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<blockquote data-quote="JJJ" data-source="post: 248254" data-attributes="member: 1169"><p>I remember my daughter at 11. We had just finished a therapy appointment with a therapist that I found out later truly felt she was dealing with a child with a conflict with her mom rather than a mentally ill child. We drove the 15 minutes home and as we got out of the car she snapped because I wouldn't let her go run around the neighborhood (it was bedtime). I called the therapist who by some miracle answered the phone. I let her listen on speakerphone for a while (Me: Kanga it is time get ready for bed. Do you want to take a bath or a shower? Kanga: You *&*^@&#37;#@^%* I'm going outside and you can't @^#^@ stop me. Me: Kanga, please don't use that language with me. It is time to get ready for bed. Kanga: ^@#$^(&@^$(@(*@#* I'm going to ^&^(& kill you. You wanna get stabbed with a ^(*^$@* knife.) At that point the therapist spoke up and asked Kanga why she wasn't using the coping skills she taught her. Kanga was ticked to realize that the therapist had heard it all. therapist never talked to me about sticker charts or warm fuzzies again. </p><p></p><p>The parent report is great in that it gets the new pros up to speed on what you have already tried and how it worked or more often didn't work. </p><p></p><p>If it is non-pros (family, neighbors, etc), I'd just say she's mentally ill, she is seeing a doctor, we hope he can help her. And then ignore those that don't get it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JJJ, post: 248254, member: 1169"] I remember my daughter at 11. We had just finished a therapy appointment with a therapist that I found out later truly felt she was dealing with a child with a conflict with her mom rather than a mentally ill child. We drove the 15 minutes home and as we got out of the car she snapped because I wouldn't let her go run around the neighborhood (it was bedtime). I called the therapist who by some miracle answered the phone. I let her listen on speakerphone for a while (Me: Kanga it is time get ready for bed. Do you want to take a bath or a shower? Kanga: You *&*^@%#@^%* I'm going outside and you can't @^#^@ stop me. Me: Kanga, please don't use that language with me. It is time to get ready for bed. Kanga: ^@#$^(&@^$(@(*@#* I'm going to ^&^(& kill you. You wanna get stabbed with a ^(*^$@* knife.) At that point the therapist spoke up and asked Kanga why she wasn't using the coping skills she taught her. Kanga was ticked to realize that the therapist had heard it all. therapist never talked to me about sticker charts or warm fuzzies again. The parent report is great in that it gets the new pros up to speed on what you have already tried and how it worked or more often didn't work. If it is non-pros (family, neighbors, etc), I'd just say she's mentally ill, she is seeing a doctor, we hope he can help her. And then ignore those that don't get it. [/QUOTE]
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