Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
The pediatrician is suggesting it for DS's anxiety. I'm having difficulty finding someone who will work with adolescents.
Has anyone tried CBT?
No but I'm trying to find someone here for my kid. She also has an Executive Function disorder that fuels the anxiety. I've been reading up on it and that can be helped too.
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As far as I understand it, CBT trains you to change your internal dialogue so you eventually have a different reaction to a situation. For instance, if you get anxious whenever you have to speak in public, your usual reaction might be to panic and shut down when asked. Instead, you could retrain yourself to think positive thoughts by gradually working things around to what is likely to happen. "What are you scared of if you speak in public?"
I'm scared that someone might laugh at me.
"Why is that not likely?"
That's unlikely because they are also scared of speaking in public. The things I have to say are important. Other people are also nervous. Most of the people I'm speaking in front of know me and are supportive.
I think that for the behavioral part you then speak in public and find out that no one laughs at you and that afterward people say you did a good job.
Instead of spinning yourself up about how awful things are, you retrain your brain so that you can do what you need to do. With anxiety, you start the "fight or flight" response to little things that you know you can do. So, you retrain your brain that it's a situation you can handle and gradually get rid of the fight or flight.
It's a short term therapy with a specific goal.
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Does he have any suggestions for where to look and what questions I should ask to make sure that the clinician actually can do CBT and isn't just saying it's a specialty? There are a lot of names on the insurance list and it doesn't list what kind of therapies they do. If I can't find someone who's covered with insurance, how much should I be paying out-of-pocket? Thanks in advance.Guest wrote: ↑Thu Oct 11, 2018 10:40 pm No, but DH is a pediatric psychiatrist and a big believer in it.
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That's interesting because DS has ADHD and major Executive Functioning issues.pinkbutterfly66 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 11, 2018 11:20 pmNo but I'm trying to find someone here for my kid. She also has an Executive Function disorder that fuels the anxiety. I've been reading up on it and that can be helped too.
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This is a good resource for locating the right therapy for yourself or your teens.
https://www.nami.org/Find-Support/Famil ... Caregivers
https://www.nami.org/Find-Support/Famil ... Caregivers
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My daughter has had CBT on and off for years. It does help considerably for her to manage her anxiety and bipolar symptoms. When I see her starting to go off track we get her in for a "tune up" as her therapist calls it. This usually happens after med adjustments.