Parents & Caregivers
Counselling For Parents & Caregivers
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Counselling for Parents and Caregivers
It can be difficult seeing your child or teen struggling with an issue. Counselling can provide caregivers with an understanding into any challenge your child or family may be facing and develop strategies to cope. Therapy can help reduce conflict, increase healthy communication, strengthen your relationship with your child, and increase mental well-being.
Understanding each individual within the context of the family can lead to positive changes for the family as a whole.
When parents or caregivers should consider counselling:
- Changes in family structure - separation, divorce, marriage, new members
- Conflict between family members
- Building parenting strategies
- Experiencing or witnessing abuse or traumatic event
- Dealing with a stressful parent-teen relationship
- Navigating blended families and step-parenting
- Sibling Conflict
- Difficulty with communication or connections
Psychotherapy and counselling can help parents or caregivers:
- Reduce conflict between family members
- Learn to express feelings and emotions
- Strengthen problem solving skills
- Develop collaborative goals
- Understand different developmental stages and issues
- Build stronger communication skills
- Strengthen relationships