A client’s mother recently emailed me and asked if I would help her daughter learn how to tolerate and stay present at family gatherings more. Her daughter is an autistic woman in her 20’s. She is financially dependent on her parents as she makes her way through education toward a career. Intrusive parents were constantly evaluating if therapy was “Working” and telling me what needed to be improved about their kids. So it is a bit ironic to me that I am in a similar situation again, but this time with an adult client. What the parent doesn’t understand is that her request may not be what is best for the client. This is the second problem with intrusive parents - they are not my client. Her mother may measure her progress by different standards, but I can let my client measure her progress by what feels good to her.

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