Parents inevitably come to parenting counselling in Coffs Harbour accompanied by many reasons for being there, the expectations and hopes for the therapy, and the emotions felt throughout the therapy sessions. For example, some parents come to counselling through an event that has an evident and significant effect on their child, the death of a family member, friend, pet, family relocation, parental separation, abuse, major illness in the family or traumatic events. These events can cause a child to feel scared, stressed and destabilised. In these situations, you know what has caused the changes in your child’s behaviour but are unsure how to help them reestablish their sense of stable normality. In other cases, you may not be aware of what caused your child’s change in mood, behaviour, and social or academic functioning, such as their sleep patterns, appetite, withdrawal, fearfulness, anxiety, irritability and worried.
At Beyond the Surface Counselling, be assured that parent counselling is an effective way to reduce stress and increase your confidence when interacting with your child. During parenting counselling, you learn the tools to function optimally within your family unit. In addition, by working through skill development and strategies, you will have many more options for responding to various child behaviours and understanding the underlying reasons for your child’s behaviour or unproductive parent-child interactions.
Parenting Counselling will also assist in helping you to identify and express feelings related to your child’s challenges so that the feelings will not interfere with your parenting. In addition, we will explore various ways of interaction styles that will improve the parent-child relationship. In addition, you will learn new parenting skills and behaviour management strategies to enhance and positively affect your relationship with your child.
Having children and knowing how to parent are two different things. Most parenting does not come naturally, and there is no such thing as the “perfect parent”. We all make mistakes, so engaging in parenting counselling may be the best decision you will make for yourself, your child and your family.
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Julie is available for a 15-minute consultation to gain an understanding of the problem before a 50-minute intake.
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