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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 508625" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>Bunny--</p><p></p><p>I've been thinking about you a lot....and I remember going through this very same thing. difficult child was unwilling to go to counseling since it was the "rest of us" who had the problems. And it WAS helpful to visit with the therapist without her...</p><p></p><p>but we had to get difficult child into the sessions. </p><p></p><p>The trick we used would be to tell difficult child that it was time for "our" appointment with the therapist. To which difficult child would usually respond "Good! You SHOULD go to the therapist." We would ask her if she was coming. She would tell us she didn't need to...</p><p></p><p>So we would say "OK. We just thought you'd want the doctor to hear your side of the story...."</p><p></p><p>And OH would that get her every time!!! She would JUMP to go so that she would have the chance to tell the doctor everything WE were doing wrong (not realizing, of course, that she was telling therapist exactly what we were dealing with every day.)</p><p></p><p>Give it a shot...</p><p></p><p>I'll bet your difficult child will happily go to "your" appointment to tell the doctor how you are handling everything wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 508625, member: 6546"] Bunny-- I've been thinking about you a lot....and I remember going through this very same thing. difficult child was unwilling to go to counseling since it was the "rest of us" who had the problems. And it WAS helpful to visit with the therapist without her... but we had to get difficult child into the sessions. The trick we used would be to tell difficult child that it was time for "our" appointment with the therapist. To which difficult child would usually respond "Good! You SHOULD go to the therapist." We would ask her if she was coming. She would tell us she didn't need to... So we would say "OK. We just thought you'd want the doctor to hear your side of the story...." And OH would that get her every time!!! She would JUMP to go so that she would have the chance to tell the doctor everything WE were doing wrong (not realizing, of course, that she was telling therapist exactly what we were dealing with every day.) Give it a shot... I'll bet your difficult child will happily go to "your" appointment to tell the doctor how you are handling everything wrong. [/QUOTE]
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