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The Psychology of Control. The Child Is Not The Problem

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A teen is getting worse fast: school is collapsing, anger is escalating, and violence is starting to show up at home. It’s tempting to aim every intervention at the child. I’m Kim Lee, a child and adolescent psychotherapist, and I slow this down with a true story that shows why that instinct can miss the point entirely. Sometimes the “problem child” is the messenger for a family system built on silence, avoidance, and the management of reality itself.

I walk through how two parents locked in opposition can turn everyday life into a battle of narratives, with allegations…

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