Children are not immune to the stressful difficulties that adults face in the world today. While some children experience safe, warm, and nurturing homes, others experience physical and sexual abuse, changes in home or school locations, death or divorce in the family, or major illnesses which causes problems such as low self-esteem, loneliness, fear, and anxiety. Counseling provides a safe, empathetic atmosphere for children to overcome obstacles to their personal growth, and find new ways to behave, feel, and think.
Keywords: Child, Trauma, Child-centered
Counseling Children with Low Self-esteem
In the movie Antwone Fisher, Antwone spent 14 years in a foster home, and suffered physical, verbal and sexual abuse (Black & Washington, 2002). After removal from the foster home, to escape homelessness, Antwone joined the navy then met Commander Williams who was able to help him work through the emotional trauma experienced as a child. As a child, Antwone suffered from low self esteem, loneliness, fear, and anxiety which spilled over into adulthood. Developmental trauma extends across many …show more content…
The study investigated the effects of a self-esteem improvement program on self-esteem and peer attachment in children with observed problematic behaviors. The self-esteem scores in the experimental group were significantly higher than those of the control group F = 26.64,p < .001, and the peer attachment scores in the experimental group were significantly higher than those of the control group F = 6.48,p = .014 (Park & Park, 2015). It was concluded that through the self-esteem program children’s self-esteem and peer attachment was
Keywords: Child, Trauma, Child-centered
Counseling Children with Low Self-esteem
In the movie Antwone Fisher, Antwone spent 14 years in a foster home, and suffered physical, verbal and sexual abuse (Black & Washington, 2002). After removal from the foster home, to escape homelessness, Antwone joined the navy then met Commander Williams who was able to help him work through the emotional trauma experienced as a child. As a child, Antwone suffered from low self esteem, loneliness, fear, and anxiety which spilled over into adulthood. Developmental trauma extends across many …show more content…
The study investigated the effects of a self-esteem improvement program on self-esteem and peer attachment in children with observed problematic behaviors. The self-esteem scores in the experimental group were significantly higher than those of the control group F = 26.64,p < .001, and the peer attachment scores in the experimental group were significantly higher than those of the control group F = 6.48,p = .014 (Park & Park, 2015). It was concluded that through the self-esteem program children’s self-esteem and peer attachment was