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Counselling for children

Some children know why they are distressed or behave in ways which their parents or teachers find unacceptable. Others are confused by feelings they do not understand or cannot explain. The rooms where I work are well equipped with a range of resources such as paint, clay, sand, puppets etc. which children can use to explore and express their thoughts and feelings.

I can offer help for children who:

• act out their distress aggressively
• are withdrawn or anxious
• have been bullied or bully others
• have been bereaved
• are distressed by family breakdown
• suffer from sleep problems

Before I start counselling with a child client, I meet with parents to hear about their views of the child's difficulties and to talk about how they might explain about counselling to their child. At this time, it is sometimes also appropriate to discuss whether short term or longer term counselling is likely to be more helpful. If we agree that counselling should go ahead, the cost of the parent interview is included in the cost of the sessions.

What takes place in the sessions is confidential, within the limits of my child protection policy. However, sometimes children decide that there are things which we have done or talked about which they would like to share with their parents. In this case, I arrange to see the parent and child together. Where appropriate, I also offer parents the chance to discuss the way forward after the conclusion of the counselling.

My work is regularly supervised by an experienced counselling supervisor, in accordance with the BACP Ethical Framework.

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