Counselling is a profession and field that suffers from quite a bit of misconceptions. Even with the advent of the internet and readily available information, the myths surrounding counselling are still there, perpetuated, and believed. What are some counselling myths and is there any truth to any of them?
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Some people believe that letting children play is unproductive, and that it wastes their potential to learn other more important things. Play is often used as a reward for doing something approved by parents and also to be taken away as a punishment. However, play can be so much more than that.
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It may seem obvious that we’re all worthy of being happy, but in reality, too many people don’t feel they are worthy of happiness. There are a lot of different reasons for why people don’t feel they are worthy of happiness.
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It’s not simple or easy to determine if a child has a learning disability. Many otherwise normal behaviours can sometimes be misidentified for being a learning disability.
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Helping children with special needs can sometimes feel like something insurmountable, but there are ways that you can effectively help them.
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You may have heard it said that you should invest in yourself. Typically, it is understood to mean spending time and money on yourself to upgrade your professional skills and to make yourself more adaptable for the working world. That wouldn’t be wrong, but what is sometimes overlooked is that it also means you need to invest in yourself for your own personal growth and your own happiness!
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There is a lot to understand about learning disabilities, and some of it is not always so obvious, and sometimes we make assumptions that may not be true. When a child is diagnosed with a learning disability, it’s often assumed this will greatly affect their ability to learn. In some sense it may be true, but this is not always the case.
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You may have heard people talk about becoming your best self, but it’s entirely understandable if you’re unclear about what that really means.
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If you are unsure about how your child’s speech and language is developing because they may appear to be unresponsive to vocal cues or seem to be taking longer than their peers to speak in full sentences, the natural reaction may be to think the child might have speech and language delay. This may not always be the case.
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Counselling is often thought to only be for people who have issues that they need solved; but this is not always the case. Counselling can and does benefit anyone and has a variety of benefits, from general mental health, to finding purpose, and even finding out who you really are as a person.
