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Well, my daughter went for her first counseling session yesterday. I think it went OK! We both met the counselor briefly together in the waiting room and then off she went by herself into the room with the counselor. I felt, like wow, what a moment. She is so differentiated. I came back to get her a few minutes early and the 3 of us talked. The counselor told how my daughter had decided to give this a try for a while and how glad she (the counselor) was about this. I said me too. Inside, I felt on cloud 9. And the counselor reminded both of us that what happens between her and my daughter is private and up to my daughter to share if she chooses. And the rest of the afternoon, my daughter was in quite a good mood instead of being hostile or withdrawn. She went out into the rain and tooled around in the vacant lot next door and seemed to have a good time exploring and getting soaked. (maybe that doesn't sound like fun to some people but both my daughter and I love the rain )

Anyway, I am cautiously optimistic that this may be helpful! Next week, they'll meet again.

Thanks everyone, for your input and support.

ETA: given an earlier discussion in this forum about how some people obsess over what to wear to their therapy sessions, I thought it was funny that right before my daughter and I left our car to go into the counselor's office--we had been waiting there 15 minutes--my daughter said "wait, I have to change my clothes" and pulled out a clean shirt and hoodie from her backpack that she had brought along. It cracked me up!

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Sun, that's great... I had been wondering if she ever ended up going, but I hadn't read this post yet. I'm glad everything worked out.