Good morning...
Thank you for the email you sent.
I have read most of it and will go back and finish reading it today.
That had a lot of "triggers" so I took a break from it.
I didn't know there were tapes for CBT, I just thought you did that through a therapist. My daughter is on number 4 pdoc and number 6 tdoc. This is the first tdoc who is actually a psychologist and she told Emily instead of Emily walking into therapy and saying everything is ok they were going to be dealing with her issues in "step form" the first step was the abuse. The second step is her guilt, anger etc.
This is the first doctor who has included me in the medication process. Emily has a good way of forgetting things like rages, outbursts, hypersexual behavior. All the things they look for when dosing her meds so for a long time even though she was spiraling out of control the other pdoc never adjusted her medication. She was taking a little above half a therapeutic dose.
I think half the therapy battle is finding someone who will do their job and sometimes that includes gently forcing their patient to do their part. That was the problem with Emily, she could put on game face and say everything is ok but come home and fall apart.
I try to get her to remember she is a survivor, she is not a victim. I think that is the hardest part to deal with. You hurt so much and you can't see what you have overcome (survived)
Well any info will be helpful. I look at it this way I have 4 years left before she is an adult. I hope to make a difference for her in the next four years.
Thank you
Tammy
