A good friend has a 13 year old daughter who is a real nightmare. She has anxiety problems, which are being dealt with in various ways, but is also a very very demanding and difficult girl. She is beginning to alienate her friends now too because she is conversationally arrogant and obnoxious by all accounts. The friend and her husband are mentally worn out and the whole family are miserable. Family counselling was useless and the daughter sees a counsellor herself, but it doesn?t seem to help a great deal. They really have tried the social services thing from every angle and now need to look elsewhere. She won't apply herself to any school work either. My friend has tried to contact MIND to find out whether anyone there can talk to her, but didn?t come to anything. She has got to the point when she just wants to talk to someone and wants practical help?someone who can say, 'here are some strategies'. She is a very intelligent woman who has already researched ways of dealing with it, praising etc etc, but nothing works. Does anyone have any thoughts? She also doesn't have a great deal of money to spare. Would be so grateful for any tips I can pass on.
Thanks in advance.