Psychological Counseling – Guidance for Children and Adolescents
Today, conscious parents receive support from psychologists and child development specialists starting from pregnancy and raise their children by seeking expert advice on the issues they need. Family Counseling Centers are also visited to know the characteristics of the child according to his/her age, to understand him/her and to get support in all matters.
In some cases, problems can be solved by adjusting parental attitudes, whereas in others, problems may become persistent over time and become unresolvable through their own efforts. Therefore, families may also want to seek support to find the source of the distress, the factors that perpetuate the distress and ways to find solutions. psychologist.
Although each child’s personality traits are different, there are common developmental stages that they must go through. By following the child’s developmental period, some problems can be alleviated, some can be partially eliminated and some can disappear completely. When our children cannot solve their problems at home or at school, they may have negative thoughts and feelings. In this process, various physical symptoms, complaints such as sleep, changes in appetite and frequent illnesses may also occur with the stress experienced. They may feel negative emotions such as anxiety, sadness, tension and guilt. Along with these negative thoughts, disruptions in the functioning of the child’s daily life may also occur. They may have problems in their relationships with the people around them and may feel hopeless and helpless. Among the issues that may occur in every period and may require support are issues such as lack of self-confidence, shyness, adjustment problems, obsessions, loss of parent/sibling, divorce, behavioral disorder, lying, stealing, nail biting, discipline problems, stubbornness, irritability.
The counseling service provided at our center covers all these issues in a process that helps children and young people cope with the situations they face in their daily lives, both at school and at home. This is a professional assistance process provided by experts to help children understand themselves, gain awareness, identify and solve their problems, make decisions about them, and be in harmony and healthy communication with the environment. During the counseling process, the child’s problem will be identified by talking and then they will be helped to discover their own solution resources.
