Child Psychologist.. Has anyones child seen one..

[Stepfordmum]

Has anyone elses child ever seen one...

Loch is 6 i March and his MIL said that she thinks he needs to see one....

Because of his constant worrying about adult issues, his adult future and things like that....


There are a few other things but i was wondering if anyone could tell me what to expect etc if i was to take him......Would I be with him..??

WOuld they tell e what he says..??

Someone help..

[tobmac]

HI has he started school yet (must be close to it) can you speak to his teacher and ask her for advice they may be able to book him in to see the school guidance oficer (free service)atleast then they may be able to see how deep the problem is and then if he needs more intensive counselling then they can refer you on..............i think they can tell you most of the problem as you would need to help put programs into place to stop the stress.........other than that can you stop him from watching the news????...............what if you start him in a drama group or other outside group then he may be able to act out his frustrations with other kids and then he may see that the others dont stree as much and learn from that.............................:hugs: goodluck just tell everyone to watch any stressfull conversations near him:hugs:

[punkbaby]

Blaze has been seeing one since he was 3, its more for his emotional/trauma needs (we had bad car accident) when he hears cars screeching he thinks his going back to hospital, thinks we wil die ect, hates loud noises, the list goes on. I guess in general his insecure about life.

His first psych was an idiot TBH did not have a clue pushed him to tell her things (yes you are there in the room) and well at child that age whos just had their skull fractured isnt really going to say much.

On a positive note, his new psych is fabulous! His 5 in a week, her methods are more so playing reading, games ect. Non threatening as well to ad this is what i think is working better, he sees her as a friend talks to her freely and is comfortable.

If he was at kinder you could get assesseed by a pre school field officer, they are really good in assessing kids from what i have seen and they can put you onto the right places. His school might have something similar

[subaruforestermum]

My sister and I went to one when we were younger, things may have changed, but we went to see one to help us overcome issues we had with abuse etc. I was 8 or 9. So a bit older than your DS, but we drew pictures that resembled how we felt, and talked, without too much pushing! If we got upset, we would stop talking and just draw and play! So it wasnt an intense and stressful situation. It was calm and we were made to feel comfortable!

And mum was told what we talked about. But this was 12 years or something ago.....

[punkbaby]

Oh another thing ds was petrified of hospitals as he saw it as a place where mum wasnt there etc but his psych has got him past this fear to some degree where he will walk into one :)