http://www.troubledteenblog.com/forum/forum/mental-health supporting families with troubled teen issues en-US Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:21:50 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.troubledteenblog.com/forum/search.php http://www.troubledteenblog.com/forum/topic/troubled-teen-moving-in-help#post-22 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 23:39:02 +0000 ms1977 22@http://www.troubledteenblog.com/forum/ <p>My 13 year old step daughter is moving into our home full time. Her mom kicked her out because of her behavior, and is not willing to seek help for her in any way. We have tried for years to encourage counseling and having her assessed, but our hands have been tied because we live 300 miles away and only see her a few weekends a month.<br /> We are glad that we will finally be able to pursue helping her, but feel that her behavior is too extreme for counseling alone. She is extremely defiant, has anger issues, low self-esteem, is very manipulative, lies, steals, is abusive, and gets depressed. We've been considering RTC's as a last resort if we can't get her behavior turned around, but there are so many to choose from! Can anyone recommend a facility that is geared towards teens with similar problems? I'd also love to hear any suggestions for getting her immediate help and having her behavior evaluated. Thanks! </p> http://www.troubledteenblog.com/forum/topic/depression-cure#post-76 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:07:23 +0000 zealousmom 76@http://www.troubledteenblog.com/forum/ <p>I have read this and want to share it to parents and kids too.........<br /> Depression cure summary: Here are some changes you can make now to become a happier person:</p> <p> Be true to yourself<br /> Look to the present, drop the future worry and the past regret<br /> Focus on positives not negatives<br /> Give yourself permission to move forward<br /> Work on your self confidence and self esteem.<br /> Make a list of everything that you are thankful for now in your life</p> <p>My son when he underwent depression a year ago, I tried to question myself and nagged him a lot. Then we came to a compromise then he joined teen boot camp, it did good to him.<br /> Hope this will work on you too. </p> http://www.troubledteenblog.com/forum/topic/my-teenager-self-injures#post-30 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:39:52 +0000 tasha1011 30@http://www.troubledteenblog.com/forum/ <p>There are teens that purposefully injure themselves. I wrote an article that examines the teenagers who choose this behavior and helps parents to help teens find other ways to cope. You can read it at</p> <p>suite101.com/content/help--my-child-self-injures-a319144#ixzz17kyAENuI </p>