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bluecinnamon
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PathStep 15 Compassion hearts16 Forum posts10 Forum upvotes6 Current upvotes6 Age GroupAdult Last activeOctober, 2015 Member sinceFebruary 15, 2015
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Online Therapist?
Safety & Knowledge at 7 Cups / by bluecinnamon
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 June 20th, 2015
...See more There was a link on this site, "I need therapy" and a section that says : "About Free Listeners on 7 Cups of Tea 7 Cups of Tea offers free, anonymous, trained active listeners and online therapists. Whether you are going through challening times at home, work, school, or in your relationship, we have an active listener or online counselor ready for you to share your problems in a safe and anonymous way. Learn more by checking out our homepage or connecting to a listener below." I can find listeners, but I haven't found out how to specifically find an online counselor. Am I missing something?
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Child refusing to go to school
Anxiety Support / by bluecinnamon
Last post
 June 4th, 2015
...See more I'm not sure where to put this, as it could fall into the caregiver, ADHD or anxiety categories, so maybe I'll post it in all of them. Anyway, my eight year old son has anxiety and ADHD. I was really struggling to get him to go to school last year, though I didn't blame him for not wanting to go, as his teacher was scary. I used to have to physically drag him, kicking and screaming, until I figured that was just wearing both of us out, and destroying the trust between us. Since then, we've moved and his in a wonderful new school with a teacher that he likes, and he's been diagnosed with ADHD and started on medication, which also seems to have improved things. Things were going really well... The past month or so, he started to refuse to go to school. Any reasons he would give me, I would find reasonable solutions for, and he would come up with some other excuse. He says he will only go if I get him certain toys and expensive electronics, which is clearly out of the question. Smaller incentives don't seem to motivate him, and taking away privileges just causes him to go into a violent rage, or crumple into an unresponsive ball. Once he actually gets to school, he's usually fine, but I can't seem to get him there. Physically forcing him just isn't an option anymore. I've tried calmly explaining to him the importance of going to school. I empathise with how it makes you feel trapped to go and do the same boring thing everyday when all you can think about is what you'd rather be doing. I just can't figure out how to get to the bottom of this.
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