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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]This is a situation where I think talk therapy would be harmful. He needs to talk about it less. [/b]Get him involved in other things.  Like have him join and a gym and pay for personal training or CrossFit or something to keep him busy.   - mom of a teen boy of has been to therapy, so I’m not anti therapy [/quote]

Noooo. Maybe you need a different therapist, but I do not recommend essentially sweeping this under the rug. It sounds like he is searching for intimacy too quickly, and in the wrong way, because he's not getting it from his other relationships. That is what they should be working on in therapy...understanding that, making sure he has the skills/opportunities to develop those deeper relationships, making sure his relationship with his family is deep and supportive, and building the foundation for him to understand that, as an adult, HE is the one who is going to give himself emotional support. Yes, having him delve into other activities, alone and with others, can be part of that, but not if the only idea is to distract him from these other issues in his life.

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