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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like my son, he is a chewer too. I don't want meds but it scares me for example, that if he was depressed, he wouldn't take them, if needed.

In any event, hopefully therapy will help because what I am doing isn't working.[/quote]

2011 here. Yes, I think the assessment phase is the most important part of the whole thing. From our personal experience, you can gauge from the first one to three meetings. While some therapists are "reputed", I personally feel there is a "chemistry" aspect to it big time. Maybe mine's a girl so things could be a bit more "feely" but it really has to be "feel-y" to be comfortable.

Oh your son is a chewer? Is he very anxious as well? I think my daughter had her subconscious crying out loud to let it out...... When young, she was a big time book chewer, pen chewer and coat chewer. Like she would really bite a whole chunk of her collar away. And she had this tendency to bite and pull to give a teeth clenching effect. We didn't know then and tried to make her stop. Painted stuff on her pens and nails, reprimanded her for chewing her coats and necklaces etc. It went away for a bit but then she had to find avenues to get rid of that nervous energy and the fustration. She turned to tearing books or taking sticks and smashing it on trees which we also tried to make her stop. And then it just got worse..... So sometimes actions we do to stop behaviors without getting to the root cause of why they happen is not always a good idea. Anyway we learnt now. :) So if he is chewing, let him chew. Its better than him throwing things in the room and if you stop that too, he might bottle up and end up doing something even more violent. Cutting is already a sign of numbness to reality...

All the best and do let us know how things are going. DCUM is great. You are never really alone in some aspects and yet not spilling too much personal secrets because we are annoymous..... love it! *hugs*[/quote]

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