Anyone had success with CBT for an older child suffering from severe separation anxiety?
My son is 10 and over the last 4/5 months he has developed a fear that if I leave him or go anywhere something terrible will happen to me.
its got progressively worse to the point where I can’t even get him into school, he’ll have a massive panic attack and I can’t get him to leave me.
There’s no obvious reason this started only I went away a few times over the summer and also he said he heard on the news about a mother being stabbed.
hes starting CBT privately tomorrow and it would be great to hear if anyone has had any success with this, how long it took and any extra tips in the meantime.
He is better when his dad drops him but he’s away this week and he wouldn’t go with a friends mum either this morning (he says he feels happier when he knows I’m home)
he won’t go on play dates anymore and im
basically not allowed out.