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Pfffftttt....well so much for family therapy
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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 315978" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>One of the problems with a contract for difficult child is that he goes months and does fine with letting me know where he is, coming home on time, staying out of trouble, etc. Then, whether BiPolar (BP) or attitude or whatever, he starts acting completely different. It is one thing to stick to an agreement allowing him to watch TV during those periods, but I absolutely cannot stick to any agreement to let him go out by himself during those times. The people who have seen this pattern in him understand that- but those, like the current therapist, who insist that because he's done well for the past few months he will never go thru that again, or the typical punishment if he starts down that road will stop any escalation in him just don't get it. I'm not going to argue with this woman about it- I have lived with it and seen the pattern for 4 years. I honestly do hope he's "cured" or "wised up" or grown out of it and that it doesn't ever happen again. But, until I see him go through winter and spring without the the pattern I've seen in him, I will not be sure. If she thinks it has all been a figment of my imagination or that I was just scared of it happening so I drove him to do it, that's her problem.</p><p></p><p>I was sure hoping for a therapist who wasn't in denial about this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 315978, member: 3699"] One of the problems with a contract for difficult child is that he goes months and does fine with letting me know where he is, coming home on time, staying out of trouble, etc. Then, whether BiPolar (BP) or attitude or whatever, he starts acting completely different. It is one thing to stick to an agreement allowing him to watch TV during those periods, but I absolutely cannot stick to any agreement to let him go out by himself during those times. The people who have seen this pattern in him understand that- but those, like the current therapist, who insist that because he's done well for the past few months he will never go thru that again, or the typical punishment if he starts down that road will stop any escalation in him just don't get it. I'm not going to argue with this woman about it- I have lived with it and seen the pattern for 4 years. I honestly do hope he's "cured" or "wised up" or grown out of it and that it doesn't ever happen again. But, until I see him go through winter and spring without the the pattern I've seen in him, I will not be sure. If she thinks it has all been a figment of my imagination or that I was just scared of it happening so I drove him to do it, that's her problem. I was sure hoping for a therapist who wasn't in denial about this. [/QUOTE]
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