child.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, when the release date came up and PO first said difficult child would come straight home with no services, just 30 days house arrest (the same as last year), I flipped and started having symptoms big-time- nightmares, etc. Now, that is PTSD but there's also the fact that we know what happened when that wonderful plan was tried last year. I feel like I'm beating a dead horse, LOL! All I can do is say that I'm not the only person involved (past or present) that thinkks it's nnot just my PTSD alone causing the problem. And I have reason to be concerned and afraid.</p><p></p><p>The people in tthe juvie system though- they give their standard cookie-cutter approach- they don't see this as a MH issue for either of us nor do they even acknowledge DV from a youth toward a family member- unless it was a sexual offense from one youth toward a sibling or something. They think a behavior contract should solve everything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 489945, member: 3699"] Therapeutically, what I've been told we need by profs is individual counseling for each of us and intensive family counseling by someone exoerienced in these sort of issues. This is because it's not just me having ptsd and it's not just a family problem, nor is it just difficult child getting into legal trouble. Residential Treatment Center (RTC) was the proposed answer since that is quite extensive for a treatment plan. PLan B was for each of us to have indivdual counseling while difficult child was incarcerated and possible family therapy while he's still in. That plan didn't work either for a variety of reasons. I had gotten therapy lined up thru VA in the old jurisdiction for myself when I got this job and moved. I went to one session with her that was scheduled already and just had to say I was getting ready to relocate, so that ended that. Being broke and having to travel on the spur of the moment didn't even make it feasible for me to line something up here right away. Then, admittedly, the PTSD symptoms subsided so I kind of put it on the back burner. But I wouldn't have been able to go on a routine basis anyway with this job. I don't know what will end up happening. I do get the feeling that some think if I'd just get therapy for my PTSD, difficult child would have no more problems. I'm sure that isn't true and the MH profs that evaluation'd difficult child before and talked to me individually then and after he was incarcerated don't see it that way either. Mainly because I had no signs of PTSD left from my own personal experiences when difficult child became a difficult child. After a couple of years of all the stuff with him and the juvie system (custody battle, etc), the PTSD returned. Therefore, there is more than one problem going on here contributing to difficult child being a difficult child. Anyway, when the release date came up and PO first said difficult child would come straight home with no services, just 30 days house arrest (the same as last year), I flipped and started having symptoms big-time- nightmares, etc. Now, that is PTSD but there's also the fact that we know what happened when that wonderful plan was tried last year. I feel like I'm beating a dead horse, LOL! All I can do is say that I'm not the only person involved (past or present) that thinkks it's nnot just my PTSD alone causing the problem. And I have reason to be concerned and afraid. The people in tthe juvie system though- they give their standard cookie-cutter approach- they don't see this as a MH issue for either of us nor do they even acknowledge DV from a youth toward a family member- unless it was a sexual offense from one youth toward a sibling or something. They think a behavior contract should solve everything. [/QUOTE]
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