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 Counselling for Children
 Assessment
I like to carry out a full assessment before working with a child,
covering such issues as social circumstances, developmental history,
progress at school, family background and so on, to get as full
a picture of the child and their family as possible, and to rule
out the possibility that the current difficulty is as a result
of something that counselling may not be able to help with, e.g.
learning difficulties or a specific medical condition. Should
this be the case, I will refer a child to someone more appropriately
qualified to meet their needs.
Sometimes the assessment will indicate that a child’s difficulties
may be part of wider issues that affect the whole family. In such
circumstances I may see the child for individual work initially
and then see parents/carers separately, where appropriate, to
enable them to work on their own issues which may be affecting
their child’s situation e.g. unresolved grief/anger following
a divorce or bereavement or a need to develop new parenting strategies.
Alternatively, I can see children with their parents/carers and/or
other family members for family sessions.
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