According to experts, relatives need to give children time to calm down, help children feel confident to express their feelings about what they have gone through to overcome psychological trauma.
On February 11, at the book street of Ho Chi Minh City, an exchange and launch of the book “Protecting children from psychological trauma” took place, with the participation of Dr. Le Nguyen Phuong and author of expert psychologist. Maggie Kline.
According to Dr. Le Nguyen Phuong, when it comes to psychological trauma (or psychological trauma), most of us imagine it to come from intense childhood events such as physical abuse, abuse. having sex, experiencing a huge event such as a natural disaster or an accident, etc.
However, in reality, it can also come from ordinary events such as: falling children, medical treatment, medical surgery, death of pets or parents divorce, etc. The things that are avoided, neglected, overlooked, denied, misunderstood the most and also the cause of human suffering the most that go untreated.
Therefore, when reading the book “Protecting children from psychological trauma” will provide readers, especially parents with useful knowledge so that everyone can understand what is psychological trauma in children and children. What are the treatment solutions?
The speakers shared about methods of protecting children against psychological trauma.
At the exchange, some speakers also pointed out that the cause of psychological trauma for children is when children are unsafe, so families need to create an environment for children to feel safe. If the child shows signs of psychological trauma, the family needs to take the child to a psychologist for examination, counseling and treatment.
At this time, the response and support of parents is very important for children to overcome psychological trauma. In addition, relatives need to give the child time to calm down, help the child feel confident to express his feelings about what he went through when he was traumatized.
Parents should also explain to the child why the child is like this, how the relatives have tried to help the child and need to pay attention to the child’s needs such as rest, care, and avoidance. yelling loudly or blaming the child for the incident…