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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I posted above, what are the range of issues this could help with.  DC's therapist says more intensive behavioral therapy needed.  Seeing anger issues in particular. Lashing out mostly at home but at times at school.  [/quote]

We’ve struggled with anger issues too (a mood disorder plus ASD), and if you need behavioral therapy, even if you need intensive therapy, it’s probably better to find a family therapist who will work with your family - parents and child - rather than a PHP. My son was both inpatient and PHP a few times in the last few years because we needed medication and could not stabilize him at home, but the best behavioral work came from doing intensive family therapy with a therapist experienced in the types of issues we were having.

It took probably a month and 50 phone calls to find our family therapist, and initially we were meeting with them virtually 3 times a week. It was super intense, but life changing. We are still working with the same therapist, but more like 3x per month now, and my son is stable and doing much much better.

Dominion was great for getting my son on medication and getting the very immediate safety issues under control (my son was so violent I had a deadbolt on my bedroom door) but what was needed long term was a therapist who works with the family system and structure. [/quote]

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