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My son, 17, has been diagnosed with Bipolar 2 and currently is stable via medication. He has been in individual therapy and we are going to start family work (again). He has struggled since early childhood with low self esteem, depression, possible ODD, ADD, passive/aggressive, anger. As I understand it, he is bordering on a diagnosis of personality disorder. The PD is the scariest of all, since only by changing the way he views the world and his place in it can he be saved from this diagnosis and all the unhappiness it brings. His thinking and way of looking at the world is truly skewed.I understand that DBT (and CBT) has been extremely effective with adolescents like him. Does anyone know of a program that uses these therapies and not just behavioral modification to achieve compliance? He is currently attending a dept of ed funded TBS, which in the past I have described as benignly negligent. I have my own guilt for accepting this placement but have done so because of the fear that a different placement might be �overkill�. I am afraid that if we do not act now, he could lead a very difficult and lonely life. It seems impossible to cut through the fa�ade and lies if a program is intent on enrolling your child. If anyone has information that a genuine program exists I would really appreciate hearing about it.I understand that one size does not fit all. Thanks.
i went to cedu john dewey academy and work in therapy now-cedu sucked and john dewey destroyed what was left.monarch family healing wants to see kids go home. parents and kids do therapy for a week then kids go on a two week expedition to practice their new "skills" all with the intent to go home at the end