CHILDREN & TEENS
"As we look back on our years of clinical practice, we realize how many children were lost because parents and professionals expended time and energy to fix deficits rather than to build assets in children." ~Dr. Robert Brooks
Is your child/teen's anxiety or sadness interfering with his or her daily life or your family's functioning?
Are you worried about the drastic changes in your child/teen's behaviour ?
Is your child/teen's angry outbursts keeping you from connecting with your child?
Are disagreements about how to handle your child/teen's issues putting a strain on your relationship?
Is your child/teen struggling with something and you don't know how to help?
Counselling can make a difference.
If your goal is for your child/teen to be confident, caring, and have self love and self respect while loving and respecting others, you have come to the right place. I believe that these are the qualities inherent in every child/teen. I use a strength-based approach, using the inherent gifts in each child/teen to build the foundation that will carry them successfully in life. Life is full of ups and downs and we can guide our children not only to handle the bumps but also to thrive despite the bumps.
Children/teens express through their behaviour what they cannot express in words. Their behaviour can be the first clue to you that something is wrong. For a child/teen, their automatic way of responding to the world, through what is happening in their body will be their first clue. I can teach you and your child/teen to understand what is going on and what to do to deal with the uncomfortable feelings and physical aches.
These strategies have two effects; they deal with things in the moment to get through the crisis as well as fosters healthy self esteem and confidence. I will work with your child/teen to understand their internal working model, their way of being in this world, and their individual personality and preferences to tailor strategies that work for them.
Children/teens want to be heard, understood, and seen. They want to express who they are and connect with the world around them. They want to know that they are safe to express who they are and are accepted and valued for who they are. This is the foundation of a strength-based road that builds assets in children/teens, in which they will naturally express confidence, caring, and love that resides in each human being.
Children/teens need to know their self worth so that they can be free to live life knowing who they are instead of trying to find themselves in adulthood. For years, I have sat across some pretty amazing, beautiful preteens and teens who do not know their own self worth, who hate themselves, who hurt themselves yet have so much love for others. It saddens me to see such beautiful young teens so lost to themselves that they cannot see their own beauty staring back at them. Getting children and teens to connect with their own personal wisdom at a young age saves so much unneeded grief and misery and allows them to live life on purpose, sharing their inherent gifts- casting a light into the world.
If anxiety or depression is keeping your child from fully engaging and living life, counselling can help.
If angry outburst are keeping you from connecting with your child, counselling can help.
If your child/teen is extremely sensitive, counselling can help.
If your child/teen is engaging in risky behaviour, counselling can help.
Midge Malcolm
778-242-6155
midgemalcolm@yahoo.ca
midge@sacredreflectionscounselling.com
"I saw an angel in the stone and carved to set it free." ~Michelangelo
"As we look back on our years of clinical practice, we realize how many children were lost because parents and professionals expended time and energy to fix deficits rather than to build assets in children." ~Dr. Robert Brooks
Is your child/teen's anxiety or sadness interfering with his or her daily life or your family's functioning?
Are you worried about the drastic changes in your child/teen's behaviour ?
Is your child/teen's angry outbursts keeping you from connecting with your child?
Are disagreements about how to handle your child/teen's issues putting a strain on your relationship?
Is your child/teen struggling with something and you don't know how to help?
Counselling can make a difference.
If your goal is for your child/teen to be confident, caring, and have self love and self respect while loving and respecting others, you have come to the right place. I believe that these are the qualities inherent in every child/teen. I use a strength-based approach, using the inherent gifts in each child/teen to build the foundation that will carry them successfully in life. Life is full of ups and downs and we can guide our children not only to handle the bumps but also to thrive despite the bumps.
Children/teens express through their behaviour what they cannot express in words. Their behaviour can be the first clue to you that something is wrong. For a child/teen, their automatic way of responding to the world, through what is happening in their body will be their first clue. I can teach you and your child/teen to understand what is going on and what to do to deal with the uncomfortable feelings and physical aches.
These strategies have two effects; they deal with things in the moment to get through the crisis as well as fosters healthy self esteem and confidence. I will work with your child/teen to understand their internal working model, their way of being in this world, and their individual personality and preferences to tailor strategies that work for them.
Children/teens want to be heard, understood, and seen. They want to express who they are and connect with the world around them. They want to know that they are safe to express who they are and are accepted and valued for who they are. This is the foundation of a strength-based road that builds assets in children/teens, in which they will naturally express confidence, caring, and love that resides in each human being.
Children/teens need to know their self worth so that they can be free to live life knowing who they are instead of trying to find themselves in adulthood. For years, I have sat across some pretty amazing, beautiful preteens and teens who do not know their own self worth, who hate themselves, who hurt themselves yet have so much love for others. It saddens me to see such beautiful young teens so lost to themselves that they cannot see their own beauty staring back at them. Getting children and teens to connect with their own personal wisdom at a young age saves so much unneeded grief and misery and allows them to live life on purpose, sharing their inherent gifts- casting a light into the world.
If anxiety or depression is keeping your child from fully engaging and living life, counselling can help.
If angry outburst are keeping you from connecting with your child, counselling can help.
If your child/teen is extremely sensitive, counselling can help.
If your child/teen is engaging in risky behaviour, counselling can help.
Midge Malcolm
778-242-6155
midgemalcolm@yahoo.ca
midge@sacredreflectionscounselling.com
"I saw an angel in the stone and carved to set it free." ~Michelangelo