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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why don't you ask the school if he can take a decreased work load?
Or, get treatment while living near school while taking one class?
It might be terribly depressing to come back home to mom and dad to 'get better'.
Also, he's an adult and he doesn't have to come home so tread lightly.

When you ask him what he wants to do what does he say?[/quote]

Thanks for the helpful suggestions.

He's not sure what he wants to do exactly, but he doesn't want to live at home. Living at school, working and taking one class might be the best option. I really want him to go to counseling but I'm not sure he'll follow through.[/quote]

Well, if he finds a counselor he likes he might go. Look for a man maybe if he'd relate more to a man? If look for a big practice so he can switch therapists until he finds one he likes? Sometimes you can start with the campus health center therapists and then get a referral?

My husband got through grad school because he had a therapist. I don't know how he found him. As he was many states away from home he must have sought him out himself. It helped him a lot and I know that he really liked him.

Yeah, no one wants to come home - don't take it personally. Being on the cusp of adulthood is crazy exciting and going backward to living at home with mom and dad is not on most people's lists. In fact you can take it as a sign of strength that he wants to continue with his studies and his independent life.[/quote]

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