Prathyasa Counselling Centre

CHILD COUNSELLING

Child counselling basically focuses on the issues faced by children, teens, and adolescents. Child counselling offers a safe space to discuss and work through anything that seems to be problematic for younger ones. The role of a counsellor in the child counselling is to understand the child as an individual and find the problems that internally and externally affecting. These include temperament, social maturity, intelligence/ cognitive functioning, emotional and behavioural problems, family circumstances, peer influence, social media influence etc.
Child counselling helps them deal with adjustment issues, social anxiety and in a way prevent these issues to grow bigger and cause problems in adulthood. Child counsellors use psychological tests as well to determine the possible reasons for unusual behaviours or to detect any symptoms of an underlying mental illness. It does not only involve the child but also the primary caregivers and family members, for a more effective treatment plan.

Child counselling will helps in;

  • Acquire social skills

  • Overcoming study related problems

  • Problems in emotional attachment

  • Effective recovery in case of Sexual abuse

  • Relief from anxiety, stress

  • Solving behavioural problems

  • Problems relating attention and concentration

  • Issues of identity