Child psychology is a field of psychology as such that allows to evaluate and treat the mental, emotional, social and behavioural health of infants, young children, children and adolescents.
Child psychologists have an in-depth understanding of the basic psychological needs of children and adolescents and how their family and other social contexts influence their:
Child psychologists also have expert knowledge of mental and behavioural conditions that affect children.
Child psychologists use a wide range of procedures and skills when working with children and adolescents, including:
Child psychology can use several different types of therapy techniques based on your child’s age and unique situation. Depending on the age and needs of your child, child psychologists may work solely with you (or guardians) to help with parenting skills or how to best address your child’s behaviours.
Child psychologists can treat many kinds of behavioural, emotional, social and mental health issues in children and adolescents. They can also help children with stressors and issues in school, with their family and in life in general.
The conditions and situations a child psychologist can help treat include:
Art therapy combines the creative process and psychotherapy, facilitating self-exploration and understanding. Using imagery, colour and shape as part of this creative therapeutic process, thoughts and feelings can be expressed that would otherwise be difficult to articulate.
Art is a universal language, that is, it is the same for everyone; It allows people to express feelings and experiences in a way that sometimes has no place in words.
Armin Cárdenas is a psychology expert with 11 years of experience in clinical, school, health, and judicial psychology, specializing in children. His expertise includes psychodynamic child psychology and art therapy as an evaluation including intervention strategy for children and their families. He received training in Chile and Spain, and has worked in socially and culturally complex environments, including with indigenous populations and children with special educational needs, as well as with victims of mistreatment and abuse ranging in age from 3 to 17 years old. Additionally, he is a specialist in psychodiagnostics for projective and intellectual tests, as well as in psychotherapy.
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