Therapy

[mauspond]

This is a follow-up to my previous post about depression.  If you read that one, then you know that I thought my oldest son was suffering from depression.  Well he had his first appointment with the therapist this week, and after talking with her, she definitely agreed that is indeed what has been going on with him.  She spent most of the session talking with me to find out everything that has been going on and getting all the family history, and the first thing that she suggested is that I also get myself into some sort of counseling and suggested that I talk to my primary care manager about getting started on an anti-depressent.  It's probably not a bad idea, I know I've been suffering  for many years without seeking any form of treatment.  If I am going to help my son get better, I need to be better myself.  Starting next week she is going to start seeing him alone, so that he will open up to her more and discuss his feelings.  We both feel that it is maybe a little harder for him to do that with me sitting there.  She is totally against medicating children, which I am very grateful for.  She hopes to work with him to help him deal with his anger in better ways and to help him open up more about his feelings so he isn't holding it all in to the point of having these terrible meltdowns.  All in all, I am really glad I decided to take him.  Not only is he getting the help he needs, but I am finally allowing myself to get treatment too.  Hopefully we can both get through this together.