Counselling for Children
"Kids are resilient. They bounce back."
Actually no. Professionals don't say that any more (if they ever did). It is increasingly recognised that the traumas and hurts suffered by kids in their childhoods have dramatic effect on the course and well-being of their adult lives. Especially if those negative experiences go unattended by safe, caring adults.
Parental separation, sudden trauma and experiences of loss, death, abuse, bullying and neglect (just to name a few), can all be understood by a child as powerfully harmful messages about who they are and what the world they are being asked to live in is like.
So lets really work together to support and care for the little people around us.
And then there are the children who are anxious, angry or fearful for no apparent reason....
Read on here: www.christchurchtherapeutic.co.nz...
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Grab a copy of your local Stuff newspaper between 1 Jan - 28 Jan and participate in the Summer Kiwi Quiz! Test your knowledge, answer the daily New Zealand based questions, and find out how well you know our beautiful country!
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Poll: Do you set New Year’s resolutions?
🎉 2026 is almost here!
We’re curious ... how do you welcome it?
Do you set resolutions, follow special traditions, or just go with the flow?
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10.4% Yes! New Year, New Me
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19.7% Yes - but I rarely stick to them
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70% Nah - not for me
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