Letting it all out - When to come for Counselling
Counselling is like having a friendly chat with a trained therapist who helps you work through any emotional, mental, or behavioral challenges you might be facing. It’s not just for grown-ups, it can also be super helpful for kids and teens who are struggling in their lives. The therapist just listens to you and gives you some awesome tips on how to handle those tough emotions and situations.
What can counselling help you with?
Counseling can assist you in managing various challenges, including:
Mental Health Conditions: Depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and sleep disturbances.
Physical Health Conditions: Infertility and other medical issues.
PTSD
Traumatic Life Events: Grief and Bereavement, relationship breakdowns.
Work-related stress.
Persistent Negative Emotions: Difficulty regulating emotions, such as anger or fear.
Low self-esteem
Other Issues: Sexual identity and other personal concerns.
Additionally, counseling can help you address:
Work or School Performance Issues.
Substance Abuse as a Coping Mechanism.
Identifying stressors and managing them.
Child Counselling
It’s important to remember that every child is unique and they all have different responses to the world around them, and the reasons for seeking counseling aren’t the same from child to child. However, there are some situations that appear more prevalent when considering if a child needs counseling like Bullying, Divorce or separation of parents, Anxiety, Depression, any forms of abuse, other Mental health issues, loss of parents or siblings, Trauma or Suddenly Acting Strange. If your child has witnessed or experienced any of these, seek counselling with us as soon as possible. Have you recently changed the school your child attends, separating them from their friends and a familiar environment? You may need to bring them in for counselling if their behaviour, communication and academic performance have changed as a result.
Benefits of Child Counselling
Child counselling is a pivotal component of supporting the holistic well-being of children and adolescents, equipping them with the necessary tools and guidance to overcome life’s challenges. Child and adolescent mental health concerns can also have a detrimental impact on the entire family unit. Parents may feel inadequate in providing assistance to their children, leading to strained communication and further exacerbating familial conflicts. In such situations, family counseling proves to be highly beneficial. During the counseling process, children or teenagers receive support, while parents or guardians gain insights into their child’s emotional state and receive guidance on how to best provide assistance.
Our Child counselling provides support to children in various ways, including:
Emotional regulation
Self-confidence enhancement
Communication skill development
Stress management and anxiety reduction
Behavioral problem resolution
Academic improvement
Cultivating compassion and empathy within the family and social environment
Building a resilient mindset
Our Child counsellors are professionals with specialized training in child psychology and therapy techniques.
What to expect from our counselling sessions
During your appointment, you’ll have the chance to share your feelings and emotions with our trained therapists. They’ll be there to listen and support you without any judgment or criticism.
Our therapists can help you understand your feelings and thoughts better, and through critical thinking and other tools, help you find your own solutions to problems. But they won’t usually give you advice or tell you what to do.
Our Counselling sessions can be conducted in various formats, including:
Face-to-face sessions (1:1)
Group sessions
Couples counselling
Telephone counselling
Online counseling through live chat services
Counselling is typically conducted once weekly. You might get one counseling session, a few weeks or months of short sessions, or a longer course that lasts for months or even years and with the help and support of your therapist, you’ll gradually start to feel better.
Can you get free counselling with us?
Keep yourself updated on our website, www.copeandlive.foundation and on our social media pages and be the first to find out when we offer free counselling services.
The Writer Reverend Chukwudiebube Nwachukwu successfully completed the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Interventions(SAMHI) Dual Diagnosis training. He is a Grief and Bereavement, Addiction and Depression Counsellor; A couple counsellor, An Emotional Intelligence and CBT Life Coach; An EMDR therapist.
If things are getting out of hand, please call us on +234 814 831 8965 or send us an Email at: info@copeandlive.foundation