My teenage step son has been in therapy for almost a year. He failed all his classes and has to completely repeat his sophomore year of high school. He self harms but cutting and burning himself. He also has CPTSD because his mums father used to babysit him when his mom would go to work and he suffered from child rape from 4 to 8 by his grandad. We've really been trying to work with him but we've seen no improvement in therapy. He doesn't seem to like therapy and i think it's because his mom is so controlling over everything. Including his therapy. My husband has had issues with his therapist because she seems to believe everything his mom tells her. During his hour therapy session, half of it is spent with his therapist and his mom just talking. His therapist told my husband he needs to be more involved when he's extremely involved. His son even said so. His mom is the one saying he isn't. He came from his session in tears because his mom and his therapist spoke together first and when they all sat together his therapist told him that she knows he lied about everything he's ever told her. His trauma, his abuse by his grandfather, his problems with his mom. And that she can't help him if he's just gonna lie. He said he tried to say he didn't lie about anything but his mom and therapist were ganging up on him. My husband called his mom to say she needs to stop going to his therapy appointments and she says there's now a trained professional saying her dad never did anything and that my step son doesn't have trauma and at this point doesn't need therapy. He needs discipline. My step son no longer wants to go to therapy because that session through him into a panic attack. He just feels more low than ever. I want to help him without Cross boundaries.