Children and young people
Childhood is a time of ongoing transition. To develop well, children and adolescents need certain core conditions: a sense of safety, affirmative attention, and the chance to learn how to tolerate frustration.As their world expands, we hope they will grow in self-awareness, take increasing responsibility for their actions, and begin to regulate themselves with greater confidence. This is often easier said than done—for them, and for us. With age, new pressures emerge: Academic expectations, shifting peer dynamics, emotional changes, and identity concerns. And many of these developments unfold beyond the reach of direct parental influence.
As a parent, you’re constantly responding to new challenges, often while trying to manage your own responsibilities, work, and emotional bandwidth. It’s understandable to feel stretched, unsure, or at a loss at times. However, there are grounded, well-established ways to support both your child and yourself through these stages of change. Sometimes, it helps to think through what’s really being asked of them – and of you.
Utilising extensive teaching and therapeutic experience across child age ranges, our work can integrate a wide range of points for support. We might support your child to:
- Adopt healthy and long-lasting ways to engender self-esteem
- Regulate difficult emotions and how to process them effectively
- Deal with transitions related to school, peers and developing relationships
- Become mindful of their influence and control in social situations
- Develop resilience and optimism in the face of uncertainty and adversity
- Nurture innate motivation for getting stuff done
- Reduce stress and anxiety for calm and reflection
- Implement realistic goals that encourage ownership and responsibility
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* P.S. If your child is between 8-11 years-old, you may also be interested in the Strive program – a ten-week learning pathway to nurture emotional health and well being.