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Death and the Children
A couple of weeks ago, I had a referral regarding young children whose father had died quite unexpectedly while their Mum was out. The older child had recognised that Dad was dead and had kept the younger occupied till Mum came home. I phoned Mum to talk about the...
One child’s trauma
It has been months since Sam’s parents split up and he looks a lot better today than when he first came. Then he cried and cried – and he’s 13 so it is not a common sight – this clever boy was devastated when his parents told him they were separating. Mother told me...
Not like the other Girls
Sally is tall and well-built, facially unprepossessing with hair that is not quite short, glasses, and pudgy features. She goes to her local Comprehensive school and seems to be bright, with no trouble with her school work and a number of interests outside school like...
Whose problem is this?
It is very satisfying seeing a child with a sleep disorder because, so often, it is fairly easy to put right. Lots of children go through a period of not sleeping, and although it is sometimes the result of some awful happening, more often it is just a tiny hiccup in...
Trauma mornings
Today was another of my trauma mornings. I have been pushing for some time to be able to use the techniques I have with people who are hurting, rather than forcing them to go through the more traditional but slower methods. And it had been agreed that I can. Obviously...
Do we attend or do we not?
Last week I phoned a Mum to ask if we could change their appointment as a meeting had suddenly been arranged. Very suddenly, it was Tuesday and the appointment was for Thursday. ‘Of course’ said the Mum ‘I was going to let you know that I couldn’t come anyway’. And...
Who carries knives?
Two families are worrying that one of their children has picked up a knife during a squabble with a sibling. There was another family at the end of last year, and this feels like a new trend. I am convinced that this was not a determined way to hold on to an...