Children and families choose to attend Psychological Solutions to be provided with psychological treatment services to address a wide range of difficulties.
Treatment services are provided to address issues including, but not limited to, the following:
- Behavioural problems, e.g. aggression, poor listening, tantrums, and impulsivity
- Emotional problems e.g. anxiety, depression, excessive anger, and sensitivity
- Attention and concentration difficulties
- Relationship development between parents and children
- Sibling relationship difficulties
- Self esteem development
- Resilience building
- Teasing and bullying management
- Making friends and social interaction skills
- Family separation
- Toilet training and soiling
- Stress management
- Assertiveness training
- Grief and bereavement
- Anger management
- Eating disorders or body image problems
- Self harm or other at risk behavoiurs
- Adolescent depression
- Effective Parenting strategies
Helpful information for you to know about counseling children
If we were to simply invite a child to talk, they may feel hesitant and uncomfortable in telling us their concerns. This is why at Psychological Solutions we combine verbal counseling with other child friendly strategies, such as the use of games, art, drawings, symbols or sand to help children and young people feel comfortable and able to share their stories, and develop change.
When a child or young person is involved in individual therapy, their confidentiality is respected. When there are things that it would be helpful for parents to know, for example to change the problematic situation, then we would discuss with the child or young person how we could tell their parents or caregivers. As much as possible, we keep parents informed of the work children and adolescents are doing in therapy, and of their progress.
educational assessments
Concerns that parents often have include:
- Your child is finding it hard to concentrate at school
- You child is having difficulties learning
- Your child complains of being bored in class and is not paying attention
- Is your child gifted?
Families often require assessments for a range of academic and learning issues including:
- Giftedness
- Reading difficulties
- Maths difficulties
- Attention and concentration