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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 47619" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>I just want to add that I see nothing wrong with children seeing a psychiatrist or therapist on their own. I think it's important for the therapeutic process for children to feel they have a safe place to talk about their feelings. My three children each see a psychiatrist weekly for medication management and psychotherapy (we don't use separate tdocs). We as their parents also meet less frequently with their psychiatrists mostly to share our observations about how it's going at home and to go over medication changes. The psychiatrists are careful not to divulge specifics about therapy sessions so as not to jeopardize the confidentiality of their patients. I am completely comfortable with this arrangement as long as the kids continue to make progress.</p><p></p><p>Which brings me to my second point: If you do not feel your difficult child is making progress with this therapist, it's time to consider a change. We had to make changes along the way because our kids were getting worse instead of better. At one point, easy child/difficult child 2 was seeing a therapist who would not communicate with the psychiatrist. It was dysfunctional because the medications the psychiatrist was prescribing were making her worse, and the therapist was discounting my opinion because she thought I was an overprotective mother. We left both psychiatrist and therapist and went to easy child/difficult child 2's new psychiatrist, who immediately saw the problems with the medications and made changes that helped easy child/difficult child 2. I have never regretted moving on when things began to spin out of control. </p><p></p><p>I also want to agree with the other posters that it is very common for kids, especially as they enter adolescence, to say they hate their mom or dad or both. I would also agree that it is an expression of your difficult child's illness rather than a true expression of his feelings toward you. Easier said than done, but I think you need to grow some rhino skin when it comes to your difficult child. And some family counseling with husband so you are both on the same page would be very helpful at this point. </p><p></p><p>In terms of your difficult child saying he's bored, that is frequently a symptom of depression rather than true ADHD. My difficult child 1 says it all the time, and we know it emanates more from his depression than his mild challenges with ADHD.</p><p></p><p>Sorry you continue to struggle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 47619, member: 2423"] I just want to add that I see nothing wrong with children seeing a psychiatrist or therapist on their own. I think it's important for the therapeutic process for children to feel they have a safe place to talk about their feelings. My three children each see a psychiatrist weekly for medication management and psychotherapy (we don't use separate tdocs). We as their parents also meet less frequently with their psychiatrists mostly to share our observations about how it's going at home and to go over medication changes. The psychiatrists are careful not to divulge specifics about therapy sessions so as not to jeopardize the confidentiality of their patients. I am completely comfortable with this arrangement as long as the kids continue to make progress. Which brings me to my second point: If you do not feel your difficult child is making progress with this therapist, it's time to consider a change. We had to make changes along the way because our kids were getting worse instead of better. At one point, easy child/difficult child 2 was seeing a therapist who would not communicate with the psychiatrist. It was dysfunctional because the medications the psychiatrist was prescribing were making her worse, and the therapist was discounting my opinion because she thought I was an overprotective mother. We left both psychiatrist and therapist and went to easy child/difficult child 2's new psychiatrist, who immediately saw the problems with the medications and made changes that helped easy child/difficult child 2. I have never regretted moving on when things began to spin out of control. I also want to agree with the other posters that it is very common for kids, especially as they enter adolescence, to say they hate their mom or dad or both. I would also agree that it is an expression of your difficult child's illness rather than a true expression of his feelings toward you. Easier said than done, but I think you need to grow some rhino skin when it comes to your difficult child. And some family counseling with husband so you are both on the same page would be very helpful at this point. In terms of your difficult child saying he's bored, that is frequently a symptom of depression rather than true ADHD. My difficult child 1 says it all the time, and we know it emanates more from his depression than his mild challenges with ADHD. Sorry you continue to struggle. [/QUOTE]
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