Throughout the discussion of the family evaluation interview, I find myself reflecting on the way that Ryan has adapted to having Aspergers. Kerr and Bowen (1988), state that, “many children and adolescents are pushed into therapy by someone else, usually the parents.” This accurately described how Ryan ended up seeing a therapist. It was Joe and I that just could not handle the situation and we made the determination that Ryan needed to go. Now I can see it was all of us not just Ryan that needed the support. I can understand that the stress we were under (we were still in the early years of trying to establish our blended family) was a contributing factor to our need. We felt that it was our responsibility to find help, “parents are
