Child Counselling
Our childhood experiences shape our beliefs, attitude and personality. The emotional, cognitive and social development has direct effect on us as adults. Many behaviours and thought patterns we exhibit as adult has roots in childhood. Hence it is important to invest in healthy upbringing of children. Children face issues such as bullying, physical, emotional and sexual abuse at home, school and other places. These incidents impact the normal progress leading to unhealthy development.
Child counselling involves in helping a child strengthen their resources and develop a positive attitude to enable healthy development. Play therapy is a widely used approach to assess the concerns of the child and help in overcoming and build strength in facing the issues.
Adolescent Counselling
Adolescence is a phase where an individual’s identity is being formed which involves preparing for an adult life in the outer world. Any disturbance in this stage affects the identity and exhibits in unhealthy behaviour, thoughts and emotions. Adolescence is also a vulnerable stage where the individual experiences physical, sexual, emotional, cognitive, social and moral growth and hence is emotionally charged. However, the person does not possess the intelligence for decision making since that part of brain is not fully developed. Any addiction or faulty pattern at this stage will have a lasting impact on life and is likely to continue into adult life.
Among various approaches Cognitive Behaviour Therapy focusses on helping an adolescent with restructuring the negative thoughts patterns to healthy ones and plan activities to enhance social skills, communication to grow into a healthy adult. Assertiveness training assists the individual in developing support and social system necessary for healthy living.
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