Family/Child Related Issues
Family
Familial relationships are a vital part of our lives. These relationships help to define us and often become the foundation on which we base our future relationships. When these essential relationships become stressed and strained the people involved are often damaged and frustrated. Whether it is one person causing the issues or problems that have built up over time it is essential to find a solution and a trained family counsellor can help the family to find balance again by providing a safe environment where each family member can communicate freely and listen to the other family members do the same.
Child
Realising that your child is struggling emotionally or psychologically can be distressing for any parent. Seeking the help of a professional can, in turn, enable you to either help the child yourself, or when necessary, help the child directly. Much like an adult, children can have complex internal struggles and only by understanding what is going on with them can you reduce the anxiety they are experiencing.
You may find it helpful to speak to your GP or a trained counsellor if you are struggling with any issues in your family or with your child.
Useful Articles
Here's a list of articles on family and child issues you might find helpful.
TED Talk: Tavi Gevinson: A teen just trying to figure it out
Fifteen-year-old Tavi Gevinson had a hard time finding strong female, teenage role models — so she built a space where they could find each other. At TEDxTeen, she illustrates how the conversations on sites like Rookie, her wildly popular web magazine for and by teen girls, are putting a new, unapologetically uncertain and richly complex face on modern feminism.
Family Problems Harm Young Children
Researchers have gained insight into why some families are unhappy — a situation apparently centred around two distinct areas of behaviour.
Dr James Dobson: Family Issues
A collection of articles on family issues
TED Talk: Jennifer Senior: For parents, happiness is a very high bar
The parenting section of the bookstore is overwhelming—it's "a giant, candy-coloured monument to our collective panic," as writer Jennifer Senior puts it. Why is parenthood filled with so much anxiety? Because the goal of modern, middle-class parents—to raise happy children—is so elusive. In this honest talk, she offers some kinder and more achievable aims.
Recommended Reading
Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
International authority on child development Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D., joins forces with bestselling author Gabor Mate, M.D., to tackle one of the most disturbing trends of our time: Children today looking to their peers for direction their values, identity, and codes of behavior.
Powerful Quotes and Poems to inspire you
Dare we hope? We dare.
Can we hope? We can.
Should we hope? We must, because to do otherwise is to waste the most precious of gifts given so freely by God to all of us. So when we do die, it will be with hope and it will be easy and our hearts will not be broken.
Andy Ripley – England and Lions rugby legend, often described as one of the most colourful personalities in the history of English rugby
Love is Patient - The Bible: 1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast,
It is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking,
It is not easily angered,
It keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil
But rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts,
Always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
Helpful articles often written by our fabulous practitioners.