Child Counselling
Most of us dismiss the fact that children often deal with stress and psychological disorders as well. In fact, they are more vulnerable to mental illness in our society because they think differently than adults and have a different way of looking at the world. Children can experience the same mental and emotional problems that adults do, including depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and grief. Symptoms of these disorders may manifest themselves differently in children, though. For instance, instead of becoming quiet and sullen, a child suffering from a mental disorder such as depression might have emotional outbursts or exhibit behavioral problems.
There may be a number of causes for mental and emotional problems in children. These may include such things as meeting new people, divorce, death of a loved one, abuse, poverty, trouble in school, and trouble with peers. There is also evidence that some mental disorders are hereditary and caused by genetic factors.
Child counseling, or youth counseling, is a type of counseling that focuses on children that are diagnosed with mental disorders.