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difficult child needs therapy but refuses, don't know how to approach it
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<blockquote data-quote="rlsnights" data-source="post: 315736" data-attributes="member: 7948"><p>I'm not sure I'd say they have to want to go, more that they can't be adamantly opposed to it.</p><p></p><p>I second the idea of focusing on medications first and if you see improvement then re-considering therapy. But I would be VERY careful about choosing a therapist this time. I would make sure it is someone with lots of experience with adolescents (she'll be there before you know it) and older children who would play games with a kid of 10 instead of trying to do traditional talk therapy.</p><p></p><p>Art therapy is another great avenue with kids that's not threatening but still allows some interaction and therapeutic exchange whether the kid knows it or not. </p><p></p><p>One thing that worked with my anxious and sometimes very irritating daughter who didn't want to do therapy was finding a therapist with a therapy dog. Broke the ice big time and they went for walks with the dog and just talked about helping the dog learn to obey commands etc but they were ideas about self-control and discipline that also applied to managing anxiety and becoming an adult.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rlsnights, post: 315736, member: 7948"] I'm not sure I'd say they have to want to go, more that they can't be adamantly opposed to it. I second the idea of focusing on medications first and if you see improvement then re-considering therapy. But I would be VERY careful about choosing a therapist this time. I would make sure it is someone with lots of experience with adolescents (she'll be there before you know it) and older children who would play games with a kid of 10 instead of trying to do traditional talk therapy. Art therapy is another great avenue with kids that's not threatening but still allows some interaction and therapeutic exchange whether the kid knows it or not. One thing that worked with my anxious and sometimes very irritating daughter who didn't want to do therapy was finding a therapist with a therapy dog. Broke the ice big time and they went for walks with the dog and just talked about helping the dog learn to obey commands etc but they were ideas about self-control and discipline that also applied to managing anxiety and becoming an adult. [/QUOTE]
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