In my passion to help children who were hurt, scared or lonely, I discovered that my weekly therapeutic session with them was like a whisper in a thunderstorm. The home environment was far more critical to the success of treatment plans than my one-hour meetings with patients. I found that the strength of the parents’ relationship closely correlated with the success of the treatment plan for their child.
Some parents struggled in their own husband-wife relationship and, as expected, they were far too stressed to provide necessary support for their children struggling with serious issues such as depression, ADHD, substance abuse and panic disorders. But even parents with healthy marriages were taxed by the weight of helping their children with mental and emotional disorders.
Some parents struggled in their own husband-wife relationship and, as expected, they were far too stressed to provide necessary support for their children struggling with serious issues such as depression, ADHD, substance abuse and panic disorders. But even parents with healthy marriages were taxed by the weight of helping their children with mental and emotional disorders.
