Child therapy

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I feel like my DD (11) would benefit from some kind of therapy and a he agrees. She struggles to explain to me what is wrong when she is upset other than to say she hates herself and hates her life. It’s not like a daily thing but maybe every couple of weeks. The rest of the time she seems happy enough but I know she doesn’t show her emotions so it’s hard to tell.

It seems like a minor thing compared to what some kids go through but I don’t want to keep dismissing it as hormones or normal preteen angst as she is beginning to feel like it’s not worth telling me she is upset as I don’t understand and so she hides it even more.

I have bupa healthcare through work so can go privately but I’m not sure what to look for. Any advice please?

Hi, new here 👋 looking for other people who might have experienced similar problem with tween aged child. My son is 11, due to start senior school in September this year. Year 6 started out great for him, really liked his new teacher, had a best friend or two but then once he hit 11 maybe a couple of months after by January his pre teen hormones started, he started to develop friendship issues, some bullying, saying he wanted to die, long story short here we are almost at the end of primary school and he has seen a private therapist (CAMHS waiting lists too long) this didn’t help much as he just wanted to “play” games. Which is fine for some children but my son needed something else, whether it be learning how to regulate emotions or how think positively, he was showing all classic signs of starting puberty. He’s starting a cbt themed counselling session next week in school. Sorry for the long story but has anyone else dealt with this? He doesn’t have many friends apart from the one friend is busy most weekend/weeknights with football, he feels isolated at school, most of the class ignore him from the sounds of it or make comments as to say get lost and leave me alone, kids can be cruel 😢 he’s not perfect but I’m hoping once he starts secondary school things will change for the better. Breaks my heart that he is going through this. Thanks for reading this 🙏