...is she going to be admitted to a facility or is it outpatient dpt therapy?

May 29, 2006

LL geargirl68@...> wrote:

Toni P hephzeba2001@...> wrote: PPPLLLLEEEEEAAAAASSSSSEEEE! Keep

typing!

We also have a 16 1/2 yr old bpdd who will be doing her DBT intake on Thurs.

We don't know a whole lot about it (in fact, only what you have typed) and are

going on faith in her T and the word of the bp experts here and the net.

What you have described is a wonderful help to me. I can guess that the other

Toni (Odette) will find your posting a ray of sunshine.

Bless you, bless you!

Toni

Toni,

Thanks for replying. I am so glad that I could be of some help. For awhile

here, I was feeling a little guilty receiving so much help from everyone here

and not being able to contribute back. You made my day!!!

DBT intake is Thursday. Does this mean your daughter has already signed

the contract for the program? It took us a couple of weeks to get my daughter to

sign and they would only accept the children who would commit to the program

themselves. For awhile there, her old therapist thought we would have to get a

CHIN'S petition. I ended up holding practice driving over her head. She called

it a bribe and I kept telling her that I looked at it as a motivator. That there

was no way I would drive with her, if her behaviors continued and that driving

is a privaledge for responsible, safe people. This did prove to motivate her. In

the DBT program here, my daughter could no longer see her old therapist. They

required the children to only see a DBT trained therapist-for consistency. My

daughter choose to continue her therapy with the DBT trained therapist-instead

of returning to her former therapist. Although, she won't admit it, I know she

has made many more gains in the past 6

months with this therapist-then what she did seeing the old therapist for 2

years. I need to get back to work. Go figure-working on Memorial Day. Hopefully,

you and yours are enjoying this holiday.

Thanks again,

By the way, DBT did not always go smoothly-it was very challenging for both

me, my daughter and my family. Wish I had a little more time right now to

explain more. Keep reading and learning.

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