Solving bedwetting

Child Therapist Douglas Green, MFT, shares advice for parents on the best methods for helping your child to stop wetting the bed at night
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Solving bedwetting

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It may sound obvious, but there are really only two reasons for a child of four years old or older, to still be bedwetting; the physical and the emotional. The first thing you need to do is to take your kid to see a physician and have them checked out to see if there is anything physiologically wrong with them that is making this happen. If it's emotional, there are a number of reasons this could be happening. It could be an expression of anger. It could be the expression of they want to be a little baby again. It could be almost any number of things. If you try some training methods, which your doctor can teach you, and those don't work; I really suggest you take the kid to see a child therapist, who will find a way for the child to express their feelings in a better way, which will enable everybody to move on from this problem.

Child Therapist Douglas Green, MFT, shares advice for parents on the best methods for helping your child to stop wetting the bed at night

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Douglas Green, MFT

Child Therapist

Douglas Green left a successful career as a writer and director of film, stage and television to become a Psychotherapist, specializing in helping children and teenagers live lives they can be proud of.  He has a degree in Drama Therapy, and uses creative active techniques often in his work.  He has extensive experience in working with numerous childhood issues, such as ADHD, autism, Asperger's, depression, anxiety, and recovery from physical, sexual, and emotional Abuse.  He works at two offices, one in Woodland Hills, CA and one in West Los Angeles, CA, and is an Adjunct Professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology.

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It may sound obvious, but there are really only two reasons for a child of four years old or older, to still be bedwetting; the physical and the emotional. The first thing you need to do is to take your kid to see a physician and have them checked out to see if there is anything physiologically wrong with them that is making this happen. If it's emotional, there are a number of reasons this could be happening. It could be an expression of anger. It could be the expression of they want to be a little baby again. It could be almost any number of things. If you try some training methods, which your doctor can teach you, and those don't work; I really suggest you take the kid to see a child therapist, who will find a way for the child to express their feelings in a better way, which will enable everybody to move on from this problem.