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Has counseling helped your difficult child?
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<blockquote data-quote="janebrain" data-source="post: 152346" data-attributes="member: 3208"><p>Hi,</p><p>I have had mixed results with therapy. For difficult child 1 (who started therapy when she was about 7 when her dad was gravely ill) it really didn't seem productive til she went to her Residential Treatment Center (RTC) at age 16 and had a fabulous therapist. He used a lot of the techniques from dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) which seems to be the best type of therapy for people with borderline personality disorder (she had many traits of it at that time). Before that she saw several different therapists and they didn't know what to do with her. It really was a waste of time and money, especially the one she had before going to the Residential Treatment Center (RTC)--she was really incompetent.</p><p></p><p>For difficult child 2 therapy has been a lifesaver. Her therapist took the time to create trust and didn't jump to any diagnoses til he'd been seeing her for over a year. At that time they actually came up with the diagnosis together (she was nearly 16). He is using EMDR to help her process her past trauma and he has helped me understand what she is going through and how best to help her. </p><p></p><p>Good thread!</p><p></p><p>Jane</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="janebrain, post: 152346, member: 3208"] Hi, I have had mixed results with therapy. For difficult child 1 (who started therapy when she was about 7 when her dad was gravely ill) it really didn't seem productive til she went to her Residential Treatment Center (RTC) at age 16 and had a fabulous therapist. He used a lot of the techniques from dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) which seems to be the best type of therapy for people with borderline personality disorder (she had many traits of it at that time). Before that she saw several different therapists and they didn't know what to do with her. It really was a waste of time and money, especially the one she had before going to the Residential Treatment Center (RTC)--she was really incompetent. For difficult child 2 therapy has been a lifesaver. Her therapist took the time to create trust and didn't jump to any diagnoses til he'd been seeing her for over a year. At that time they actually came up with the diagnosis together (she was nearly 16). He is using EMDR to help her process her past trauma and he has helped me understand what she is going through and how best to help her. Good thread! Jane [/QUOTE]
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