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 Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 2:26 pm
Nadira Voldeturtle Nadira No one is too young for therapy (or too old for that matter). A therapist evaluating the situation through, say, play therapy, can see if there is really a "problem" surfacing or not. The therapist can decide whether the child was mimicking others in the playground or actually comprehending what was going on. Having the daughter seeing a therapist isn't such a bad idea. Just to see if there is something going on. If there isn't any thing going on, then the therapy will end. However, if there is something going on, then the therapist and the mother can decide what steps to take to help ensure that the daughter doesn't go down the road further. I can see your point. However, I still feel that it would be unnecessary. Children's ideas can change very quickly with the right influence, without medical intervention. Therapy usually isn't medical. Talk therapy isn't medical. It's only medical when we are discussing psychiatrists. I'm talking about talk-therapy. A Guidance Councilor (IE: Therapist) may not be a bad idea. I know what you mean, but still. When I was in talking therapy, it just made me feel kind of alienated and weak, like I wasn't able to look after myself, so it made me a lot more vulnerable to bad influences.
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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:31 pm
Voldeturtle Nadira Voldeturtle Nadira No one is too young for therapy (or too old for that matter). A therapist evaluating the situation through, say, play therapy, can see if there is really a "problem" surfacing or not. The therapist can decide whether the child was mimicking others in the playground or actually comprehending what was going on. Having the daughter seeing a therapist isn't such a bad idea. Just to see if there is something going on. If there isn't any thing going on, then the therapy will end. However, if there is something going on, then the therapist and the mother can decide what steps to take to help ensure that the daughter doesn't go down the road further. I can see your point. However, I still feel that it would be unnecessary. Children's ideas can change very quickly with the right influence, without medical intervention. Therapy usually isn't medical. Talk therapy isn't medical. It's only medical when we are discussing psychiatrists. I'm talking about talk-therapy. A Guidance Councilor (IE: Therapist) may not be a bad idea. I know what you mean, but still. When I was in talking therapy, it just made me feel kind of alienated and weak, like I wasn't able to look after myself, so it made me a lot more vulnerable to bad influences. And, from my personal experiences, I didn't have that problem. But my use of seeing a therapist from a young age dealt with more adult themes, so your idea and my idea are very different. That's why I wasn't about to use experiences in this discussion. I was trying to make an overall point. Everyone has good and bad experiences, but you have to remember that not everyone experiences what you personally experienced. We have to keep our experiences out of the general discussion, and look at it from a 3rd party. Or else we get too emotional, and can't be of help to the situation at hand.
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Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 5:40 pm
Nadira Voldeturtle Nadira Voldeturtle Nadira No one is too young for therapy (or too old for that matter). A therapist evaluating the situation through, say, play therapy, can see if there is really a "problem" surfacing or not. The therapist can decide whether the child was mimicking others in the playground or actually comprehending what was going on. Having the daughter seeing a therapist isn't such a bad idea. Just to see if there is something going on. If there isn't any thing going on, then the therapy will end. However, if there is something going on, then the therapist and the mother can decide what steps to take to help ensure that the daughter doesn't go down the road further. I can see your point. However, I still feel that it would be unnecessary. Children's ideas can change very quickly with the right influence, without medical intervention. Therapy usually isn't medical. Talk therapy isn't medical. It's only medical when we are discussing psychiatrists. I'm talking about talk-therapy. A Guidance Councilor (IE: Therapist) may not be a bad idea. I know what you mean, but still. When I was in talking therapy, it just made me feel kind of alienated and weak, like I wasn't able to look after myself, so it made me a lot more vulnerable to bad influences. And, from my personal experiences, I didn't have that problem. But my use of seeing a therapist from a young age dealt with more adult themes, so your idea and my idea are very different. That's why I wasn't about to use experiences in this discussion. I was trying to make an overall point. Everyone has good and bad experiences, but you have to remember that not everyone experiences what you personally experienced. We have to keep our experiences out of the general discussion, and look at it from a 3rd party. Or else we get too emotional, and can't be of help to the situation at hand. I'm aware of the need to stay objective, that's why I didn't mention it straight away. I was simply mentioning it because it is a perspective, and one I think that it worth considering, because I know several people who've been in therapy and all of them have felt worse off from it. It's not always helpful, and I don't think it needs to be given in this particular situation until a problem actually arises that can't be easily solved by the parent.
