Purpose Of In-Home Counseling

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Every mark, every bruise, every plea, and every cry gives recognition of the abuse that was caused by an abuser. We assume that because the abuse has stop, the fear would walk side by side with the abuser. In reality, it still reminiscing in their minds because it’s all they can think of before they fall asleep. Just because we can’t immediately remove the fear, that doesn’t mean that there is no treatment to help children who’ve experienced child abuse. One of the best treatments that is known to help children is In-Home counseling. The purpose of In-Home counseling to help a child to be able to open up about what they had been through without the feeling of anxiety or embarrassment, clarify and change distorted, inaccurate, or unhealthy thinking

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