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Teenager in distress w anxiety. Angrily rejects any mention of help

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Fanwah · 11/09/2018 09:46

Some advice/tips please.
He's 15. No longer in school. Very unhappy. Self medicating with weed.
We need a change of tack here. Drop the pursuit of gcses with tutors and find something hands on that he can like. And build confidence by being good at.
I need to get him to some kind of therapy but how?

OP posts:
Fanwah · 13/09/2018 16:49

Really? No response to that? How disappointing.

OP posts:
Fionahannah · 15/09/2018 15:44

Hi, there is help out there, bacp.org have a website with a list of therapists in your area. Suggest though that you only use thise who are specifically qualified as child and adolescent. There are very few private self referal agencies out there unfortunately. Your gp should be able to recommend local agencies but these are often charities so there may be a long waiting list.

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