What is Child Counseling?
Child counseling is a type of therapy that focuses on young children, teens, and adolescents with one or more mental illnesses. It also provides aid to youths, who have experienced trauma, and/or who are experiencing a dysfunctional or stressful home environment.
child issues
Mental health conditions
Divorce
Grief and the death of a loved one
Bullying
experiencing a trauma event
Sexual abuse
Common signs of mental health issues or psychological distress include:
- Unprovoked aggression
- Leakage of urine
- Difficulty adjusting to social situations and/or new situations
- Recurrent nightmares, night terrors, and/or sleep difficulties like insomnia
- Low grades or a sudden academic decline
- Constant worry and anxiety
- Social withdraw from activities your child once liked or loved to do
- A noticeable and/or sudden loss of appetite and/or extreme weight loss
- Repetitively performing rituals and routines like hand-washing
- Suicidal ideations (thoughts) or attempts
- Your child responds to voices he/she hears in his/her head
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Our Team
We provide a safe space for every individual to express feelings with comfort, without judgement, and with respect for the uniqueness of every individual.
We are a team of clinical psychologists, counsellors, social workers and career counsellors. Our qualified professionals has expertise to suit needs of every developmental stage in life ranging from child & adolescent care, adult & family care to senior care.
How Can You Tell If Your Child Needs Counseling?
Well, there are some signs that may signal that your child needs counseling. For instance, a child, who has begun to act “out of character” and/or one who has suddenly begun to have developmental problems or rebel – in ways that are not considered “normal behavior” for children of that age, may need to talk to a professional.
In addition, if your child has experienced a significant trauma (i.e. abuse, the death of a loved one or pet, uprooting, divorce, chronic illness, etc.) recently or in the past, but has not received treatment or therapy for it, he/she will most likely benefit from child counseling.
When Should You Seek Child Counseling for Your Child?
When a child is suffering from mental, social or emotional, or psychological distress and/or trauma, it can be hard to cope with, especially when you feel like nothing is working or there’s nothing you can do to remedy the situation. That is where a child counselor can be extremely beneficial.
What Kinds of Issues Do Child Counselors Treat?
Well, child counselors treat a variety of issues. For instance, they treat children who have experienced trauma or upsetting events like the loss of a parent, pet, loved one, siblings, home, etc. And, they also treat children, who have witnessed or experienced abuse and/or intimidation.
Basically, child counselors treat any issues that cause children social or emotional distress and/or any mental health condition that is affecting a child’s life. The goal of these professionals is to help your child identify and cope with any issue or issues they are experiencing in a healthy way.
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