In Hollywood, kids are never too young to see a therapist — more and more are getting the help of counsellors to deal with their problems.
Celebrity parents are increasingly putting their children into therapy — with even the very young now ending up on the psychiatrist’s couch.
With the likes of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Britney Spears and Madonna seeking professional advice for their kids, the trend only looks set to spread.
Professor Bob Montgomery, President Elect of the Australian Psychology Association, says that while therapy can be a great tool for helping kids through traumas such as divorce, parents have to be careful that they aren’t trying to shift their problems to someone else to look after.
“Therapy is usually delivered by teaching the adult what to do,” he says. “I think [therapists] need to bounce [the responsibility] very firmly back where it belongs and in some cases say, ‘Well, if a child is behaving like this, I’m not surprised, given the circumstances that you’re keeping your child in’.”
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