Re: 15 yr. old's therapy appt. on Wed.

May 9, 2006

Sheila --

Our son will be 15 next month and his (obvious) TS/OCD behaviors started

about 2 years ago. After a really unproductive/uncooperative start with one

therapist, he started seeing his current therapist over a year ago. It took

our son until just the last month or so to be willing to work on ERT -- he

wouldn't even complete the Y-BOCS to rank his " issues. " He's liked the

therapist

from very early on, but it's just taken him that long to be willing to feel

that vulnerable. Even so, it's still slow-going.

Others on here have said that if you don't start seeing at least some

effect within the first half-dozen ERT sessions, then it's not working -- but

it's not going to work at all if the child isn't ready and willing. Once you

find the right person for him, he'll probably still need some time to feel

comfortable.

Don't worry about worrying about his OCD -- we all do that! " One day at a

time " is my co-opted mantra :-)

Jane B.

In a message dated 5/9/2006 4:32:54 AM Eastern Standard Time,

writes:

My son has appointment Wednesday with therapist. He usually works with adults

but he does specialize in OCD. We took him to a therapist in the fall. She

couldn't work with him because he would not talk about his OCD. He only had one

session with her. We're trying again. I don't know if it will go any

differently this time. He doesn't know about the appointment yet.

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