A reader recently sent us a letter about the trouble her 6-year-old daughter Lily is having. In her message, she talked about how Lily’s behavior caused her therapy sessions to end quickly and the scary things that happened afterward.

“Lily, my 6-year-old daughter, has always been hard for me.” Throwing fits, hitting, and yelling over little things has worn me out. Since nothing else worked, we finally took her to see Dr. Harper, a child psychologist, a few months ago. At first, the sessions seemed fine, but Lily wasn’t changing much in how she behaved.

Then, Dr. Harper emailed me last week saying she wasn’t going to treat Lily anymore, but she didn’t give me a good reason. She told me it was “best for everyone” when I called.

The next day, Lily had another meltdown at school and screamed at a teacher. This time, the counselor suggested that she go to more intensive therapy. Concerned, Lily’s parents called Mrs. Morgan, her former preschool teacher, and she told them that Lily had talked about an imaginary friend named Emma. That night, Lily’s parent found a crayon drawing under her bed of two girls, one named “Lily” and the other “Emma,” with red scribbles covering Emma’s face.

“When I called Dr. Harper again, she finally told me that Lily had a meltdown during their last session and screamed at “Emma” and said Emma was mad at me. Dr. Harper said it wasn’t typical behavior from an imaginary friend and suggested we see a child psychiatrist right away because she didn’t think she knew enough about the case.

The parent is now scared and doesn’t know if this is just a phase or if there is something more serious going on. They are lost and want to talk to people who may have been through similar things before because they have an appointment with a psychiatrist coming up.

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