Services

Individual counselling for children

In individual sessions with children, play can be used as one of the main ways in which a child can express themselves.

During play, children may show their feelings, relationships, fears, wishes and conflicts in different ways.

The content of the work varies with the child’s age and needs. For some children play takes a larger place, while in other cases drawing, stories, movement, creative work or direct conversation can also be part of the process.

Individual counselling for teenagers

In work with teenagers, the young person’s own agenda is at the centre.

In adolescence, relationships with the family can change, and topics such as friendships, body image, school, the future, identity and belonging can become more important.

Talking is one of the main tools in sessions, but not everything has to be approached only through conversation.

Parent counselling

A child’s behaviour can sometimes be hard for a parent to understand, tolerate or manage.

In parent counselling, the child’s behaviour is not looked at alone. The child’s developmental characteristics, the relationships in the family, the difficulties the parent is experiencing and the circumstances of life can be considered together.

The aim is not to judge the parent or to give a prescription for “right parenting”.

Parent-child work

In some situations, work in which parent and child are together can be more meaningful than working with the child alone.

In this kind of work, the interaction between parent and child is looked at through play and relationship. The aim is not to measure performance; while playing together, we can observe together what comes easily, where it is difficult, what the child expects from the parent and how the parent responds to the child’s signals.

Mindfulness and compassion-based work for children

Mindfulness does not mean “teaching children to be calm”.

It can create a space for children to notice what is going on in their bodies, thoughts and feelings, to steer their attention, and to notice their relationship with difficult experiences.

The Mindfulness and Compassion-Based Resilience Program for Children is an 8-week programme delivered in small groups. It is planned for the 6 to 12 age group, in Turkish and in person.

Children’s workshops that support development

Instead of thinking about children’s development only through academic skills, small group workshops can be organised that also include play, creativity, awareness of feelings, movement and social interaction.

The content and age group of each workshop are set separately for every programme.