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First family therapy session a disaster!
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<blockquote data-quote="SunnyFlorida" data-source="post: 50134" data-attributes="member: 696"><p>My take on it (an I have not had my difficult child in an Residential Treatment Center (RTC), so please excuse if you think this is way off) is the therapist is tackling the huge issue of trust, which was broken via theft. One knows that trust in an adult does not return quite as easily as the trust of a teen. Therefore the counselor made the statement knowing full well what your response would be and knowing what difficult child's response would be. The comment for him not to return is the result of difficult child's "choice" to have control over his life without any parental intervention. This cannot happen if difficult child is to return to a family.</p><p></p><p>While it sounds nice for one to have only one therapist....life has more than one situation that occurs. The goal was for difficult child to learn tools to handle all situations. The goal is for difficult child to return to your family, knowing that he is not in charge and will have to regain trust. If trust is regained then he becomes the recipient of the family benefits, if trust is not gained, difficult child does not get the family benefits.</p><p></p><p>Since counseling is part of difficult child's Residential Treatment Center (RTC), don't you think these issues have been brought up before and will continue to be brought up? I'm wondering if difficult child has had his b/w attitude for a while and counselor is wanting to push difficult child into realizing that it's not about HIM and his wants, but what HE's supposed to and will do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SunnyFlorida, post: 50134, member: 696"] My take on it (an I have not had my difficult child in an Residential Treatment Center (RTC), so please excuse if you think this is way off) is the therapist is tackling the huge issue of trust, which was broken via theft. One knows that trust in an adult does not return quite as easily as the trust of a teen. Therefore the counselor made the statement knowing full well what your response would be and knowing what difficult child's response would be. The comment for him not to return is the result of difficult child's "choice" to have control over his life without any parental intervention. This cannot happen if difficult child is to return to a family. While it sounds nice for one to have only one therapist....life has more than one situation that occurs. The goal was for difficult child to learn tools to handle all situations. The goal is for difficult child to return to your family, knowing that he is not in charge and will have to regain trust. If trust is regained then he becomes the recipient of the family benefits, if trust is not gained, difficult child does not get the family benefits. Since counseling is part of difficult child's Residential Treatment Center (RTC), don't you think these issues have been brought up before and will continue to be brought up? I'm wondering if difficult child has had his b/w attitude for a while and counselor is wanting to push difficult child into realizing that it's not about HIM and his wants, but what HE's supposed to and will do. [/QUOTE]
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