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Reply to "Hostile pre-teen: Any reviews on "The Total Transformation Program"?"
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[quote=Anonymous]OP, you have to put your mind around the fact that seeking therapy is not failure. It sounds like she has needed it for some time. I also think you need therapy yourself to learn new ways of interacting with her. It does sound like you are very critical. Sometimes we get in these patterns and don't realize how much better things could be if we try a different approach. I find it odd that you use the word "hostile" to describe her. Even though she's hostile to you, that is not at all what comes across in your description. I would have used the word "unhappy". Kids always take their unhappiness out on the people they feel safest with. Come to think of it, adults do to. But everything else you describe, setting herself up for failure, being overly sensitive to rejection, clinging to you at night, none of this sounds like hostility. I wonder why you focused on that word.[/quote]
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