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Chilling conversation with-Matt - breakthrough?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 430879"><p>It does sound good!</p><p>Perhaps if you ask around for the name (s) of a therapist who has really good listening skills...not judgmental and able to build good rapport with his or her patients. This is the way it really is suppose to be, anyway. And your son should be comfortable with meeting with a therapist once or twice and then declining to go back if he doesn't feel comfortable. However, get right back on the horse and look again for someone else. A wise therapist will take his or her time before jumping into the hard work. </p><p>I know this might sound counterintuitive, but just like the nurse was helpful to your son, a person with a doctorate may or may not be "the one." I have personally had this experience...and ended up seeing an MSW regarding difficult child for a little while. I have heard through the grapevine some bigwigs in the city have seen her too.</p><p>Ironically, I had the same experience with difficult child. She was seeing a Ph.D. for many years. She helped a little. Was very bright.</p><p>She saw a mental health counselor (MS degree) for 4 months and this woman was amazing. She helped difficult child realize the guy she was seeing (an abusive alcoholic) was not someone that was in her best interest to continue seeing. Honestly, I kinda thought THAT was a lost cause since difficult child never had a boyfriend before and I thought she would cling to him regardless of how BAD the situation was. To make matters more interesting, he was very handsome.</p><p>To my JOY, after a few sessions with this therapist, difficult child came home and said she was dumping him and more importantly she DID. It helped difficult child in a REAL, actual way.</p><p>But sadly, difficult child does not have good reasoning skills, good logic and worse than anything....little self discipline. The therapist moved to an office that would require several busses for difficult child to get to...many obstacles...and difficult child doesn't go anymore. Perhaps in the future (she mentions it from time to time). Overall, this woman helped her a LOT in four months!</p><p>The point of my story is that I strongly feel that <u>rapport and abilities combined with a degree/licens</u>e is what really matters and even trumps a doctorate.</p><p>So glad to hear that things are moving in the right direction!!!! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 430879"] It does sound good! Perhaps if you ask around for the name (s) of a therapist who has really good listening skills...not judgmental and able to build good rapport with his or her patients. This is the way it really is suppose to be, anyway. And your son should be comfortable with meeting with a therapist once or twice and then declining to go back if he doesn't feel comfortable. However, get right back on the horse and look again for someone else. A wise therapist will take his or her time before jumping into the hard work. I know this might sound counterintuitive, but just like the nurse was helpful to your son, a person with a doctorate may or may not be "the one." I have personally had this experience...and ended up seeing an MSW regarding difficult child for a little while. I have heard through the grapevine some bigwigs in the city have seen her too. Ironically, I had the same experience with difficult child. She was seeing a Ph.D. for many years. She helped a little. Was very bright. She saw a mental health counselor (MS degree) for 4 months and this woman was amazing. She helped difficult child realize the guy she was seeing (an abusive alcoholic) was not someone that was in her best interest to continue seeing. Honestly, I kinda thought THAT was a lost cause since difficult child never had a boyfriend before and I thought she would cling to him regardless of how BAD the situation was. To make matters more interesting, he was very handsome. To my JOY, after a few sessions with this therapist, difficult child came home and said she was dumping him and more importantly she DID. It helped difficult child in a REAL, actual way. But sadly, difficult child does not have good reasoning skills, good logic and worse than anything....little self discipline. The therapist moved to an office that would require several busses for difficult child to get to...many obstacles...and difficult child doesn't go anymore. Perhaps in the future (she mentions it from time to time). Overall, this woman helped her a LOT in four months! The point of my story is that I strongly feel that [U]rapport and abilities combined with a degree/licens[/U]e is what really matters and even trumps a doctorate. So glad to hear that things are moving in the right direction!!!! :) [/QUOTE]
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