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Special Children's Centre of Attica
Since 1974
210 5746 695, 210 5773 744
Hours of operation
13:30 - 20:30
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Hours of operation
13:30 - 20:30
Parent Counselling is one of the most important interventions in the field of special education. It is carried out only by qualified psychologists, with compulsory attendance of both parents at the meeting. Although it usually takes place 1 to 2 times a month, its results are decisive for the child's progress.
It aims to understand the difficulties, interpret the behaviours and accept them. Through this process, the parents describe the difficulties of interaction with the child or the relationship between them and then the specialist, with his or her special hearing and knowledge, raises a series of concerns that the parents have not usually been able to discern on their own.
This creates a better bridge of communication that is missing in the various subsystems of the family between parent-child, mother-child, father-child or mother-father. In this process, it is often necessary to analyse the grandparents' relations with the child or parents in order to take into account the whole family system which may be directly involved and which may have been disrupted or distanced.
The expert's advice is of course not a magic recipe but a gradual preparation and change of entrenched and rigid relationships that are blocked and need feedback to be modified.
His role is not to judge or criticise the parents but to sympathise with them and to be able to interpret the behaviours that he discerns on the one hand and to give directions for their modifications on the other, which is directly linked to the process of psychotherapy.
According to the request and the parents' concern at the time, the specific difficulties can be seen:
The benefits through this process are firstly the recognition by parents that there are ways to correct wrong patterns and patterns within family relationships and secondly the relief they feel when they see that their child is functioning visibly differently in the face of life's challenges and interpersonal relationships with themselves, siblings or friends.
Parent Counseling is conducted by the mental health specialist through extensive listening to the family's problems. Calmly and with the required warmth, the psychologist listens in detail to what the parents have to say and by penetrating into their concerns or anxieties regarding the child, provides important solutions for the better functioning of the family system.
The cost of parental counselling is reimbursed by EOPYY with 60 euros per month for all disorders approved according to the codes of the ICD 10 world health classification.
The Parent Counseling Center in Peristeri, part of the Special Children's Center of West Greece, offers a dedicated space where parents can receive specialized support and guidance. Parent counseling is vital in addressing and managing parenting and family challenges.
In this centre, we offer parents tools, strategies and resources to develop positive and effective parenting skills. Through workshops, seminars and one-on-one sessions, our experts help parents better understand and respond effectively to their children's needs. The support provided here is critical to creating healthy and harmonious family dynamics.
210 5746 695
210 5773 744
6977694469
6973628085
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Hours of operation
13:30 - 20:30
Since 1974