Is there an place that is specific to counseling children with divorced parents?
Samantha asked:
My parents have been divorced for 10 years and i had therapy on and off for a couple years ( i was 6 when they divorced) and i still seem to have problems in the social and emotional interaction part of life still. I don’t know what to do because all my friends parents are still together and i don’t have anyone close to me that i can talk with about it and them actually understand what im going / went through. its been 10 years and i don’t know if counseling would help now but if you can help please do!
My parents have been divorced for 10 years and i had therapy on and off for a couple years ( i was 6 when they divorced) and i still seem to have problems in the social and emotional interaction part of life still. I don’t know what to do because all my friends parents are still together and i don’t have anyone close to me that i can talk with about it and them actually understand what im going / went through. its been 10 years and i don’t know if counseling would help now but if you can help please do!
January 4th, 2010 at 12:51 pm
Your parents insurance plan likely covers counseling and there may ba a variety of types of counseling available to you: individual counseling with an therapist that specializes in working with teens, family counseling or group counseling foe children of divorce. Most insurance companies have a service # that you parents could call and explain the situation, and they would help you select the right setting. Also, both your guidance counselor at school and your pediatrician are excellent referral sources for you as well. My parents divorced when I was 9 and it took time but everything turned out ok, Good luck.
January 7th, 2010 at 9:31 am
You need to find friends whose parents are also divorced. I am surprised none of your friends’ parents are divorced, because there are more kids with divorced parents nowdays than the other way around. My parents were divorced too when I was 8. Now I got divorced when my daughter was 7. Life is life, you just need to pick yourself up and keep going forward. Pretty soon you will be off to college and you will meet way more people there. Don’t give up, 10 years is not a 100. You can have your life back, but only if you want to. Life is what you make of it. It is the time to start being happy and be easy on yourself.
January 9th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Just remember it was your parents relationship not yours. You are not responsible for what happened. Go to your school counselor. But just let it go. Your wasting your youth over this.