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Irritation and high temper
My sister's son who is 13 years old always has temper tantrums and is in fight mode with his mother. He shows the feeling that he doesn't like his mother. Can you suggest how to deal, can you counsel him.
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Communication is key here. During the adolescent stage, parents get into a loop of dysfunctional pattern of communication that attracts defiance from the individuals. We can evaluate if such a pattern has developed and look at ways to alter the communication pattern. A family counseling would be recommended here as the teenager may resent individual counseling and may not necessarily coperate in sessions if they are forced to attend. With individual as well as family counseling, individual differences and opinions can be discussed and a group session can be used for all the individuals to come together to develop an amicable system for them.
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Family counseling: It allows a non judgemental space for everyone to voice out their challenges and to develop a democratic system that works for them.
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Adolescence is an age when children tend to show egocentric behavior meaning that they feel whatever they are doing ir saying is valid as well as sometimes they disrespect authority too. The first thing we need to do is understand whom the child considers to be close to him and shares all his feelings with which will help us in understanding if there is anything bothering the child.
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Behavior of child should be noted down i.e on what things is the child showing these tantrum and when ?
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Make sure to not fulfill all the demands of the child and start with a reinforcement system wherein if the child does something good, he should be rewarded for it and counselling should be done to understand his concerns with the mother.
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Ms. Simran Parekh
Clinical Psychologist
2 yrs exp
Kolkata
I understand that it is difficult to handle an adolescent as there are too many hormonal changes. It is the time when puberty hits. I would suggest certain behavior changes, but can only do so when I know the details.
You can consult me on my number: eight nine one zero two five six nine seven two.
I hope this helps.
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