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Anonymous wrote:Not at all isolated.

Therapy is like orthodontics. Almost everyone needs it, not everyone can afford it. More private school kids are in therapy simply because they can afford it, not because private school is somehow a bad environment.

I disagree with this. Everyone needs parents. I don't think a school should be so stressful that kids need therapy. Something is wrong with the schools.

I think were controlled and supervised our kids lives to such an extent that they lack a sense of personal identity, confidence and perseverance. Hit a road bump and they have no self recovery skills.

I am a child therapist. Yes there are many children in therapy.

Anonymous wrote:Not at all isolated.

Therapy is like orthodontics. Almost everyone needs it, not everyone can afford it. More private school kids are in therapy simply because they can afford it, not because private school is somehow a bad environment.

So very true.

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Anonymous wrote:I read the saddest story in the current People Magazine about a very successful college freshman, beautiful girl at UPenn who was seeing a therapist and ended up committing suicide. After a life of success, she found UPenn challenging and then starting seeing a professional and ended up killing herself. So sad.

I'm guessing there was more to iit.

Yes, there was. She did not fill her prescription for her anti-depressant.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not at all isolated.

Therapy is like orthodontics. Almost everyone needs it, not everyone can afford it. More private school kids are in therapy simply because they can afford it, not because private school is somehow a bad environment.

I disagree with this. Everyone needs parents. I don't think a school should be so stressful that kids need therapy. Something is wrong with the schools.

Who says their kids need therapy because school is stressful?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not at all isolated.

Therapy is like orthodontics. Almost everyone needs it, not everyone can afford it. More private school kids are in therapy simply because they can afford it, not because private school is somehow a bad environment.

I disagree with this. Everyone needs parents. I don't think a school should be so stressful that kids need therapy. Something is wrong with the schools.

Agree it's not the right fit for the child or there is something wrong with the culture

Anonymous wrote:Not at all isolated.

Therapy is like orthodontics. Almost everyone needs it, not everyone can afford it. More private school kids are in therapy simply because they can afford it, not because private school is somehow a bad environment.

I disagree with this. Everyone needs parents. I don't think a school should be so stressful that kids need therapy. Something is wrong with the schools.

Anonymous wrote:I read the saddest story in the current People Magazine about a very successful college freshman, beautiful girl at UPenn who was seeing a therapist and ended up committing suicide. After a life of success, she found UPenn challenging and then starting seeing a professional and ended up killing herself. So sad.

I'm guessing there was more to iit.

I read the saddest story in the current People Magazine about a very successful college freshman, beautiful girl at UPenn who was seeing a therapist and ended up committing suicide. After a life of success, she found UPenn challenging and then starting seeing a professional and ended up killing herself. So sad.

One of our children was in therapy for about a year. She went through a semi-traumatic experience -- only moderately upsetting for an adult, but I guess pretty upsetting for a child. She was having lots of nightmares and fears, so our pediatrician recommended therapy. Really helped the situation, and gave us parents lots of framing tools to help discuss the issues with our daughter. Insurance covered lots of the cost too. I'd highly recommend therapy for anyone who might benefit.

When my son was younger he was seeing a therapist. Kids from every school in the area public and private would come and sit in the waiting room. You could tell by their backpack/sweatshirt/uniform.

It's not a big deal to be seeing a therapist. Do you think that is a bad thing?

Not at all isolated.

Therapy is like orthodontics. Almost everyone needs it, not everyone can afford it. More private school kids are in therapy simply because they can afford it, not because private school is somehow a bad environment.

I have a friend who is a child psychologist. She asks me how stressful it is for kids in our private schools because she sees a lot of kids from our schools that are not dealing well with the stress of it all. So i think it is not isolated.

I don't have a child in therapy, but I think our whole culture is often so secretive about therapy that people don't talk about it so folks don't realize that there are many others going through similar things. If this is what your child needs right now, kudos to you for doing it and giving your child the supports he/she needs--don't spend time worrying about whether others are doing it.

Our therapist has made a couple off-hand comments making us think that we are not the only ones in the school/grade/class with kids seeing her practice group. Nothing specific of course, but more like, no you aren't the only ones going through this. It makes us wonder how many other kids are in weekly therapy.