Suffering in childhood and adolescence often manifests in particular ways: inhibitions, behavioural changes, fears or difficulties in relating to others. We offer a space that holds the uniqueness of their times and ways of expression, also accompanying responsible adults through these challenging moments.
In childhood and adolescence, suffering is rarely translated into a clear demand expressed in words. Discomfort usually appears in the body, in learning problems, in isolation, or through behaviours that challenge the adults. With children, play, drawing and storytelling become the privileged ways to work through and process what causes anguish. In adolescence, we offer a space of shelter from the family and social gaze, holding the upheavals typical of that stage. In both cases, clinical work is not done in isolation: it is sustained by constant articulation with parents or responsible adults, inviting them to question the place that child or young person occupies in the family dynamic.
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The child’s or adolescent’s space is individual to protect their privacy and their word. However, periodic interviews are scheduled with the parents alone to work on the process, since their involvement is essential.
With younger children we do not aim for formal conversation. The work unfolds through play, toys and drawing, which are their ways of staging and processing what is happening to them.
We avoid labels that fix or stigmatise a child under a name ("he is hyperactive", "he has such a disorder"). We seek to read what function that behaviour serves in the child’s and the family’s life in order to open other ways of expression.
A space that holds their uniqueness and supports the family.