I am a Child Behavior Psychologist, Parenting Counselor, Blogger and Speaker having worked with day care, preschool, school and pediatric clinic set ups. My experience enables me to offer individualized as well as family-based intervention as per the needs of the child and the family.
Behavior and development that works for children, teenagers and parents with 360 degree approach. The focus is on a holistic and comprehensive approach helping the child through various challenges - intrapersonal, interpersonal, social, emotional, influences, pressures, anxieties, fears, developmental delays, trauma and parenting tips.
With thousands of consultations in child behavior & development and parenting guidance space, I bring deep expertise. I work with parents and children together to address children's personal, developmental and family concerns through in person and online consultation with flexible timing option.
There are many aspects to supporting behavior management of a child including understanding and separating out genetic makeup, age appropriate coping/defenses, validation of certain behavior in social setup and family dynamics. Supporting an adapted child behavior also includes working with the parents to identity their own personal triggers as well as degree of couple bonding that can have a correlation to the child's overall sense of safety.
The mode of session may change based on the concerns:
Often as a parent you could reach to a dead end of your own emotional well being or into a sticky situation("What to do now").
With this service the aim is to support the parent or the adolescent through such panic moments in an here and now basis, using voice notes, interactive messaging or call. It also aids the parents of younger children with quicker way out in handling a stressful parenting moment.
Please note that the final consultancy charges can vary based on the:
Each time the consultancy charges will be prior intimated to the parent.
Milestone tracking, Behavioral therapy and parenting guidance.
Note: At this age concerns can be understood and addressed relatively quicker. Understanding the child and the environment is important in this age group and the specialized therapist works with the parents and child collectively to provide the therapy to achieve comprehensive outcomes.
The child therapist understands the current issues with respect to parents point of view as well as child's self narrations. Generally the challenge could be driven from genetic make-up, family or social environment of the child. The therapist spends time in assessing the same and accordingly work with the child and the family.
Generally, it is combined with child behavioral therapy to bring effective outcome in a holistic manner. Parental influence and family environment plays critical role depending upon what is the age of the child. This is mixed and matched as per the requirement. The psychologist understands the other factors and designs a therapy program to ensure that a work is being done in tandem with both the child (through Child Behavioral Therapy) and the parent (through Parenting Counseling).
Adolescence is the time for developing autonomy and control. Body image concerns, peer pressure, depression, anxiety and behavioral disorders are among the leading issues here. The teenage therapist works with teenagers to address the concerns. The therapist also connects with parents to ensure there is more cohesiveness and connect within the family to help the child to build perception and critical thinking and thereby be more empowered to handle the concerns.
The environment around the child often can be a confounding influence on the child's behaviour. The psychologist understands the case in depth in terms of concerns, triggers, frequency, history, past interventions, nurture, parenting styles and compatibility within the family. This becomes foundation to plan individualized and family therapy sessions ahead.
The safety of a child is touched upon through situations like loss of a parent or loved one, marital discord/family conflicts, separation of the parents, health or financial scare or a social/emotional trauma. Timely support can help the family and the child to better handle self in the short-term and long-term. Unprocessed early childhood experiences can manifest through various social, emotional, academic and relationship challenges during adolescent and adulthood.
Often a child when finds themself in a unique family setup, consciously or subconsciously questions the differences and could attach shame, guilt or fear to the experience, or could become a subject to social bullying. It is important to support the child through perception building so that child can develop a comfort with the unique identity and thereby a confident social image.
Counselor works closely with the day care or Nanny to help the child transition well. Training and tips is given to the care givers to better understand the age-appropriate needs of the child. Child is helped through challenges like separation anxiety, stranger anxiety, frustrations and tantrums.
Helping the parents and schools to build inclusiveness by working closely with the shadow teachers. Support is given in assessing the needs of the child, goal setting and training the shadow teacher to help the child in an age-appropriate manner and tracking the progress.
Working with parents and schools/ preschools to better support through maladapted defenses/coping styles, social conflict situations, anger management, learning style or school refusal. Helping the schools to be inclusive with neuro diversity in an age-appropriate manner and tracking the progress.
Based on the developmental need of the child, in young children, speech therapy along with behavior therapy is added as well. This is when a speech/language delay is noticed in the children. Referrals are given for the right expert based on specific developmental needs of the child.
This is applicable for milestones delay in children in the age group of 2 to 9 years along with behavior therapy to have the best support reach to the child.
Based on special need additional experts like Developmental Pediatrician, Child Psychiatrist, Occupational Therapist, Special educator, Sensory Integration Therapist et al are referred.
A key challenge for parents in behavior issues is to find out from where to even begin with. Through 18petals my endeavor is that the right kind of direction reaches to the child and the family.
Should I go to a developmental pediatrician, child psychologist, psychiatrist, occupational therapist or general counselor? Based on the need of the child, most suited therapist and line of intervention is suggested.
With every developmental stage, the cognitive, biological and hormonal growth spurts bring in a shift in behavior and newer challenges. Handholding the parents helps the parent-child relationship to evolve and strengthen through each of the stages.
With extensive experience of one to one as well as group sessions with children and parents in a day care, preschool, school and pediatric set up, I am just a call away to support you through your worries for your child.
Focusing on socio-emotional and cognitive development of children is important for:
