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Originally Posted by here today
I understand your frustration with therapy. I am no fan and believe I have been hurt by “believing in therapy” on my own.
But therapy CAN be helpful and it sounds like the reality is that it is in some way a part of your divorce/separation agreement with your ex-spouse. So. . .even if you are the only parent who is really involved with your kids, the kids’ therapist has to “play by the (legal or professional) rules” of contacting the other parent even if it won’t make a difference in her recommendations on behalf of the kids.
Whatever her limitations and inconsistencies may be, it sounds like she’s not really horrible, so it seems to me like it might be best for them if you can find a way to understand and cooperate with her as much as possible? Maybe she can even help you find a therapist the kids and you like better?
What would be the fallout if you, on your own, tried to find a better therapist for your kids?
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I jnj that out all of the therapists I've met she's the most professional and smartest of them all. I do believe that she has her times where I question her. I understand her going to my ex husband to inform him but at first she said she would give me the list of recommendations and then she backed out of it which was the issue. It was like its dependent on his thoughts. My ex never and doesn't want them in therapy at all. I placed my 15 year old in when I saw him plummeting in grades and behavior. Then it was mentioned in court when he tried to take them away from me that they were he was in therapy. They then automatically assumed that my youngest was in therapy as well and so I had to place him in as well. When I needed my ex's consent for them to get therapy and then change avian to another therapist I asked him if he was denying them getting help. I guess he felt obligated to say yes. I saw a need and he's complaining of their behavior and grades and so this seemed appropriate. The courts then expected them to receive the help. My ex is still against it but it wouldn't look good in court if he was against them receiving help. I really like their therapist now but we hit these bumps on the road at times which I wish we didn't. I'm a person where everything has to be clear. She was all great with recommnedations and all and didn't mention that she was going to speak to him to see how he felt. I know how he feels about it and so do my kids but that doesn't matter. It was the fact that she told me after and that later it was dependent on his response. When I was in session with the boys last week that wasn't the case. I think that the boys have bond with her which is good. They basically feel The same way I do. My oldest likes her but gets frustrated when things like this happen. this is their second therapist and sometimes the grass isn't greener on the other side. We know how to deal with her but it just gets frustrating at times. We have to adjust around her because therapists are never wrong.