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As hard as he tries, he just can’t seem to connect with the other kids. He never has anyone to eat with at lunch and hates coming home to his mother asking if he made friends that day.
He’s started asking the teacher if he can just eat lunch in the classroom, away from everyone else – where he can put on his headphones and tune out the world.
What he really wants is to stay home, but last year that led to several failed classes, and he’s already missed five days this first month of school. It’s gotten so bad that the school social worker called and told his mother that Elijah was at risk of needing to repeat the fourth grade.
It’s the only word she can come up with to describe this sadness. She wants to explain it to her family and friends but doesn’t know how.
She’s tried visiting sites where she can connect with other people who feel the same way, but they all seem more focused on their own problems than anyone else’s. Her parents can tell she’s struggling and assure her things will improve, but she doesn’t think they will.
She would cut herself in middle school when she felt this way, so she wondered if that might make her feel better now. Grace used to care about stuff, but now she doesn’t want to be here anymore. What’s the point anyway? If her friends and family don’t get it, no one will.
She just had another birthday and celebrated like she always does – a brunch with all her girlfriends followed by a party with her extended family, coworkers, and friends that lasted late into the night. The outfits were to die for, and everyone had a great time.
But the following day when she opens her social media to post the pictures, all she feels is empty. She can only focus on what everyone else has that she doesn’t; marriage, kids, vacations abroad. That sinking, stuck feeling creeps back into her stomach, and she puts the phone down.
Samantha used to know that the life she had was the one she wanted, but now she isn’t so sure. Every year she tells herself things will be different, but here she is again – unhappy but acting as if she isn’t. And time isn’t on her side anymore.
Accepting that you need help is hard!
Elijah
struggled since pre-Kindergarten with making friends. His mother called the school counselor to see if they could help him. At his first school, he was in a group that helped him make friends. The group lasted for a couple of months, and during that time, Elijah felt better. But his mother still got phone calls from the teachers, school counselors, and social workers over the years reporting the same concerns, especially since the pandemic. It seems like he hates school more.
Grace’s
parents have been worried for a while. They looked through her computer and found that she had been posting online about being depressed and cutting, and they talked with her about it. They bonded with some middle school parents whose kids seemed to struggle sometimes too, but no one knew what to do except “take the phone.” They would love to take away the phone because it seems like this is making her more depressed, but they’re afraid if they take it away, it will make the situation worse.
Samantha
sought therapy before, but it was couples counseling when she was in an unhealthy relationship a few years ago. Since then, she has often wondered, “Is it me?” She had some feedback from that therapist who suggested that she do individual therapy, but at the time, she only wanted to save her relationship. She felt it was mostly her ex’s fault for the breakup and wanted change. But now, after a few more failed “dating situations,” she is unsure.
Hi there, I’m Genobia.
My purpose is to help you grow where you see your life being most fulfilled.
We will meet together to discuss what that vision looks like in your mind and work backward toward that game plan.
I will support you to focus on the specific thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that can help you to reach those dreams.
Elijah met with his parents and me, but he didn’t talk much at first. But soon, we bonded over video games that he liked. After a few sessions, he could talk about how frequently moving and the pandemic affected him. We met with his school counselor and discussed ways to connect him with others through a peer buddy program and to accommodate his learning style in the classroom. This year, he passed all his courses, made a couple of new friends, and his mom said he’d even been invited to a birthday party (which was a lot of fun for Elijah).
Grace’s mom called me to schedule an initial consultation. Afterward, Grace felt comfortable enough to decide she wanted to continue sessions with me. Her mother trusted that I would be a confidant and able to reach her child where she couldn’t. We worked together in individual sessions as well as some family sessions, and within weeks Grace was opening up to her mom more, had decided to join the theater club at school, and had no self-harm thoughts.
Samantha took a chance and called me; during our consultation, we connected. She realized that the tools she’s used to become successful in her career and make friends aren’t working for finding a relationship or achieving long-term happiness. She trusted me and opened up about past traumas in her family, her failed relationships, and her hopes and dreams for the future. She committed to a plan of action, and now she is more aware of her triggers and defense mechanisms and is able to establish healthy boundaries while being more open to the world.
*Elijah, Grace, and Samantha are fictionalized composites of real clients I have helped.
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