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"Understanding Your Child's Problems" "It is easier to build a child than it is to repair a broken adult".

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Years of child research have made it clear that what happens to us in childhood forever shapes our lives as adults.

Childhood presents many challenges along the way, from mastering toilet training, succeeding in school, obeying parents to having healthy friendships. All children stumble along the path to adulthood. Yet many receive scars from those stumbles and others are not able to pick themselves up when they fall.

Psychotherapy can help your child now with the problems of childhood so that they don't later become his/her problems of adulthood.

Many parents come to the Child and Family Guidance Centre with non-acceptance of their child's problems. While all children experience difficulties as they grow up, those whose troubles are more than the troubles of other children around them, may be in need of help. Many problems are transient and require only short-term help. Early help can prevent the development of more serious problems later on. Decades of research clearly show that children who have undergone counselling sessions fare much better as adults than those who go without help. The outlook is bleak for the unguided child, with a host of problems surfacing in adolescence and adulthood. The decision to seek help can be eased when parents consider what daily life for their child would be if ignored . The struggle is not only in school but at home and socially, too. "

Counselling can help modify behaviour so that daily life is more manageable and enjoyable. Many parents are in the false hope that their child may come off these problems as they grow up which is absolutely not true and has been proved by decades of research."

What do we as Clinical and School Psychologists do ?
As Clinical Psychologists, we are uniquely trained and qualified in the behavioural, emotional and psychological development of your child. As School Psychologists too, we have been qualified and trained for the assessment, academic development, and enhancement of your child.
Hence, we can assist Children / Youngsters/ Adults with concerns of Education, School / College, behaviour, emotions, family, etc. We utilize talk therapy, group therapy, behaviour modification, behavioural techniques, study-skills techniques and so on, to help bring about positive changes in children.

Psychotherapy and Counselling Programmes Utilized at the Child and Family Guidance Centre for Children /Youth / Adults include

  • Percentage Excellence Programme.
  • Educational Guidance Programme.
  • Remedial Educational Programmes
  • Personality Development.
  • Behavior Modification Therapy.
  • Cognitive Behavior Therapy.
  • Group Therapy.
  • Social - Skills Training.
  • Family / Parent Counselling / Relationship Counselling.
  • Pre-marital Counselling.

Our Specialist Areas

All our staff at the Child Guidance Center are qualified Doctors specialized in the treatment of children, teenagers and adults who require help for the following:

  • Percentage enhancement.
  • Confidence building programmes for children, youngsters and adults.
  • Assessment and help for ADHD
  • Ongoing support for children with challenging or oppositional behavior difficulties.
  • Interventions for management of school refusal.
  • Parenting advice
  • Assessment and Help of Anxiety Disorders and Depression
  • Boosting Self-esteem
  • Adolescent issues.
  • Assessment and intervention for learning difficulties.
  • I.Q. testing and assessment of school readiness.
  • Assessment, Diagnosis and Intervention for children who have, or are suspected of having, an Autism, Dyslexia and mental retardation.
  • Personality Development programmes.
  • Special programmes for Gifted and Highly Intelligent children.
  • Special programmes for the Mentally Retarded.

Career Counselling:

Your life and your happiness is based on your career. That's the reason a lot of emphasis is given on choosing the right career. Right career choice puts you on the success ladder and helps you grow financially, socially and mentally. The three critical factors needed to keep in mind while making career choices are, an individuals interests, intelligence and personality. Career counselling and guidance helps in precisely identifying these three critical factors and help the individual choose the right career path. After assessing the student's/individual's capability based on his/her strength, weakness and overall interests a career action plan is drawn along with the parents, student/individual and various career options are discussed.

Anxiety & Depression Disorder

We may occasionally feel sad, low, or anxious, but as the time passes, these feelings pass within certain period of time. The prime symptoms are feelings of anxiety, sadness, loneliness, worthlessness, restlessness, fatigue, irritability, loss of interest in life, thoughts of suicide, persistent pain and agony. All these symptoms interfere with daily life. Depression and anxiety is treatable with counselling and psychotherapy.

Feelings of Fear:

Unreasoning fear or Phobia, is like a fear gone wild, robbing a person of reason. The difference between a phobia and a sensible fear is the panic that grips a phobic person. One of the cruelest aspects of a phobic is that it can dominate a person's thoughts even when the person knows the fear is irrational and it will not harm. The fear of exams, that most students face, also known as Exam Phobia is very common. A student may get blank during an examination due to anxiety. People who seek treatment have an excellent chance of ridding themselves of phobias. Psychologists, use a variety of techniques, all of which try to demonstrate that there is nothing intrinsically fearful about the dreaded object or situation.


Anger Management:

Anger is often the outcome of our own unsatisfied desires and expectations. Unfulfilment of desires and expectations lead to anger. It is not any out side element that makes us angry. The element that makes us angry is within us. If we understand that anger is the by product of our own faulty thinking, we can control it. The basic idea of controling anger is to develop stronger tolerance power. By Psychological Counselling, we infuse positive thoughts and attitude to keep anger in control.

Inferiority Complex:

Though successful and intelligent, sometimes we may tend to have a feeling of lacking something . We may feel inferior to others, but when that feeling takes charge of our behaviour and emotions then it's time to examine our life, look closer into our subconscious and figure out why we feel those weird feelings. It might be the false belief that you have formed in past about yourself. Getting over inferiority complex is not that hard with the help of our confidence buiding therapies.

New Parental Concerns

All children are active, but a few are extraordinarily so and are considered hyperactive. They may be diagnosed as suffering from Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder. They may sleep only a few hours at a time. When awake they are constantly in motion, darting from one activity to another. Because their attention-span is extremely short, learning is blocked. Child psychology has a variety of techniques like psychotherapy, counseling, exercise and diet which can ease the problems and be of great help.