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  • anyone see a therapist to help deal with feelings around having a special needs kid? dh wants to go, i am reluctunt but see his point. how did you find one? does it help? does yours specialize in anything specific?

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    04.30.08, 07:55 AM [ Flag ]

    • nothing wrong with that. i studied this in my doctoral program. google Parenting Stress Index. totally normal. What is dc's difficulty?

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      04.30.08, 07:57 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • we have. it did help in the beginning when we first got a diagnosis.

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      04.30.08, 07:58 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • I work for YAI and they offer services to families with special needs children. I'm sure if you called them, they would be able to connect you to a variety of serices

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      04.30.08, 07:58 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Re: anyone see a therapist to help deal with feelings around having a special needs kid? dh wants to go, i am reluctunt but see his point. how did you find one? does it help? does yours specialize in anything specific? Why are you reluctant to go? What is the downside?

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      04.30.08, 07:59 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Why are you reluctant to go? What is the downside?

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      04.30.08, 08:00 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • OP: no major downside. i am just a very private person. i am sure therapy would help but between work, my ds therapy and my other kids, i have no time...i know deep down it will be time well spent though.

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        04.30.08, 08:06 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Wow that's a switch. Usually the dw is the one more recertive to therapy. It is very helpful. I just stopped last year due to $$$ after going for 7 years. I really miss it. Very helpful imo

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      04.30.08, 08:00 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • I see a therapist (& I'm the type of person who ever thought I would) and it's been a godsend. I talk about the big & small - looking for a school for ds, how his SEIT annoys me, my feelings of guilt, what the last birthday party was like, etc... you name it. I get it all out and he helps me sort things out and even strategize how to talk to the school, the SEIT, how I need to take care of myself, how the best thing I can do for ds is to enjoy him, etc. Plus, he's never met ds, but he "gets" him and sees him as a child beyond his special needs and therefore helps me to see ds that way.

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      04.30.08, 08:01 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • what is diagnosis? I know of some groups in the area as well. Are you in the city????

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      04.30.08, 08:02 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • I've always been nuts so I've seen a therapist for 15 years. But since dd's dx, that's all I talk about and it helps so much. dh and I don't go together but he has a shrink too.

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      04.30.08, 08:04 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • I've been seeing a therapist for 3 years, and this year we finally got a diagnosis- we (dh and myself, as well as dcws on occasion,) have gone to see someone who specializes in aspergers

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      04.30.08, 08:04 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • IF DC is in EI you as the parents can work with a social worker trained in these issues for free. I would also call the Ackerman Institue, the Jewish Board of Family and Children Services, and the JCC for referals to therapists who deal with these issues . Both YAI and JCC offer support groups for parents of children with special needs.

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      04.30.08, 08:12 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • I see a therapist who had deal with her own son with SN issues. She is great! I highly recomm. her

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      04.30.08, 10:01 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
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