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Any other difficult child's have attitudes after counseling?
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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 12353" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p>We're all over the map! For me, I often feel very calm and centered after a counseling session. Occasionally, if I feel we didn't address something adequately, I will feel antsy, but usually not. I realize it's a process.</p><p></p><p>Most of the time, difficult child is fine after a session. Occasionally, if the topic of discussion includes mucho scrutinizing of difficult child and her choices, she will be somewhat moody. But mostly, she's pretty good after a session. She hates to cry and those are the only times she becomes reclusive following a session.</p><p></p><p>When difficult child was little, she would be bouncing off the walls after a session, but that counselor did a lot of EMDR with her and I think that may have brought forward a lot of her stressors at that time which contributed to her feelings of restlessness. She would often have meltdowns the following day(s). I do recall feeling like I didn't even want to bother, but her counselor was correct in saying that in time she would settle down. Once difficult child realized (or maybe never did) that the counselor was on her side and not an adversary, she seemed to go with it better.</p><p></p><p>H, on the other hand, is a mean old sob after his session. He's only had two but both times he came home very crabby. In fact, the other night, he said, "I don't know about this guy" which is AKA, "I don't want to go to counseling, I don't need counseling, the counselor is making me talk about things I don't want to talk about, I feel fine, I'm not drinking, so why do I have to go through this?" to which my response is, "Well, you can make your choices" and say nothing more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 12353, member: 2211"] We're all over the map! For me, I often feel very calm and centered after a counseling session. Occasionally, if I feel we didn't address something adequately, I will feel antsy, but usually not. I realize it's a process. Most of the time, difficult child is fine after a session. Occasionally, if the topic of discussion includes mucho scrutinizing of difficult child and her choices, she will be somewhat moody. But mostly, she's pretty good after a session. She hates to cry and those are the only times she becomes reclusive following a session. When difficult child was little, she would be bouncing off the walls after a session, but that counselor did a lot of EMDR with her and I think that may have brought forward a lot of her stressors at that time which contributed to her feelings of restlessness. She would often have meltdowns the following day(s). I do recall feeling like I didn't even want to bother, but her counselor was correct in saying that in time she would settle down. Once difficult child realized (or maybe never did) that the counselor was on her side and not an adversary, she seemed to go with it better. H, on the other hand, is a mean old sob after his session. He's only had two but both times he came home very crabby. In fact, the other night, he said, "I don't know about this guy" which is AKA, "I don't want to go to counseling, I don't need counseling, the counselor is making me talk about things I don't want to talk about, I feel fine, I'm not drinking, so why do I have to go through this?" to which my response is, "Well, you can make your choices" and say nothing more. [/QUOTE]
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