...theripist?
Answer:
First don't tell your parents that you need a "shrink". There are 2 ways to approach this.
First option, if you have an open relationship with your parents, ask them if you can talk to a professional counselor. If they ask why, just tell them that you'd rather talk to a counselor. This is what my step son did and we were fine with it. It really seemed to help him a great deal.
Second option, if you really can't bring it up to your parents, ask to go see your regular doctor. Tell him/her that you would really like to talk to a therapist but don't feel comfortable talking to your parents about it. You might have to explain the reason you want to go see a therapist, however your doctor is obligated not to discuss that topic with your parents. He/She can then tell your parents for you and they won't know the details.
Maybe you could start by talking to a school counselor? I don't know what your parents are like but I didn't push my son when he went to counseling. I figure if he was getting help that was the point and if he wanted to talk to me he would.
I would tell your parents that is very important to you to go to a therapist and that you cant tell them what it is now until you emotionaly work it out, which is why you need help, to be able to tell them. you don't have to tell them later, they usually forget once you start acting normal again.
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