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Post by rosie on May 11, 2016 23:00:55 GMT
Our DD finished a course of life story therapy recently and we were promised more soon. We went to a meeting yesterday and were told we can start with a play therapist in June. DDs sw asked the therapist if we would start with12 sessions and see how it goes, but the therapist replied that DD would need at least 24 which was agreed immediately ! The therapist seems very good so we are hopeful it will help dd. We have waited so long for therapy and suddenly in the last year it is all happening. DH and I have been feeling so bogged down with some of her behaviours recently that it has given us both a lift (for today anyway) Can't help thinking though if only we could have had more help 8 years ago.
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Post by corkwing on May 12, 2016 6:49:34 GMT
Fantastic! Well done to you for getting her the help that she needs, even if it's taken such a long time.
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Post by larsti on May 12, 2016 11:35:32 GMT
Brill!
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Post by caledonia on May 12, 2016 12:29:00 GMT
hi
I am interested in hearing how this goes. Our SW mentioned play therapy for my two but I thought they would be too old.
Cale x
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Post by corkwing on May 13, 2016 10:18:13 GMT
We had a play therapist come and talk to a support group that I went to. She said that, for odler children, they don't call it "play therapy". I think it tends more towards art therapy - that sort of thing. Although she did say that when they get comfortable with her, even some of the big toughies can gravitate towards the toys.
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Post by rosie on May 13, 2016 14:09:48 GMT
Yes that is what we have been told, because I questioned whether she was too old. They still called it 'play therapy' which is a bit misleading. She said she will bring toys, puppets, art materials, clay, sand etc and use whatever dd responds best to. It would be different for every child. Emotionally dd is very immature and at times of stress will watch things like Rainbow ponies /Barbie etc geared at much younger children and want to be treated as a much younger child; so they think this will be an appropriate therapy for her. The therapist told us the areas she is planning to work on; though obviously it depends a lot on the response of the child, and it sounded like what was needed.She talked about turning some behaviours around. We are keeping our fingers crossed that it has some impact; though obviously no quick fix just drip drip.
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Post by jmk on May 14, 2016 10:06:13 GMT
Great news.
Keep us posted on how it goes as like the others, I too thought it was only for younger children.
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