COUNSELLING SERVICES: 2008

 

While The Smile of the Child provides counselling to callers, the organisation also provides one-on-one counselling where requested and necessary. 

 

During the period from 1/1/08 up until and including 31/12/08 there were 1966 people who sought counseling services for child-related issues.  Please note that counselling services are available only to children or to adults in dealing with children.

 

From the 1966 people, 127   (6 %) had in-person meetings with the Association’s psychologists and social workers for the purpose of:  

• Diagnosis      4 (3%)  cases

• Personal (One-on-One) Counselling 98 ( 77%) cases

• Family Counselling 25 ( 20%) cases

Chart of Types of Counseling:

 

ISSUE	NUMBER OF CASES
Relationship in the family	571 (29%)
Relationship with peers	133 ( 7%)
Death in the family	114 (6%)
Divorce in the family	115 (6%)
Problems adjusting in school	115 (6%)
Behavioural Difficulties	421 (21%)
Issues of Physical/ Sexual or Psychological Abuse of Child	94(5%)
Suicidal ideation	8 (1%)
Emotional upheaval	59 (3%)
Issues regarding use of the Internet (includes safety)	15 (1%)
Other	321 (15%)
TOTAL	1966

 

Graph 1: Percentage by Type of Problem