Well, I think you should talk to your daughter first, before taking her to a child psychiatric. Does she have any siblings that might cause her to do this? Maybe she is doing this to try and impress her friends at school. And also, she may be lying about being sorry and pretends to be upset. Try and talk to her first, and if this doesn't help, these may be the signs of your daughter being kleptomaniac. I'm sorry that you have to deal with this, and please try these suggestions.

steal her stuff then ask her how dose that feel and she might stop

Yes she hates it when her siblings take her stuff without asking and I tell her that's how people feel when she takes their stuff but it doesn't seem to stop her!

you should take her stuff and put it away where she cant find it..do this everytime she steals something..when she asks about it tell her it was stolen..dont return it to her.. eventually she will not have anything left and will wonder why...this might not solve the problem but it should help her be aware of it..

This shows that the parent from home are not friendly to this child and she feels lonely and they usually dont communicate with her positive issues that affects life.  They are totaly not related to their own child. their concern is just to buy goodies and nieceties to this child without proper discussion (family discussions) or even check child school work. Probably both parents did not go to school and ended up at a lower grades and thus unable to educate their own child. Charity begins at home.  Family history goes a long way.  Both parents and child do no go to church because hopefully when the pastor read 10ten commandments the child could have get used to that.

In reply to the last answer I have never heard such rubbish.  My daughter is very much loved and cared for which she knows.  Both my husband and I make sure we sit and help with her homework and always attend parent consultations at school with her teacher.  We're very respectable law abiding people who left school with very good grades.  As for the religious side of things neither of us believe in god but we never say this to any of our four children as it's up to them to decide,  but my daughter who steals talks to her nan about god who is very religious.

I would have to say that making a comment toward the parent saying it is their fault.Is wrong of you. When in reality it is not. Kids have to go through emotional issues. And learning everything in life. You have to make mistakes to actually learn from what is right and wrong. You are never going to actually truely ever be able to control your child. Even if you have done everything you can possibly do to help your child. It is still not her fault. She is being a Mother and doing what she thinks is right and what she thinks she can do to help her child. Kids do things there not suppose to do weather they keep doing it over and over . But eventually they will grow out of it. Yes most of the time they do all of things for the attention if they are not shown it. But that is where she has stepped in to figure out what is going. The only way to ever figure out what is going on your childs head. Is to be there for them to care to love. That is the main key. Try giving all the attention you can...And never give up always have faith that it will turn the other way. But for someone to say that it is the parents fault it only is if you dont care about them and show them no attention purposly and just not love them. but who could not love their child should be ashamed