Terry, she 'kind of' has a therapist. Due to scheduling issues, she hasn't seen the therapist since May. The next appointment is tomorrow, but that's for me to go over all her symptoms and figure out what things they should work on. Unfortunately this therapist's regular schedule is once every 2 weeks which is bad enough, but even worse with a child that doesn't want to open up and talk about anything 'important' We might be shopping for a new one, but I'm a bit reluctant because DD1 seems to like this one and open up more than in the past. And yes, I do hope "she is learning to steel and steady herself through all of this". With each new challenge I remind her of how well she did with previous ones.
Ktlc, I have asked her why she does it, and she doesn't know. She just wants to. After reviewing the video together, she told me she was PETRIFIED, and I asked her again why she did it anyway, and she still has no answers. She is not self-reflective at all. She can't/doesn't want to figure out her motivations for ANYTHING, and when things go bad is always reluctant to discuss negative feelings even after the fact.
