Empowerment: Children and Teenagers

“I’ve just been through a divorce, is my child going to be okay?”,
“Why isn’t my child eating?”,
“My child is still not speaking!”,
“My child is hyperactive!”,
“How do I communicate with my teenager?”

These are some of the few comments we often hear from parents. It is our greatest advancement in this 21st century where parents are beginning to show more concern towards child development. Previously, an autistic child would just be locked up at home, with no education, no love, and no hope. Having an autistic child seems like a shame upon the family, simply because the disorder itself was misunderstood or unknown.

Here at Path 2 Excellence, we have professionals dedicated and committed to bringing out the best in every child. Whether it is learning disabilities, hyperactivity, trauma, divorce, bereavement, discipline, emotional instability, attention deficit disorder, dyslexia, panic disorders, anorexia or bulimia, phobias, mood disorders, aggression, sexual abuse or nightmares, we are devoted to coming up with and facilitating the best treatment or therapy for your child.

As teenagers, it is almost inevitable that they experience “growing pains”. This is the most important time of their life because it is now that they begin to discover and identify with themselves. Some are also dangerously prone to straying towards alcohol, drugs and unhealthy sexual relationships. Many experience conflicts with their parents and find it impossible to communicate.

We also offer career profiling as one of our services, an assessment of aptitude and attitude, strengths and interests. With today’s high expectations, demands and pressures, many teenagers go through a “dilemma” during which they can’t decide what subjects to study, what courses to pursue in college and university. To follow their hearts desire or to complete their parents’ unfulfilled dreams?

Some reveal their expressions through rebellion; others suppress their feelings and emotions leading down the path of depression and suicidal acts.

Having known and worked with so many people with these challenges, our deepest desire is to reach out to these teenagers, encouraging them to accept that this is part of life, and this soon shall pass. In the mean time, we encourage parents to effectively communicate with their children and teenagers instead of harshly disciplining them. It is true that “one does not need love as much as the time when they least deserve it”. This is what we call grace, this is what we call loving unconditionally.

With a combination of Psychology and Family Systems theory, we respect that all children and teenagers are individual and unique; each having their own values and principles in life, each with different characteristics and personality. Yet we also recognise and take into account the prevalence and importance of family, cultural and community influences, as well as our environmental surroundings.

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