It’s been a number of years since I wrote a book about a severely emotionally disturbed foster child we accepted into our large family.  And despite the fact that I didn’t tout mental health programs or therapies, I still get the occasional call or e-mail from parents in difficulty with a child asking me to recommend one. And I don’t. Because after reading dozens of case files and speaking to literally hundreds of parents I’ve developed a contempt for these “treatments.”  An opinion that is that by and large, they are a con, poison the relationship between parent and child, and so can’t help but do more harm than good.  If there is any good in them at all. Although there’s no gainsaying their ubiquitous popularity.  Individuals, medicos, public schools and scores of government agencies aggressively push  counseling sessions and “evaluations,” recommended drugs, support groups and other metal...(Read Full Article)