Psychotherapy and psychoanalysis for children in Huntington Woods, MI
A child experiencing trauma feels no one is there to help him/her. Overwhelmed with fear he feels trapped, unable to escape. It is best depicted in a nightmare where a child is screaming, at the mercy of a monster, who is about to do serious bodily harm. He screams in terror but no one can […]
Amber, who was 7 years old, was a very bright, sensitive girl. Her mother did not want to use the word angry or mad when Amber got upset, preferring to say she was frustrated. But children do get angry. It is a normal feeling to experience. It is born out of an instinctual feeling to […]
Teasing, humiliating, intimidating, taunting, insulting, mocking, tormenting and making fun of are often adjectives used to describe a bully. There is nothing in a child’s genetic makeup that creates a bully. A child does not take a course in how to bully but his behavior is usually experienced at the hands of a sibling, parent, […]
One of the bigger issues arising for children who experience divorce is being placed into a loyalty conflict by one of the parents. These children feel they must choose between one parent over the other lest they feel abandoned, unloved or anger from the parent demanding this loyalty. Loyalty conflicts generally emerge out of a […]
Fear of going to sleep is a common phenomenon for many children. Fear that a monster is under the bed, fear that someone is going to break-in through a window, fear that something is in the closet are just a few examples. It carries with it a fear of dying by some act of aggression. […]
If you ever been on an elementary school playground during recess, you might hear children engaged in a game of Four Square yell, “no cheating.” But if you observe kindergarten children and younger, you may routinely see them in the act of cheating. Nursery and preschool age children cheat because they want to win. They […]
A child’s conscience is not fully developed until she reaches age 5 and even at that age mastery is not completely functional. There are ways to help a child learn to do the right thing, use his conscience as a tool to help him feel good about himself and avoid guilt associated with being a […]
Timeouts, if used at all, should be used judiciously, otherwise, in my opinion, it has very little utility. I don’t think there is any reason for an 18 month old or younger to be timed out. An 18 month old cannot manage the fear and terror of being left alone, even if his mother is […]
Helping a child with his “two-way feelings:” is a way of helping a child manage his angry feeling by integrating both his good and bad feelings he experiences with important people in his life. An inability to integrate both good and bad feelings leads to splitting the loved person into either all good or all […]
As a parent, how often do you find yourselves fighting with your children about getting homework either started or completed? At your wits end, you cajole, argue the importance of getting good grades and when all else fails, you take away their cell phone, computer privileges or ground them for the week-end. In other words, […]
Transitioning from home to nursery/preschool works more evenly when a child is three years old assuming she has mastered the care of her own body. In effect, she has mastered toileting (including wiping herself) and is able to dress herself. She is well on her way toward greater autonomy. But even with the aforementioned accomplishments, […]
Simply stated anxiety is a worry about a future event. This worry can often be observed when we take our child to the dentist or observed in the form of excitement on his/her first day of school after summer recess. Anxiety can also be noticed by a preschool teacher when a child gets worried when […]