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My son was sentenced to 47 months recently he had been on remand for almost a year & is due to be released in January 2020. It’s been almost 4 years since the initial knock at our door.... my son is also on the Autistic spectrum & has ADHD. i know that I now need to see someone who specialises in this area to talk to/ I’ve got so many feelings & emotions running through my head as well as a 19 year old daughter & husband - We have all fumbled our way through the past year particularly and are all struggling emotionally in our different ways! I wondered if anyone had had any success with counselling? To try and make some sense of it all & come to terms with what has happened. What the future holds fo my son & us. We live in Somerset so any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. I hope that makes sense! I have a call booked in with stop it now but not until the 11th March & don’t think they offer a counselling service either. Sending strength to you all xx
Councelling is a massive help, i felt I really needed that time to say whatever I wanted without judgement. I also have had cognitive behavioural therapy which is equally useful in putting things into perspective and controlling negative thoughts/feelings and reducing anxiety. I also saw a lucy faithful practitioner to have a chat about it all and get advice. The councellor I saw had no expertise in sex therapy or crimes of this nature, i think they may have learnt as much frim me as i did from them. I think you can find therapists that specialise in different areas, hopefully someone can give you advice on how to find out about that.
I am paying privately while I am on the nhs waiting list. Mainly because I am having intense panics. These have eased a little in the last few weeks but sometimes it still hits me that this happened.
its expensive privately but because I have only told two friends and my mum I do need a safe space to process this information just for me.
its worth looking into.
its expensive privately but because I have only told two friends and my mum I do need a safe space to process this information just for me.
its worth looking into.
Thank you so much to you all! I’m going to wait untill my Lucy faithful appointment now to see if they can maybe recommend someone that has experience with counselling in this area.
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