PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT FROM ÇANKAYA

09 August 2017 Wednesday 15:08

Psychologists who work in Çankaya Municipality Public Health Center continue to provide free PSYCHOLOGICAL Counseling services for children who study in Çankaya Municipality Day Care Centers and Çankaya residents.

 

Psychologists at Çankaya Municipality where adults can now apply for Free Psychological counseling services have conducted 358 meetings with their clients this year.

 

Çankaya Municipality which serves children in various fields such as nursery, study, culture, art, sports now gives priority to their psycho-social development. Psychological counseling service provided by Çankaya municipality’s psychologists is free of charge by parents. Parents can make an appointment by calling Çankaya Public Health Center on 0850 455 02 65. Meetings are being held with both children and their families. Psychologists also give counseling support to adults now.  Within the scope of psychological counseling service, psychologists can make 50 to 60 meetings with clients in a month. Only 358 meetings are being held in 2017. 

 

TECHNOLOGY KILLS PATIENCE

 

Çankaya Municipality psychologist Ercan Başal points out that the most common psychological problems of children are anxiety, phobia, obsession and attitude problems. Ercan Başal who emphasizes that technology has become an important part of our life says as a result of that children being more close to smart phones, telephones and television. He says “The games and cartoons are full of action and the children are getting used to it. So, real world is going to be different for children and life starts to become boring for them. Children cannot show patience in schools and in classes. Technology is creating “impatient kids” who cannot postpone their requests.”

 

THE PROBLEM MAY BE OF A PARENT NOT A CHILD.

 

Psychologists Ercan Başal who stated that parents who observe differences in their children’s behaviors or realize that the child is too energetic can benefit from counseling services says that they understand parents have wrong behaviors against their children during the meetings. Başal added that the problems between children-parent relationships reflect to children’s behaviors. He focused that parents should create an emotional and safe environment for their children. Ercan Başal who expresses that misconduct in the family causes hyperactivity and attention deficit. He says “the most common diagnosis for children is attention deficit and hyperactivity. This diagnosis requires therapy to solve the problem instead of medicine. The problem cannot be the child but the parent. It is necessary to identify the source of all these and solve the problem.”

 

ONE ON ONE INTERVIEW WITH ADULTS

Psychologist Ercan Başal who stated that they started one on one interviews with adult individuals says that the adults have mostly economic problems, unemployment, depression, and obsession and anxiety disorders. Başal emphasized that they see clients until the problem is solved, said they have 5 to 10 interviews with each client. Psychologists stated that they follow the developments in the clients and direct them to psychopathology if necessary.

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