Description

Children are very innocent and need the support and guidance of their elders at every point. It is during these early stages of one's life, that the correct nurturing is required, to shape the person up into a good human being. Children have to face their own wars such as family and step-family relationships, bullying at school or in neighbourhood, any losses of their belongings, emotional problems or behavioural problems. Child counselling is very different from adult counselling and varies, depending on the child's age, specific difficulties and their development. Our expert counsellors sometimes use the means of play and art such as reading stories in order to encourage them to express their difficulties. With the help of activities, our child counsellors get an insight into the unconscious mind of the child. While the counsellors directly ask the older children to speak their heart out, the approach of a counsellor for children depends on the particular individual. By using different counselling approaches, our counsellors aim to help the children in coping up with their emotions and feelings. Counselling children depends on a child's age, their stage of development, whether they have any specific difficulties. Children are not very forthcoming with their problems and issues in first few meetings and in many cases they are not in a position to share, for example in very small children, speech impaired or children with intellectual difficulties. Hence we use many different methods like play therapy, use of drawings, toys etc to understand the child. Patient listening and empathetic attitude also helps in developing positive relationship with the child.

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