Counselling for Children and Young People
Life brings all sorts of challenges and some can be much harder to overcome than others. Most adults can remember a time when they were dealing with a situation so tough that everyday living became more challenging than usual. For children and young people, who have not had time to develop their own coping strategies, such situations are even more difficult to cope with. Many children who are having a difficult time do not know what it is that they are feeling and cannot put it into words. Counselling for children and young people might be slightly different to the traditional idea of therapy you may have in mind.
My counselling room is filled with many resources, from art and craft, to toys and a sand tray, which engage children and allow them to communicate effectively. It is through working creatively in this way that I provide children and young people with the opportunity to explore and express their feelings.
How can counselling help?
It may be that your child has gone through a particularly difficult time recently. Perhaps you feel that your child could benefit from a chance to build self-esteem, resilience or emotional regulation skills. For these, and a host of other reasons, counselling can be an extra support; giving children the added time and space needed to work through their worries and feelings so that they can learn how to face the future with confidence.
The first session
Before beginning counselling with a child or young person, I will invite the parent/carer to meet with me first. During this session we will have a chat about what brings your child to counselling and the hopes of how you feel counselling may help. This session is really helpful for me to begin thinking about how I can best support your child or young person therapeutically.
I can work with:
- Abuse
- ADHD
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Attachment Disorder
- Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome
- Bedwetting
- Behaviour Problems
- Bereavement
- Bullying
- Carer Support
- Depression
- Disability
- Divorce
- Domestic Violence
- Drugs
- Eating Disorders
- Exam Stress
- Family Problems
- Friendship Problems
- Internet and Mobile Phone Use
- Learning Difficulties
- Low Self-esteem
- Mental Health
- Physical Illness
- School Pressure
- Self-Harm
- Sexuality
- Separation
- Sleep Problems
- Special Educational Needs
- Stealing and Lying
- Stress
- Suicidal Feelings
- Trauma
- Young Carers