To My Son's Psychiatrist,
I can not believe your comments "maybe you are just a frustrated mother" and "I don't know anything about RAD". At the time all I could do is sit across from you and the other ten "professionals" and gape. It is most amazing to me that you are being paid, and paid well, to help our family. Is it not Community Mental Health's job to support a family in crisis? And can we agree that being chased with a steak knife and trying to strangle his brother IS a crisis situation?
You have been seeing my son for eight weeks but have yet to learn a thing about RAD. You are not effective, helpful nor have given us a glimmer of hope. How can you sit there on your degree and offer us nothing? Is it too much to ask that you at least read something about RAD. I KNOW attachment must happen at home. Have you done one thing to start healing the attachment, maybe even recommending an attachment therapist. The answer is NO. I have now interviewed a therapist (and thank GOD I have found a wonderful one) and made the appointment. My first priority is to make sure my family is safe, to do that I must start healing my son's attachment, only then can he come home. Have you done one thing to help with this?
As for your "I don't like how you talk to your son" comment - READ something about RAD parenting and then talk to me. Through this entire ordeal I have heard nothing but what bad parents we are, and what we need to do more. I realize now your job is to sit back and Judge, without fact, without knowledge and without one moments concern for my family? Allow me to tell you what I think of you and your group of "professionals". You have absolutely no skill in treating a RAD child or helping their families. May God help any RAD parent who comes to you for help. Listening to you, our only hope would be to reverse the adoption. So go home, to your safe houses, and by all means look down at us who are scrambling to save our families. Spew out your vile allegations and feel like you are doing a good job. I KNOW differently.
