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DR. JENNY: Hi there.

00:06 My name is Dr. Jenny.

00:08 Can you tell me your name and how old you are?

00:12 DEV CORDOBA: My name is Dev, and I am seven years old.

00:18 DR. JENNY: Wonderful.

00:20 Dev, can you tell me what the month and the date is?

00:23 And where are we right now?

00:27 DEV CORDOBA: Today is St. Patrick's Day.

00:32 It's March 17th.

00:39 DR. JENNY: Do you know where we are?

00:41 DEV CORDOBA: We're at the school.

00:46 DR. JENNY: Good.

00:47 Did your mom tell you why you're here today to see me?

00:53 DEV CORDOBA: She thought you were

00:55 going to help me be better.

01:03 DR. JENNY: Yes, I am here to help you.

01:06 Have you ever come to see someone like me before,

01:08 or talked to someone like me before to help you

01:12 with your mood?

01:15 DEV CORDOBA: No, never.

01:19 DR. JENNY: OK.

01:20 Well, I would like to start with getting

01:22 to know you a little bit better, if that's OK.

01:25 What do you like to do for fun when you're at home?

01:29 DEV CORDOBA: Oh, I have a dog.

01:32 His name is Sparky.

01:34 We play policeman in my room.

01:38 And I have LEGOs, and I could build something if you want.

01:44 DR. JENNY: I would love to see what you build with your LEGOs.

01:47 Maybe you can bring that in for me next appointment.

01:52 Who lives in your home?

01:56 DEV CORDOBA: My mom and my baby brother and Sparky.

02:03 DR. JENNY: Do you help your mom with your brother?

02:08 DEV CORDOBA: No.

02:08 His breath smells like bad milk all the time.

02:15 [CHUCKLES] And he cries a lot, and my mom

02:24 spends more time with him.

02:31 DR. JENNY: So how do you feel most of the time?

02:35 Do you feel sad or worried or mad or happy?

02:43 DEV CORDOBA: Worried.

02:47 DR. JENNY: What types of things do you worry about?

02:54 DEV CORDOBA: I don't know, just everything.

03:02 I don't know.

03:05 DR. JENNY: OK.

03:06 So your mom tells me you also have a lot of bad dreams.

03:11 Can you tell me a little more about your bad dreams,

03:14 like maybe what they're about, how many nights you

03:18 might have them?

03:22 DEV CORDOBA: I dream a lot that I'm lost,

03:28 that I can't find my mom or my little brother.

03:34 They seem like they happen almost every night, but maybe

03:40 not some nights.

03:43 DR. JENNY: Now that must feel horrible.

03:45 Have you ever been lost before when maybe you weren't asleep?

03:50 DEV CORDOBA: Oh, no.

03:55 No.

03:57 And I don't like the dark.

03:59 My mom puts me in a night light with the door open,

04:04 so I know she's really there.

04:09 DR. JENNY: That seems like that probably would help.

04:12 Do you like to go to school?

04:14 Or would you rather not go?

04:17 DEV CORDOBA: I worry about by mom and brother

04:21 when I'm at school.

04:24 All I can think about is what they're doing,

04:28 and if they're OK.

04:29 And besides, nobody likes me there.

04:32 They call me Mr. Smelly.

04:37 DR. JENNY: Well.

04:37 That's not nice at all.

04:40 Why do you feel they call you names?

04:43 DEV CORDOBA: I don't know.

04:46 But my mom says it's because I won't take my baths.

04:50 [SIGHS] She tells me to, and it--

04:54 and I have night accidents.

05:00 DR. JENNY: Oh, how does that make you feel?

05:03 DEV CORDOBA: Sad and really bad.

05:11 They don't know how it feels for their daddy to never come home.

05:15 What if my mom doesn't come home too?

05:20 DR. JENNY: Yes, you seem to worry about that a lot.

05:22 Does this worry stop you from being able to learn in school?

05:28 DEV CORDOBA: Well, [SIGHS] my teacher is, all the time,

05:33 telling me to sit down and focus.

05:36 And I get in trouble for [SIGHS] looking out the window.

05:42 And she moved my chair beside her desk,

05:47 but I don't mind because Billy leaves me alone now.

05:53 DR. JENNY: Billy.

05:54 Have you ever hit Billy or anyone else?

05:57 DEV CORDOBA: No, but I did throw my book at him.

06:02 DR. JENNY: Hmm.

06:03 DEV CORDOBA: [CHUCKLES]

06:06 DR. JENNY: What about yourself?

06:07 Have you ever hit yourself or thought about doing something

06:11 to hurt yourself?

06:13 DEV CORDOBA: No.

06:15 DR. JENNY: OK.

06:17 Well, Dev, I would like to talk to your mom now.

06:20 We're going to work together, and we're

06:22 going to help you feel happier, less worried,

06:25 and be able to enjoy school more.

06:28 Is that OK?

06:30 DEV CORDOBA: Yes.

06:31 Thank you.

06:33 MISS CORDOBA: Hi.

06:34 DR. JENNY: Thank you, Miss Cordoba, for bringing in Dev.

06:37 I feel we can help him.

06:40 So tell me, what is your main concerns for Dev?

06:45 MISS CORDOBA: [SIGHS] Well, he just seems so anxious

06:50 and worried all the time, silly things like I'm going to die,

06:58 or I won't pick him up from school.

07:01 He says I love his brother more than him.

07:06 He'll throw things around the house,

07:07 and gets in trouble at school for throwing things.

07:12 He has a difficult time going to sleep.

07:17 He wants his lights on, doors open, gets up frequently.

07:23 And he's all the time wanting to come home

07:26 from school, claims stomach aches, and headaches

07:29 almost daily.

07:31 He won't eat.

07:32 He's lost three pounds in the past three weeks.

07:38 Our pediatrician sent us to you because he doesn't believe

07:42 anything is physically wrong.

07:44 Oh, and I almost forgot.

07:47 He still wets the bed at night.

07:49 [SIGHS] We've tried everything.

07:53 His pediatrician did give him DDVAP,

07:57 but it doesn't seem to help.

08:00 DR. JENNY: Hmm.

08:02 OK.

08:03 Can you tell me, any blood relatives

08:06 have any mental health or substance use issues?

08:10 MISS CORDOBA: No, not really.

08:13 DR. JENNY: What about his father?

08:14 He said that he never came home?

08:17 MISS CORDOBA: Oh, yes.

08:21 His father was deployed with the military when Dev was five.

08:27 I told Dev he was on vacation.

08:29 I didn't know what to tell him.

08:31 I thought he was too young to know about war.

08:34 And his father was killed, so Dev still

08:40 doesn't understand that his father didn't just leave him.

08:44 [SIGHS] I just feel so guilty that all of this is my fault.

08:51 DR. JENNY: Miss Cordoba, you did the right thing

08:54 by bringing in Dev.

08:56 We can help you with him.

08:58 MISS CORDOBA: Oh, thank you.

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