Parent Consultation
Family & Children
Parent consultation sessions aim at empowering each parent’s role enabling him/her to assist their child in relation to any issue or problem arising during the developmental process. The therapist becomes the medium through which the parents will identify difficulties and will help the child to grown emotionally and to become independent.
Consultation is personalized and intends to support parents in exercising their role with their own circumstances and needs. Parental consultation does not consist of providing general instructions nor does it aim to find out who is at fault. The purpose of family consultation is to enable the parent to ‘learn’ how to deal with his family’s specific issues by himself and in ways appropriate to his own circumstances.
Parental consultation is suitable for parents of any age and the most common issues of interest are the following:
- Divorce/Loss/Grief
- Behavioral problems of children in school or at home
- Difficulties of adjustment in school
- Learning difficulties/ Attention Deficit Disorder/ Hyperactivity
- Emotional problems of children
- Change of environment/ Change of life circumstances etc.
- Καθυστέρηση στο λόγο ή την εκπαίδευση τουαλέτας
- Ύπαρξη μαθησιακής ή αναπτυξιακής δυσκολίας
- Προβλήματα συμπεριφοράς (π.χ. υπερβολικός θυμός, χτυπάει παιδιά ή ζώα)
- Αλλαγή στις συνήθειες φαγητού ή ύπνου
- Ενούρηση ή εγκόπριση
- Μεγάλη πτώση της επίδοσης
- Κοινωνική απομόνωση / απόσυρση
- Θύμα ή θύτης σχολικού εκφοβισμού
- Ιδιαίτερη θλίψη, καταθλιπτική διάθεση, συχνότερο κλάμα
- Μείωση του ενδιαφέροντος για προηγουμένως επιθυμητές δραστηριότητες
- Υπερβολικά επιθετική συμπεριφορά
- Ξαφνική απώλεια όρεξης για φαγητό
- Απουσίες από το σχολείο
- Κυκλοθυμία, συχνές εναλλαγές διάθεσης
- Εμφάνιση σωματικών ενοχλήσεων χωρίς οργανική αιτιολογία
- Εμφάνιση σοβαρής ή χρόνιας νόσου
- Ενδείξεις για κάπνισμα ή χρήση ουσιών ή κατανάλωση αλκοόλ
- Delay in speech or toilet use
- Learning or developmental difficulties
- Behavioral problems (for example excessive anger, aggressiveness towards other children or animals)
- Urination during sleep and incontinence
- School performance drop
- Social isolation/ withdrawal
- Victim or perpetrator of school bullying
- Intense sadness/ depression/ frequent crying
- Loss of interest in previously enjoyable activities
- Aggressive behavior
- Sudden loss of appetite
- Absences from school
- Mood swings
- Physical symptoms/discomfort without organic etiology
- Serious or chronic illness
- Evidence of alcohol consumption/ smoking/ substance abuse
Sessions may be performed only with the parents or guardians or along with the personal treatment of the child. The frequency of sessions is determined once the special needs of each family are identified.