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HELP- Troubled Teen!

I have a fifteen year old daughter with ongoing behavioural problems.

Anger, violence, drinking, smoking, compulsive liar, school work gone down the drain. etc etc

We have done the rounds of therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, etc.. I have even resorted (even though it nearly killed me) to calling the police on her whilst she was smashing up the house..

She has been given a clean bill of health and not diagnosed with any mental illness. She has many emotional issues though specifically with her father who has emotionally abandoned her in the last few years. (I brought her up on my own.)

Somewhere underneath the angry ball of fire there lies a great kid, she has many lovely qualities, a great personality, bright as a button, and is stunningly beautiful.

She has now started making up lies to her friends about me saying I am putting poison in her food. I know she doesn’t believe it herself (she wont even make herself a sandwich shes so lazy) and thankfully neither do her friends or the school. Its attention seeking or a cry for help. Either way its incredibly upsetting and hurftful.

The stress of it all is taking an enormous toll on my health and happiness and I am really at the end of my tether now.

I have been looking into the possibility of sending her to a wilderness camp in America ( I am in Ireland) I wonder if anyone has any knowledge or experience of them. It would be a strain financially ( I have no idea how much they cost but I can imagine it will be thousands) If I think it will get her back on track as a human being it will be woth it..

Any advice would be hugely appreciated,

Thanks!

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