«Help! Our daughter is telling lies about our family»

Your daughter has a protected space with the psychologist in which she can present her own perspective on the family. This may well be very different from your own. But she may actually be lying. Ask for a discussion, preferably a family session with your daughter's psychiatrist.

As parents, ask yourself the following questions: What do we know? What does this trigger in us? What could be the reason for our daughter's behaviour? How is she doing? What does she miss? How do we parents want to deal with the situation? Then sit down with your daughter and tell her what is bothering you. However, you must be prepared to listen to things that may hurt you.

It's a tricky situation. Because if - as we assume - you haven't heard from your daughter herself what kind of nonsense she's telling the psychologist, the psychological treatment is obviously leaking. That's not good. But it would be even less good to beat about the bush now. So ask for a joint appointment (with your daughter) with the school psychologist and clarify the situation there. The main aim will probably be to find out why your daughter is spreading such untruths.

