Posted by Jazzed on May 18, 2005, at 11:26:31
In reply to Re: On the other hand » Jazzed, posted by sunny10 on May 18, 2005, at 8:13:00
> but, Jazzed, what is the underlying reason that she is anxious about things that many others just "get through"...
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> My son is in therapy, too. Because he's got a couple of confused parents and now he doubts his own abilities to cope with things... it's low self-esteem... I would like him to see himself as a strong person, capable of geting through anything.
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> I don't care whether he can get through the day at school without getting into trouble. I just want to make sure that he doesn't end up like me or his father- only managing to even figure out that we have "issues" after ruining the first thirty-some (me) (forty-some for his father)years of our lives...
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> If you don't like CBT for yourself, you will probably not like it for your child, either...Good point Sunny,
I guess all I was really saying was it might be easier to just jump right in there and speak up at the next session, rather than waiting until the therapist begins. (I find that if I start right off being up front it's easier in the long run, but if I hold back I tend to be more shy.) That way it's out in the open, and if the therapist sees it as resistance she can just tell her she's not into CBT. Better to know now than be months into therapy and want to switch therapists. I hope I'm not missing the point here. If I am please forgive me, I have trouble thinking.
I just told the woman who we're meeting for therapy next week that I'm not looking for CBT. She said she could tailor therapy to our needs. We'll see. My shrink, on the other hand, is very directive, shoots straight from the hip, and doesn't miss anything. Kinda scary, but good too.
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