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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 2:34 am
Voldeturtle Nadira Voldeturtle Nadira Voldeturtle Nadira No one is too young for therapy (or too old for that matter). A therapist evaluating the situation through, say, play therapy, can see if there is really a "problem" surfacing or not. The therapist can decide whether the child was mimicking others in the playground or actually comprehending what was going on. Having the daughter seeing a therapist isn't such a bad idea. Just to see if there is something going on. If there isn't any thing going on, then the therapy will end. However, if there is something going on, then the therapist and the mother can decide what steps to take to help ensure that the daughter doesn't go down the road further. I can see your point. However, I still feel that it would be unnecessary. Children's ideas can change very quickly with the right influence, without medical intervention. Therapy usually isn't medical. Talk therapy isn't medical. It's only medical when we are discussing psychiatrists. I'm talking about talk-therapy. A Guidance Councilor (IE: Therapist) may not be a bad idea. I know what you mean, but still. When I was in talking therapy, it just made me feel kind of alienated and weak, like I wasn't able to look after myself, so it made me a lot more vulnerable to bad influences. And, from my personal experiences, I didn't have that problem. But my use of seeing a therapist from a young age dealt with more adult themes, so your idea and my idea are very different. That's why I wasn't about to use experiences in this discussion. I was trying to make an overall point. Everyone has good and bad experiences, but you have to remember that not everyone experiences what you personally experienced. We have to keep our experiences out of the general discussion, and look at it from a 3rd party. Or else we get too emotional, and can't be of help to the situation at hand. I'm aware of the need to stay objective, that's why I didn't mention it straight away. I was simply mentioning it because it is a perspective, and one I think that it worth considering, because I know several people who've been in therapy and all of them have felt worse off from it. It's not always helpful, and I don't think it needs to be given in this particular situation until a problem actually arises that can't be easily solved by the parent. And, I know many who had the exact opposite experience, where therapy has helped them. [See my point?] But can all parents handle the situation by themselves without furthering the problem..? Hm... Some parents are in tune with their children, while others can't see the problem even when it's presented to them on a silver platter. It's apples and oranges at this point. We simply don't agree. I made my stand, and you made yours. I respect your point of view, and I see no need to further debate this topic. Savvy?
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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 1:39 pm
Nadira Voldeturtle Nadira Voldeturtle Nadira Therapy usually isn't medical. Talk therapy isn't medical. It's only medical when we are discussing psychiatrists. I'm talking about talk-therapy. A Guidance Councilor (IE: Therapist) may not be a bad idea. I know what you mean, but still. When I was in talking therapy, it just made me feel kind of alienated and weak, like I wasn't able to look after myself, so it made me a lot more vulnerable to bad influences. And, from my personal experiences, I didn't have that problem. But my use of seeing a therapist from a young age dealt with more adult themes, so your idea and my idea are very different. That's why I wasn't about to use experiences in this discussion. I was trying to make an overall point. Everyone has good and bad experiences, but you have to remember that not everyone experiences what you personally experienced. We have to keep our experiences out of the general discussion, and look at it from a 3rd party. Or else we get too emotional, and can't be of help to the situation at hand. I'm aware of the need to stay objective, that's why I didn't mention it straight away. I was simply mentioning it because it is a perspective, and one I think that it worth considering, because I know several people who've been in therapy and all of them have felt worse off from it. It's not always helpful, and I don't think it needs to be given in this particular situation until a problem actually arises that can't be easily solved by the parent. And, I know many who had the exact opposite experience, where therapy has helped them. [See my point?] But can all parents handle the situation by themselves without furthering the problem..? Hm... Some parents are in tune with their children, while others can't see the problem even when it's presented to them on a silver platter. It's apples and oranges at this point. We simply don't agree. I made my stand, and you made yours. I respect your point of view, and I see no need to further debate this topic. Savvy? Yes, savvy. I've been making that same point myself.
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