Psychological Services For Children

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Psychological Services For Children
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About Us

• We love helping kids build inner strength and
  resilience, helping them do things that they
  never thought they could.
• We help kids with a range of issues including
• Anxiety and shyness
• Social skills problems and issues with
  friendships
• Adjustment to big changes
• Coping with pain and illness
• Trauma and grief
• Sleep, eating and toileting issues
• Behaviour problems
• Anger and tantrums

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Some Common Issues For Kids How We Can Help
Anxiety can affect children in a range of
different ways Here are some examples
Separation Anxiety
Some children are scared and worried about being
away from Mum or Dad. If your child has
separation fears, they may find it difficult to
say goodbye at the school gate in the morning,
they may follow you around the house when you are
at home and need to know where you are at all
times. They may feel scared and worried about
going to the school camp or have trouble getting
to sleep if you arent beside them.
Social Anxiety
When a child has social fears, this can have a
negative impact on so many areas of life. These
are the painfully shy kids, the children who fear
asking the teacher a question, who cry every time
they have to make a presentation in front of the
class, who have trouble making new friends and
find it difficult to be assertive when a bossy
friend is pushing them around.
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Specific Phobias

• For some kids, specific situations can be
  extremely scary. Here are some examples of things
  children can fear heights, lifts, the dark,
  spiders, bees and insects, dogs, thunderstorms.
• If this is true for your child, you may find that
  they have begun to avoid situations or places in
  which they fear encountering the feared object
  For example, refusing to go into the back yard
  because of fear of spiders, or being unwilling to
  go outside on days when the weather forecast
  predicts rain.

Worry
Some children seem to worry all the time, about
all kinds of things. Perhaps you find that your
child is frequently asking you for reassurance,
only to ask you all the same questions an hour
later. Often kids who worry a lot also
experience physical symptoms such as tummy aches
and headaches, and can find it difficult to get
to sleep at night.
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Things You Can Do As a Parent

• Encourage kids to persist with things, even if
  they feel a bit anxious. The best way to overcome
  fear and anxiety is to do the thing you are
  afraid of.
• This gives you the opportunity to find out that
  the things you are afraid of usually dont
  happen. And even if things dont go perfectly,
  you get to see that you can cope and adapt. It
  often leaves you with a new found sense of
  confidence and pride in yourself.
• Reward and praise your child for all their brave
  behaviours. Rewards are a great motivator, and
  increase your childs sense of achievement.

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How We Can Help

• As Child Psychologist Norwest , we have nifty
  strategies that help kids better understand their
  anxiety and overcome their fears.
• We also work closely with parents so that you can
  continue to help your child use the strategies
  once therapy is finished.

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