1 /5 Amber Dahle: My daughter asked me to set up an appointment for her to get restarted in mental health services. When I called to set up her initial appointment I was told by the woman who answered the phone that I am not able to set up her initial appointments because she is over the age of 13 and they have to talk to her and get consent! As someone that works in the mental health field this is not accurate. As her parent I am able to set her appointments. However for any further information she would have to sign a release of information. She is 15! She is not able to drive herself to appointments, pay for them, or set them up herself considering her dad or myself would have to set them around our work schedules. I have been setting her appointments up for years now and have never ran into this issue and when I looked at the WAC and the laws there was nothing that states she has to consent to an appointment being set up. How are parents supposed to help their kids get the help they need when there are these types of barriers in place!