As the summer draws to an end, many Metro Detroit parents are starting to prepare for the upcoming school year. Whether your child excelled last year or struggled to get through classes, there are steps you can take now to ensure that he or she starts the school year...
Dealing with the oppositional defiant disorder is a difficult task for any parent. Even with extensive family counseling, it’s hard to learn how to accommodate the thinking patterns of a child with ODD. Nevertheless, this is a condition that affects as much as 16% of...
The day-to-day struggles of having a child with the oppositional defiant disorder can wear down on a person over time. Even the strongest parents have their breaking points, and it’s real easy to lash out at a child who doesn’t seem to understand or respect your...
The National Voices for Equality, Education, and Enlightenment say that a child is bullied every 7 minutes in America, and 85% of that bullying occurs with no intervention. Unfortunately, Michigan has one of the highest rates of bullying in the country, across...
If your child has been diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), there are several treatment options you may explore for your child. Because ODD covers a wide range of emotions, behaviors, and reactions, your child’s ODD treatment should be tailored to fit...
Even the sweetest children in the world go through a stage of defiance at some point in their childhood. This may last a few hours, a few days, or a few weeks, but eventually, it goes away. For some children though, the need to be defiant goes beyond traditional...
Social development is a crucial part of a child’s growth. Some children are naturally more adaptive to social settings than others, but all children need to learn social skills early on. This will help them understand appropriate ways to talk to people, touch people,...
Children of divorce often struggle to adjust to their new lives after their parents officially separate. Divorce is one of the biggest reasons for child counseling here at Perspectives Of Troy Counseling Centers, in addition to child anxiety, childhood depression,...
Grief is a complex process that we all go through in different ways. For children, it can be particularly difficult to understand the loss of a loved one and deal with the emotional rollercoaster that follows. The goal in many of our child counseling appointments is...
In the first part of this discussion, we identified signs of childhood depression that may alert you as a parent. For this next section, we will be exploring some common causes of childhood depression that will help you better understand what your child is going...
