Kids Counselling

Ms Nupur is working for Children, Adults and other age groups to provide them best possible Counselling session when they need most Struggling to manage your child’s emotional and academic problems? Feeling stressed or burnt out? Talk to an expert child counselor in a counseling session and discuss your worries! CHILD AND TEEN COUNSELING Very often Kids are the reason their caregivers or parents become stressed. Often parents and caregivers are worried if their children are having emotional disturbances, have learning disabilities, or intellectual dysfunctions, other concerns such as ADHD, bullying, nail biting, bed wetting, etc. These are common areas of concerns where we can help and advise parents and caregivers on how to manage their own emotions and stress and how to alter their behavior and apply strategies to help their kids in their issues as well. MENTAL HEALTH IN CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS Do children & adolescents suffer from mental health problems? A resounding YES! Children can suffer from the same mental health problems as adults. So why aren’t children getting the appropriate care for these issues? 1. Many Adults don’t know the signs: 2.Children(And many adults) lack the vocabulary to express their symptoms 3.Difficult to distinguish signs of a problem from normal behaviour 4.Stigma, Stigma and more Stigma: Parents sometimes don’t want to accept reality. 5.Logistics and monetary problems: Lack of good help or financial issues Important Steps to deal with explosive behaviour in your child: 1. Stay Very Calm: Don’t Yell back even though you feel like. If you shout, You won’t be able to reach him/her. If you stay in control, your child will watch you and learn from it. 2. Don’t agree to his demands: Make sure you don’t give in to his demands to make him/her stop yelling 3. Give praise when needed: If he calms down, praise him for it. Also praise him/her when he tries to express himself calmly. 4. Teach him problem solving skills: Do this when the child is not upset. Put a problem to him and ask him/her how he thinks you might solve it. 5. Time outs along with rewards: If the child isn’t violent, then incorporate timeouts. This can work if the child is less than 8 years. If not, use a points system for good behaviours. If he gets enough points, he can get something he wants. Do this for good behaviours 6. Identify and avoid triggers: Usually, kids are set off by predictable triggers. Give time warnings for things which might trigger him off. 7.Identify the reasons for his aggressive behaviour: Remember the possible causes for aggressive could be one of the following: Anxiety ADHD Learning disability which isn’t diagnosed Sensory processing problems: Too much noise, rough clothes can set them off Autism ODD Conduct Disorder COMMON MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS IN CHILDREN Children have the same problems as adults but different symptoms.The problems are presented in a different manner. Anxiety Disorders: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity disorder(ADHD): Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD): Eating disorders: Mood Disorders: Oppositional Defiant Disorder(ODD): Conduct Disorder:

Depression (major depressive disorder) is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act. Fortunately, it is also treatable. Depression causes feelings of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities you once enjoyed. It can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems and can decrease your ability to function at work and at home.

Depression symptoms can vary from mild to severe and can include:

• Feeling sad or having a depressed mood

• Loss of interest or pleasure in activities once enjoyed

• Changes in appetite — weight loss or gain unrelated to dieting

• Trouble sleeping or sleeping too much

• Loss of energy or increased fatigue

• Increase in purposeless physical activity (e.g., inability to sit still, pacing, handwringing) or slowed movements or speech (these actions must be severe enough to be observable by others)

• Feeling worthless or guilty

• Difficulty thinking, concentrating or making decisions

• Thoughts of death or suicide

Symptoms must last at least two weeks and must represent a change in your previous level of functioning for a diagnosis of depression.

Also, medical conditions (e.g., thyroid problems, a brain tumor or vitamin deficiency) can mimic symptoms of depression so it is important to rule out general medical causes.

Depression affects an estimated one in 15 adults (6.7%) in any given year. And one in six people (16.6%) will experience depression at some time in their life. Depression can occur at any time, but on average, first appears during the late teens to mid-20s. Women are more likely than men to experience depression. Some studies show that one-third of women will experience a major depressive episode in their lifetime. There is a high degree of heritability (approximately 40%) when first-degree relatives (parents/children/siblings) have depression.