Guest guest Posted May 21, 2006 Report Posted May 21, 2006 In a message dated 5/21/2006 11:27:48 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, @... writes: So help me out here with answers - he says he doesn't know how a therapist will help him since he knows what he needs to do already to work on his OCD. And since we discuss various ways he can work on his bad thoughts...hmmm...he's 17 so I can't pick him up and take him! On the positive side - he did say recently he gets frustrated with his OCD and makes himself push on anyway (that " to heck with it " ); he's trying new foods (that is a BIGGIE) but also still avoiding some; he's doing more stuff around the house to be helpful and to be considerate (sometimes too helpful & considerate, LOL). Chris..... Sounds like your son has an excellent handle on the situation. How very fortunate he is that he can accomplish all that on his own!!! Maybe you could use that to help get him to a therapist, at least for a brief series of visits. Being that he's come so far on his own - imagine the progress he'll make with assistance from a professional. Maybe you could make some sort of deal with him. Something he really, really wants in exchange for X number of visits to a therapist. If at the end of X number of visits he feels that there really, truly is no benefit to him whatsoever, he can stop and he gets 'whatever' was promised to him for carrying through with it. Perhaps he'll feel that it really does help & he'll want to continue. But after X number of visits is up -- he's free to stop, his decision. He sounds like a very strong-willed young man. An excellent quality to have. LT Quote
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