Child
Psychotherapy Services
Child Psychotherapy focuses on children’s inner feelings and understandings and how they see and experience their environment.
Child psychotherapy offers children a safe and trusting environment within which they are able to explore strong feelings such as fear, sadness, hurt, anger, anxiety or confusion about themselves, their family or other aspects of their lives.
Children use play as well as language to communicate their thoughts and feelings so as to enable understanding and growth. The therapeutic work takes place in a playroom well equipped for this purpose. In order to facilitate this experience the therapist, the room and its contents remain consistent.
Child Psychotherapy
can help with:
Developmental delays due to social and emotional factors, the effects of abuse, attachment problems, childhood disorders including depression and anxiety, the effects of trauma, identity and self image, effects of loss, grief or change, family functioning, problems of aggression and violence, child/parent relationships, copying with chronic illnesses and withdrawal.
Child Psychotherapists
work with:
- A child or adolescent individually
- With the child / parent unit
- With one or both parents/grandparents/caregivers
- With the family
- With children and adolescents in groups
- With schools and other community agencies to assist them to understand the needs, feelings and conflicts within children
ATWC has a team of trained Child Psychotherapists who:
- have tertiary qualifications
- are members of a professional association
- work with high professional and ethical standards
Confidentiality
Confidentiality is maintained.
The exception is when there is some risk to either the client or others. This would be discussed with the client.
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