Counselling Services
Everyone goes through psychological distress that makes them not able to maximize their potential. Children are no exemption.
In order for children to maximize their potential, there is need for them to learn the positive ways of coping with daily stressors of life. This will help them have a healthy mind and as a result, it will lead to a health body.
As we say in our company and also encourage all the children we serve “Healthy Mind equals Healthy Body.” Our counselling services are designed to help children overcome psychological distress that they face.
We care about the child’s mental well-being.
Background of our counselling program
According to world health organization, 10-20% of children and adolescents experience mental health conditions, but the majority of them do not seek help or receive care. Half of the mental health conditions start by 14 years of age and continue into adulthood.
Access to mental health services has also proven to be difficult especially for children and adolescents because of the high costs that come with receiving mental health service from a professional.
The above mentioned reasons are the ones that made dip-co start off the counselling program and make it affordable for any parent or care giver to access mental health services for their children. Also, we create awareness on importance of having healthy mind as this attributes to a healthy body.
Why you should sign up your child for our counselling program
- Designed counselling sessions for each age group
We have targeted counselling service for each age group. For children below 7 years, we offer play therapy. We have a room with toys where we create a safe space for the child to play and we have a certified psychologist able to observe and encourages the child to share their fears and anxieties.
As for 8-10 years. We offer art therapy where the child is able to express their emotions through art and from that with the help of a certified psychologist, they are able to address the fears, negative thinking that the child has that is making them stay in the position of psychological distress.
As for 11-24 years, we offer talk therapy where we provide a safe space and encourage the adolescents and young person to share the issues that are troubling them. With the help of a certified psychologist, the adolescent and young person is able to be guided and empowered with better coping skills to help them move from the point of psychological distress to a comfortable point.
- We offer assessment and screening to help in arriving at the right diagnosis for the presenting problem
During the first counselling session, we have intake forms where we capture all the details shared by the client who is the minor together with the collaborative history shared by the parents or guardians to the client.
Basing on the information received during the first intake session, we prepare assessment tools and are able to assess and see which mental illness the child could be exposed to so that it informs our interventions.
- We have a pool of psychologists tackling different mental health illness
We have a pool of certified child and adolescents’ psychologists who are able to guide the client. Depending on the presenting problem captured during intake, we are able to make direct referrals to the psychologist who are well vast with supporting the clients deal with different presenting issues.
We take time to explain to the client when referring them and respond to their immediate needs whenever they arise.
More so, if from assessment we are able to denote that the client requires medication, we are able to refer to our known certified psychiatrist for further assessment and support.
- We have different facilities where we see our clients
Depending on where the client resides, we are able to guide them on the nearest facility where they can receive counselling or psychotherapy services.
We also offer virtual counselling to clients who are far away from our facilities.
Sign up your child today
If you have observed and suspect that your children could be going through psychological distress? The Dip-Co counselling program is right for them. Get in touch with us today by filling the registration form on the contact us page here. We will revert back to you soonest possible.
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