My child is being bullied at school. How can counselling help when it is not her fault?
In many situations in life we can find ourselves a victim of someone else’s behaviour and this often provokes feelings of helplessness, shame, anger, worthlessness and guilt within us. Counselling helps to make us aware of where our responsibility ends and where another’s begins. Through counselling your child could have the opportunity to work through their hurt and angry feelings about what has happened, and be helped to work out some strategies for tackling the bullying, some of which will involve you and the school staff. It can thus be turned into an ultimately positive opportunity for your child to learn to handle future difficulties assertively and confidently, seeking support when necessary.
