When do we get the kid to a shrink?

Dr. Emmanuel Amerouso explains when it is appropriate to seek support for the child and for all who make up the family nucleus.

When we take a child to a psychologist

Children, in the course of growth, may associate with behavioral or relationship - related disputes by overreacting to emotions or blocking them over life's situations. So here's the question of whether it's appropriate to take them to the psychologist.

What does a child's psychologist do to him?

Within instructions for the course of psychology is the one related to developmental age. Hence, the student chooses to specialize in a specific field to work mainly in contact with children. The course provides a sense of developmental processes in childhood and adolescence, taking into account different contexts and institutions involved in his upbringing and education.

The same skills the student gains with training in clinical psychology, as it also deepens knowledge in the evolutionary and neuropsycological area. Learning cognitive skills, psychological, socio-emotional and linguistic processes, as well as all of the syndrome, disorders and deviations regarding this age group, allows developmental psychologist and clinical psychologist to offer counseling and support activities, not only to the child but also to the educators, teachers, parents, families and all the people who make up the core of the child's reference, assessing its overall development process, and perhaps, the diagnosis of behavioral disorders, learning, relationships, or neuropsical problems.

Hence, they have the ability to assume their child's responsibility, support him, and care for him in connection with the difficulties he shows.

When should a child be brought to a psychologist?

There are various situations that need to be taken to a psychologist, beginning with a simple concern he can warn about and that parents cannot manage. In the context of the family, there is the complexity of why one child, unlike another, behaves in a certain way. It may be more demanding, timid, or otherwise more extreme. It can manifest hyperactivity, anxiety, opposition to parental rules, sleep hard, eat little, prefer one parent rather than another, express anxiety when accompanied outside, and so forth.

The same thing about the school environment: It shows slowness in learning language or writing, by not accounting, by having difficulty lowering, by disturbing the class, or by isolating itself from it. These two contexts are the main ones in which a child can be seen directly if he presents problems or embarrassments.

Counseling with professionals is just a way to clarify and understand more precisely what a child is experiencing at that particular moment in his life. So a psychologist is a point of reference for parents and school, as is a pediatricist. Frequent questions about psychologist some doubts plague parents, teachers, and educators about the behavior of children and young people:

• My little girl, now an adult, does not separate herself from her Annnie Poh bear. She doesn't come out unless she has her own bear and she doesn't do any activity without her. Is it right for you to throw the bear? It's so bad this thing... what should we do with our child that displays hyperactivity behavior? How Should We Act? The kid's behind the class, why? Is the child better sleep in your bed? My child has begun to touch the genitals and I understand he likes to do it. Should I Prevent It? We have difficulty communicating with our parents that a child has educational difficulties, bad manners at school, and beats his classmates. How can we do that? Can troubled children register at school? Should I put diapers on the child after he started pissing again? • If a schoolmate or a child is not satisfied with his teachers, is it right to change school at the beginning of the year? He can't sit down. Is it normal? How can we tell if a child needs a psychologist? Marco is 13, and shows a strange “behavior”: he is very strict in organising his daily activities. We make a list of what we have to do during the day and if he can't do it all, for unforeseen circumstances beyond his control, he starts to become angry, tense, and change his condition. He then becomes angry with his entire family. As a child, at age 3 and a half, he suffered from a mild form of anxiety and insomnia related to his parents ' separation. In fact, at the time, Father was away for about eight months from home and looked at him in a spordical way. After the crisis, the couple had another child, and Marco was five years old. His symptoms have passed, but his concern has appeared in another form. The boy has developed rigid behavior. He's rigid about the external situations he wants to manage and, if there's no success, he decides to be flexible about the solution he thought about. The last episode concerns failure to organise an evening with other classmates after which he decided not to leave home in the future. Ben is five years old, and for a time her mother observes a strange behavior: When she watches TV or she is in the bedroom alone, she begins to touch the oxygen organs. Even during day - to - day activities, for example during performing homework, he leaves everything and isolates himself for jerking off. In the face of this, he says the thing is happening for a short while, but always, if he wakes up at night, after a nightmare, he immediately goes to the bedroom where his mother and father sleep. In the room he sleeps with his 16-year-old sister, with whom he does not join, because she does not give him the opportunity to share space and time. The child suffers greatly, and all his belongings always return to his mother. At school he is a social boy and shows interest in his activities and activities. Philip attends 3rd grade and teachers after receiving a certificate from parents who show a disorder are very sad because the family's request is to promote academic achievement. The child is capable of work, but there is a slowdown in writing and calculations, there is a highly active and controversial attitude toward his friends, who have always been placed in the background compared to his needs. These are just some of the situations that show how, in the face of various kinds, it is important for a professional to become an important figure. Many others who do not face difficult situations or changes may provide simple clarifications regarding the educational role of parents, teachers, or educators. It may be that before you consult a psychologist, you feel intimidated by a diagnosis or a problem that might affect your child. But it is good to consider, first of all, the welfare of a child rather than the fear or prejudice that have nothing to do with reality. / pianemetamama