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Therapy for us parents - does it help?
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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 551693" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p>ptsd'r here too with 2 difficult child's and a husband who adds a whole bunch of chaos to my life....</p><p></p><p>i personally found individual therapy pretty impossible. i've had more than one therapist over the years and i have yet to find one who doesnt make those inane suggestions like "take care of yourself", or "cant you find a hobby outside the house" or "why dont you just take time and even go for a date night with husband".... (uh huh---if any of that was remotely possible i probably wouldnt need therapy).</p><p></p><p>but what i usually DO find slighly helpful is more of a group approach with parents of other difficult children who have been there and know better. it can be formal or informal--sometimes the best support has come out of say, a seminar on IEP's or even during a chatfest in a waiting room....it doesnt necessarily need to be a formal group therapy approach, but that can be helpful too.</p><p></p><p>its still very hard to cope. its not a perfect system but its the best i've found for me. i really cant take some perky young thing who's just out of college with book-learnin' solutions....i need people who have been there done that with real live solutions.</p><p></p><p>i hope YOU can find what works for YOU....feel better!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 551693, member: 8831"] ptsd'r here too with 2 difficult child's and a husband who adds a whole bunch of chaos to my life.... i personally found individual therapy pretty impossible. i've had more than one therapist over the years and i have yet to find one who doesnt make those inane suggestions like "take care of yourself", or "cant you find a hobby outside the house" or "why dont you just take time and even go for a date night with husband".... (uh huh---if any of that was remotely possible i probably wouldnt need therapy). but what i usually DO find slighly helpful is more of a group approach with parents of other difficult children who have been there and know better. it can be formal or informal--sometimes the best support has come out of say, a seminar on IEP's or even during a chatfest in a waiting room....it doesnt necessarily need to be a formal group therapy approach, but that can be helpful too. its still very hard to cope. its not a perfect system but its the best i've found for me. i really cant take some perky young thing who's just out of college with book-learnin' solutions....i need people who have been there done that with real live solutions. i hope YOU can find what works for YOU....feel better!! [/QUOTE]
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