Since starting Year 6 last Sept, my dd11 has anxiety and intrusive thoughts. It came out of nowhere as she has always been a happy active child and not a worrier. The intrusive thoughts are sexual in nature and her main worry is that she will be forced by future boyfriend/husband to do things she doesn’t want to. I have spent ages googling this subject as I have no experience of it. Apparently intrusive thought are common in Adolescents and can often be sexual. I have explained a hundred times that we consent to things and do not have to do anything
we don’t want to plus she is years away from encountering this. Dd is mostly fine during the day and going to school but a couple of hours before bed she gets anxious as this is when the thoughts come and then she worries about not being able to sleep. I am exhausted from the reassurance she needs. We have pillow spray, magnesium lotion but they don’t really help. She has PGL in a few weeks and I just can’t see her going whilst she’s like this. She is on the camhs wait list but in the meantime I have found an integrative counsellor. Dd has had 5 sessions but I don’t think it’s helping, the reassurance she needs has increased and she is upset most nights. Has anyone got similar experience? Should I look at a different therapist psychologist but I know they are v expensive or is it too early to give up on the integrative counsellor.