school counselling

1. BULLYING AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN

2. • Bullying can affect everyone—those who are bullied, those who bully, and those
who witness bullying. Kids who are bullied can experience negative physical,
social, emotional, academic, and mental health issues.
• Kids who are bullied are more likely to experience depression and anxiety,
increased feelings of sadness and loneliness, changes in sleep and eating
patterns, and loss of interest in activities they used to enjoy.
• These issues may persist into adulthood. Kids who bully others can also
engage in violent and other risky behaviors into adulthood.
• Kids who witness bullying are more likely to have increased use of tobacco,
alcohol, or other drugs and have increased mental health problems, including
depression and anxiety.

3. Types Bullying
• Individual
• Physical
• Verbal
• Relational
• Cyber
• Collective
• Mobbing

4. Physical bullying
• Physical bullying is any bullying that hurts someone's
body or damages their possessions. Stealing,
shoving, hitting, fighting, and intentionally destroying
someone's property are types of physical bullying.
Physical bullying is rarely the first form of bullying that
a victim will experience.

5. Verbal
• by speaking, other use of the voice, or some form of body language and
does not involve any physical contact. Bullying usually begins at this stage
and includes any of the following:
 Derogatory name-calling and nicknaming
 Spreading rumors or lying about someone
 Threatening someone
 Yelling at or talking to someone in a rude or unkind tone of voice, especially
without justifiable cause
 Mocking someone's voice or style of speaking
 Laughing at someone
 Making insults or otherwise making fun of someone

6. Relational
• relationships to hurt others
• Social exclusion
• Unlike physical bullying which is obvious, relational bullying is not overt and
can continue for a long time without being noticed

7. Cyber
• Cyberbullying is the use of technology to harass, threaten,
embarrass, or target another person.
• This includes bullying by use of email, instant messaging,
social media websites (such as Facebook), text messages,
and cell phones. It is stated that Cyberbullying is more
common in secondary school than in primary school
• Another problem with cyberbullying is that other people can
get involved.

8. Mobbing
• Mobbing refers to the bullying of an individual by a group, in
any context, such as a family, peer,group, school, workplace,
neighbourhood, community, or online.
• When it occurs as emotional abuse in the workplace, such as
"ganging up" by co-workers, subordinates or superiors, to
force someone out of the workplacethrough rumor,
intimidation, humiliation, discrediting, and isolation, it is also
referred to as malicious, nonsexual, nonracial/racial,
general harassment

9. Characteristics
• Bullies and accomplices
– Studies have shown that envy and resentment may be motives for
bullying
• Bystanders
– Often, bullying takes place in the presence of a large group of
relatively uninvolved bystanders
• Suicide
– Depression is one of the main reasons why kids who are bullied
die by suicide

10. • Victims
– Dr. Cook says, "A typical victim is likely to be aggressive,
lack social skills, think negative thoughts, experience
difficulties in solving social problems, come from a
negative family, school and community environments and
be noticeably rejected and isolated by peers.
• Strength and wisdom
– Some have argued that bullying can teach life lessons and
instill strength

11. Role of a therapist
• Victims of bullying may find a supportive and safe environment to
address their feelings in counseling or therapy. Therapy can help
victims of bullying notice, share, and process painful feelings, which
left unattended can negatively impact one’s personal well-being.
• Some people who are victims of bullying may internalize the role of
victim, which can cause challenges in one’s relationships and one’s
sense of self.
• A trained therapist can help a person better understand how this role of
victim impacts their lives, as well as teach coping skills for moving
forward, such as assertive communication and boundary-setting.

12. • Some victims of bullying benefit from support groups or
group therapy, in which people who have experienced
similar types of victimization can support one another in
healing.
• Children who are victims of bullying in school may find it
helpful to talk to their school counselor.
• The school counselor may be able to act as an advocate
for them at school, check on their mental well-being, and
boost their self-esteem.

13. • Exercise, meditation, positive self-talk, muscle
relaxation, and breathing exercises are all good
ways to cope with the stress of bullying. Spend time
doing things you enjoy.