Tips for Counselling Children and Teenagers. Marks for effective being an effective Christian counsellor.

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Practical Tips for Helping
Troubled Teenagers/Children
Luke 10:30-37
Jerry Akinsola
jerryakinsola@yahoo.com
+2348033804982
2019 LEBC Family Life Ministry
Children/Teens Workers Conference

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The call to serve in the
children and teenage
ministries is an invitation
to be a helper.

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Who is
‘Helper’?

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As a helper you are expected
to…
provide the guidance that
will make overcoming
challenges less difficult for
the children.
render assistance and
provide necessary support
for teens in their quest for
excellence and godliness.

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How can you
help others?

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Helping Approaches
Direct
Action
Teaching
Giving
Advice
Providing
Information
Counselling

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What is
Counselling…

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Counselling is helping a
person …
understand his
circumstances by listening to
him or her
develop new strategies for
dealing with his or her
problems.
by supporting and offering
insight.

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What is Christian
Counselling…
It is the caring and
intentional interactions
between a counsellor and a
‘client’ meant to help the
client to embrace and exalt
Jesus Christ through his or
her choices and actions.

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Your goals for helping troubled
children and teenagers are…
Embracing Christlikeness
Freedom from bondage
and dependency

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Your goals for helping troubled
children and teenagers are…
Transformation –Better
and balance individual
Empowering the person to
help others

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What are some
marks of troubled
children?

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Disobeying significant
adults
Academic deterioration
Extreme stubbornness
and difficult to manage
by any means

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Violent behavior
Using slangs
Aggressive attitude
Tendencies to violate
institutional disciplines

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Running away from home
Illegal activities
Using tobacco, drugs, or
alcohol
A sudden change in friends
Risky sexual behavior or
sexual promiscuity

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To Help Trouble
Children You Need to….

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Hope-Don’t write off
people
Ask Questions - Show
talk you care

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Praise – Call attention to
positive changes
Pray– Intercede for your
client
Yield– There could be
other ways apart from
yours

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To be an effective
helper you Need to….

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Love – God, yourself and
others is proof healthy
living.
Invest your life in people–
Strive to give rather than
get. Be a solution

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Feed and fill yourself with
resources that makes you
godly
Empty your recycle bin –
Do not keep carrying
emotional baggage and
guilt

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To serve as an effective
helper you need to
avoid….

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Too much concern
(sympathy)
too less concern(apathy)
Transference and Counter
transference
One size fits all approach

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Essentials of an Effective
Counselling

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Building rapport
Ensuring trust issues
and confidentiality
Attending, Listening and
Responding

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Showing genuineness
Leading to Action
Being transparent to self
(to be aware of own
emotional issues)
Making Referral

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In Conclusion
You are standing at a
strategic junction in the
lives of children.
What you do and say can
lead them to destruction
or abundant life.

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People may not remember
what was said but they will
remember how
you made them feel.