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Our child psychologist : Your children’s psychologist.
In our psychology center we are experts in addressing the main specific disorders of childhood. We have specialized child psychologists with experience in child psychotherapy.
Are you looking for a child psychologist ?
At Our Child Psychologist we are specialized in treating the main emotional disorders that can appear in childhood.
Child psychology has nothing to do with that of adults. For this same reason, child therapy must be carried out by specialists in the field with sufficient experience. The therapist must deal with the emotional problems of childhood with solvency. You must have specific skills in handling these conflict situations.
Children live the problems of adults.
Parents often call me at my office concerned about their children. They say, as without prior explanation, the children behave in a strange way. They observe problematic behaviors in them, or reactions very different from those they normally present.
As adults, we tend to believe that children “don’t know” about family problems. We like to believe that they “don’t know anything about what is going on” in the house. The truth is that, although children often do not understand the meaning of everything that happens around them, they are very aware of their environment, the people who compose it and how they are affected by situations.
Children are like a “clean sheet”, like a blank sheet of paper. Everything that happens around him leaves a mark on the child. The greater the intensity of the events or their duration in time, the larger and deeper the footprint. All the events that they experience, often as passive spectators, leave a mark. All these events are shaping his character.
The importance of the child psychologist.
This does not mean that everything they live as children conditions their way of life in perpetuity. It does not mean that they will be marked forever and that nothing can be done to change it.
This is where the figure of the child psychologist becomes vitally important. He must make an early diagnosis of conduct disorders or emotional problems. You must establish the most appropriate child therapy for each case.
Child therapy given by our specialists.
We cannot minimize the problem of mental health in childhood. In its latest report, the WHO alerts us to the magnitude of this problem: One in 5 children and adolescents around the world will develop mental problems. Given this, early diagnosis and specific therapy in each case is imposed.
Independence and autonomy: Objectives of child psychotherapy.
Child therapy seeks to ensure that the child gains independence and autonomy to resolve the situations that life presents. Now this is not an easy job. It is not enough to send the child to the child psychologist for an hour and wait for everything to go well. The truth is that, unlike therapy with adults, to be able to carry out an effective therapy for children requires the collaboration of parents.
Thanks to this coordinated “two-way” work in which, on the one hand, the therapist guides the child in his personal growth , and on the other, the parents make sure that the work in therapy is consolidated at home , the child will be able to carry out a more efficient, faster and more consistent process.
How does the child psychologist work on a day-to-day basis?
In practical terms, we can say that the child will have one child therapy session a week (4 sessions a month) . On the other hand , and never in place of the child’s hours, a monthly session with the parents . The sessions with the parents are aimed at knowing the circumstances surrounding the family environment, the evolutionary history of the child and finally, knowing the way in which the parents develop their parental activities and what problems they may encounter when exercising these functions.
Multiple pathologies in childhood.
The problems that can appear in childhood can be very varied . Emotional disorders and behavior problems stand out: separation anxiety, school phobias, social isolation, anxiety manifested in various ways, depressive problems, enuresis (urinary incontinence) and encopresis (anal incontinence), adjustment disorders, aggressiveness, jealousy, tantrums , among others.
Problems that appear in school in relation to learning are also very common: school delay, attention deficit disorder, accompanied or not by hyperactivity.
Specific treatment by our child psychologist.
At Our Psychologist , the treatment of childhood problems occupies a priority place. As you can see, it is not a simple job, but education is a complex issue that takes time and effort. Although it is always desirable to take shortcuts, this is not a good solution. The children of today will be the pillars of tomorrow and I think it is worth giving them that time and effort so that they grow up healthy, responsible and independent.
Alexa Clark specializes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She has experience in listening and welcoming in Individual Therapy and Couples Therapy. It meets demands such as generalized anxiety, professional, love and family conflicts, stress, depression, sexual dysfunction, grief, and adolescents from 15 years of age. Over the years, She felt the need to conduct the psychotherapy sessions with subtlety since She understands that the psychologist acts as a facilitator of self-understanding and self-acceptance, valuing each person's respect, uniqueness, and acceptance.
