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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 193655"><p>Ok. I'm going to admit right off that I haven't felt well all week so my cognitive issues are more pronounced and I'm having trouble keeping up with everything you've said. But your last post really stood out.</p><p></p><p>I am not trying to be offensive or put you on the defensive, but I've never known of anyone to meet with the therapist so many times (I think you said 5) before the therapist meets the child. I understand your concerns...you have had some bad experiences and some completely worthless experiences and you don't want that to happen again. But, the therapist can meet with you 20 times and until he has met the child and see how he reacts/responds, he is only theorizing as to what will or won't work. Yes, there are certain therapies that are better for BiPolar (BP) or depression or ptsd or what have you, but they all have to be tailored to the specific patient.</p><p></p><p>His statement that he can't fix everything is, in my opinion, true. The thing is, if he can get difficult child to the point of de-escalating on his own, helping him to recognize triggers and when he is escalating and teaches him tools to cope then the other stuff falls into place. That's what I always have to explain to my daughter. She wants specific help with XYZ (for example, she always says they aren't going to be able to make me go to someone's house that I don't know and ask the girl to play). No, they won't. But, they can help her learn tools, help build her confidence, etc so that she can do that on her own. Does that make any sense?</p><p></p><p>I really like that he called you. He is obviously concerned about how it went and concerned about how you feel about it. And he aplogized. Wow. That jerk of a therapist that I just saw not only didn't call when I was obviously upset when I left, but when I called to cancel and told them that I did not want to reschedule, he didn't call then either. In my book, your therapist earns bonus points for calling.</p><p></p><p>I would say to give him another chance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 193655"] Ok. I'm going to admit right off that I haven't felt well all week so my cognitive issues are more pronounced and I'm having trouble keeping up with everything you've said. But your last post really stood out. I am not trying to be offensive or put you on the defensive, but I've never known of anyone to meet with the therapist so many times (I think you said 5) before the therapist meets the child. I understand your concerns...you have had some bad experiences and some completely worthless experiences and you don't want that to happen again. But, the therapist can meet with you 20 times and until he has met the child and see how he reacts/responds, he is only theorizing as to what will or won't work. Yes, there are certain therapies that are better for BiPolar (BP) or depression or ptsd or what have you, but they all have to be tailored to the specific patient. His statement that he can't fix everything is, in my opinion, true. The thing is, if he can get difficult child to the point of de-escalating on his own, helping him to recognize triggers and when he is escalating and teaches him tools to cope then the other stuff falls into place. That's what I always have to explain to my daughter. She wants specific help with XYZ (for example, she always says they aren't going to be able to make me go to someone's house that I don't know and ask the girl to play). No, they won't. But, they can help her learn tools, help build her confidence, etc so that she can do that on her own. Does that make any sense? I really like that he called you. He is obviously concerned about how it went and concerned about how you feel about it. And he aplogized. Wow. That jerk of a therapist that I just saw not only didn't call when I was obviously upset when I left, but when I called to cancel and told them that I did not want to reschedule, he didn't call then either. In my book, your therapist earns bonus points for calling. I would say to give him another chance. [/QUOTE]
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