Take it FWIW, but friends of ours were looking for a psychologist in BR for their teen, and they were told by multiple providers that either they were not taking new patients or they would have a 4 month wait. Apparently, the plandemic has been good for some businesses.

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Posted by The Torch

DFW The Dub

Member since Aug 2014

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Posted on 10/12/21 at 1:07 pm to sleepytime

At home drawing pictures
Of mountain tops
With him on top
Lemon yellow sun
Arms raised in a V
And the dead lay in pools of maroon below
Daddy didn't give attention
Oh, to the fact that mommy didn't care
King Jeremy the wicked
Oh, ruled his world
Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in class today
Clearly I remember
Pickin' on the boy
Seemed a harmless little frick
But we unleashed the lion
Gnashed his teeth and bit the recess lady's breast
How could I forget
And he hit me with a surprise left
My jaw left hurting
Dropped wide open
Just like the day
Oh, like the day I heard
Daddy didn't give affection, no
And the boy was something that mommy wouldn't wear
King Jeremy the wicked
Oh ruled his world
Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in class today
Try to forget this (try to forget this)
Try to erase this (try to erase this)
From the blackboard
Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in
Spoke in
Jeremy spoke in
Spoke in
Jeremy spoke in class today

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Posted by geauxturbo

Baton Rouge

Member since Aug 2007

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Posted on 10/12/21 at 1:08 pm to kisatchie53

After 30 years of counseling my middle sister no longer yells at me on the phone for being a white cis male conservative.

This was after suicide attempts, drug addiction, alcohol addiction, body issues....all occurring while in therapy.

Not sure what therapy does, but knowing the people I know who are in or who have been in therapy, pissing into a black hole may result in more useful returns.

Good luck, they're gonna need it.

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Posted by ashy larry

Marcy Projects

Member since Mar 2010

5568 posts

Posted on 10/12/21 at 1:33 pm to sleepytime

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Need a rec for a child psychologist/psychiatrist in BR area that is skilled at getting through to very hard to reach kids. The kid has some pathological behaviors that need to be addressed such as lying, manipulation, lack of empathy, no remorse, etc and it’s starting to cause more issues with the teenage years approaching. The parents have brought them to no less than 4 different councilors over the past 5+years, the most recent one for over 2 years, with a zero percent success rate with any of them getting the kid to open up. From what I’m told, the conversations between the kid and counselor are superficial, with the kid only answering enough to keep the counselor from asking more questions or appear not to have shut down. The kid is very smart and not on spectrum. The parents are good folks and their other kids don’t have similar issues.

TL/DR: friend’s parents are worried their kid may be a psychopath and hoping the right person can get through to/help with emotional development. Previous 4 counselors, which came highly recommended by others, have had zero success so I’m reaching out to the OT to help a brother out.

There is no 'cure' for a personality disorder, unfortunately. The truly scary thing is that counseling has limited upside. Counselors know that it's hard to help a kid like this so many will want nothing to do with the situation. Don't get me wrong, the right combo of a psychiatrist and a counselor might be able to steer the kid in a better direction. But a lot of the heavy lifting will have to be from the parents who probably need counseling/training as well.

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