Adolescent Counsellor in Dubai – Help Your Child Live a Fulfilling Life
Teenagers usually go through a tough phase where they experience behavioural, emotional, and even academic struggles that can be difficult for parents to understand. Keeping your child on the right path is challenging when he/she starts navigating social and emotional changes. Various issues affect teens, such as:
- Anxiety, persistent worry, and stress
- Bullying
- Abuse
- Low self-esteem
- Depression, loneliness, and unhappiness
- Grief, bereavement, and loss
- Social difficulties
- Parents and child relationship issues
- Past traumas
- Self-harming and suicidal thoughts
- Behavioural issues
- School struggles
- And many more
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I work with each child and family on a personal level to gain an in-depth understanding and most importantly, being a significant part of their growth and change. I strive to inject a sense of accomplishment and clear out emotional baggage to make your family stronger and happier.
Nikita Barretto – Adolescent Counsellor You Can Trust
Being a professional adolescent counsellor in Dubai, I help teens, children, and young adults facing a wide array of emotional and behavioural difficulties. I am also specialized in parent training so I work carefully with parents as well to improve your parental and communication skills to effectively handle their children’s problems and strengthen family relationships.
I use a combination of evidence-based treatment and create a warm environment for children where they can express their thoughts and deep feelings without judgment. In a therapy room, I always ensure to develop a calming space for teens to help them address their pain, fears, and other triggers and learn.
Frequently Asked Questions
Adolescent counselling is a form of psychological support designed to help teenagers and young adults understand and manage emotional, behavioural, social, and personal challenges. It provides a supportive space where they can express their thoughts and feelings without judgment.
Counselling may be helpful when a teenager is experiencing ongoing anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, sadness, loneliness, behavioural changes, school difficulties, social problems, or challenges in their relationships with parents or others.
Adolescent counselling can support teenagers experiencing concerns such as anxiety, stress, bullying, low self-esteem, depression, loneliness, grief, social difficulties, behavioural issues, school struggles, past trauma, and family or parent-child relationship difficulties.
Yes. Counselling can help teenagers understand the thoughts, emotions, and situations contributing to anxiety and stress. It can also help them develop healthier coping strategies for managing difficult emotions and everyday challenges.
Yes. Counselling can provide teenagers with a safe space to explore negative self-perceptions, emotional difficulties, and experiences that may affect their confidence. Therapy can support the development of healthier ways of understanding themselves and their abilities.
Yes. Counselling can help teenagers process the emotional impact of bullying, understand their feelings, develop coping strategies, and work through concerns that may affect their confidence, relationships, or school life.
Yes. Counselling can help when emotional, behavioural, social, or psychological difficulties are affecting a teenager’s school experience. Understanding the underlying concerns can be an important part of supporting their wellbeing and functioning at school.
Yes. Adolescent counselling can help explore communication difficulties, emotional conflicts, and other challenges between parents and teenagers. Parent training can also support parents in developing more effective communication and parenting approaches.
The aim is to create a calm and supportive environment where teenagers can feel comfortable expressing their thoughts, feelings, fears, and concerns without judgment. Building trust and a strong therapeutic relationship is an important part of adolescent counselling.
Yes. Counselling can provide emotional support to teenagers experiencing grief, bereavement, or loss. It can give them an appropriate space to process difficult emotions and understand how the experience may be affecting their everyday life.
Counselling can help teenagers who are struggling with the emotional effects of past trauma or difficult experiences. Therapy can provide a supportive environment to explore emotional responses, triggers, and coping strategies at a pace appropriate for the individual.
If your teenager is experiencing emotional, behavioural, social, family, or school-related difficulties, an adolescent counselling consultation can help you understand their concerns and determine what type of psychological support may be appropriate.