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<blockquote data-quote="AHF" data-source="post: 408604" data-attributes="member: 11180"><p>I can't tell you all how much this tough support helps. He called tonight. Had finally gone to the counseling center for a 90-minute intake. Good. And the result? An appointment for a 50-minute counseling session a week from today. This, with 3 weeks to go in the school quarter, him failing one class and scraping by in the other, his medications unmonitored, hostile and aggressive toward me, isolated from others, owing money everywhere, with no plans after the last day of classes and nowhere to live, no job. Mostly he wanted to know how much more financial support he was getting. When I reminded him that I've spent the equivalent of a middle-class income in the last 3 months on his mental health, I got a "what's your point?" response. When I pointed out that I had specifically said that 50 minutes 1 day/week was not the level of therapy I was supporting, I got the victim response--none of this was his fault, and what else is he supposed to do? I did not tell him what he was supposed to do. I told him I loved him and hoped he could figure it out. I do have permission to speak with the administrator (not a psychiatrist or even a psychologist, apparently) who did the intake, and will do so tomorrow. But I'm not going to force therapy down someone's throat, especially when he is doing it only to get his food card replenished.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AHF, post: 408604, member: 11180"] I can't tell you all how much this tough support helps. He called tonight. Had finally gone to the counseling center for a 90-minute intake. Good. And the result? An appointment for a 50-minute counseling session a week from today. This, with 3 weeks to go in the school quarter, him failing one class and scraping by in the other, his medications unmonitored, hostile and aggressive toward me, isolated from others, owing money everywhere, with no plans after the last day of classes and nowhere to live, no job. Mostly he wanted to know how much more financial support he was getting. When I reminded him that I've spent the equivalent of a middle-class income in the last 3 months on his mental health, I got a "what's your point?" response. When I pointed out that I had specifically said that 50 minutes 1 day/week was not the level of therapy I was supporting, I got the victim response--none of this was his fault, and what else is he supposed to do? I did not tell him what he was supposed to do. I told him I loved him and hoped he could figure it out. I do have permission to speak with the administrator (not a psychiatrist or even a psychologist, apparently) who did the intake, and will do so tomorrow. But I'm not going to force therapy down someone's throat, especially when he is doing it only to get his food card replenished. [/QUOTE]
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