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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I think it can be incredibly helpful to talk to a child psychologist who specializes in anxiety, as a PP mentioned. My son started seeing a play therapist at about that age and it has been the best decision. As PP mentioned, most therapy for this age group is training the parents--though ours worked with our son, too. She was more insightful and specific in her advice because she really understood him. Everything you'll learn is good practice parenting stuff that would work with any child.

All that said... what you have described sounds fairly normal to me. What I mean by normal is that all children have trouble with major life transitions. An intense kid, or a kid who relies on a routine or who has any tendency toward anxiety, will likely take longer to recover and might show some of the signs you describe. But that doesn't mean that he has generalized anxiety. Would you say that your son's anxiety is interfering with his ability to learn and develop? with his ability to interact with others? with his happiness on a daily basis? Those are important questions.

Still, I think it is great that you want to help your son and I am fully confident that a therapist can give you ideas--I know that ours has been a life saver. But I also think that you should keep in mind that he has been through a lot of big changes and that kids respond differently to something like that.[/quote]

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