Does your child suddenly not want to go to school? Are they suddenly getting bad grades at school? Are they trying to avoid school and making excuses for pain and illness? Can't concentrate, are distracted and stressed? Are they screaming in their sleep or have they started wetting the bed? Are they isolating themselves from their surroundings and never want to talk about what's going on? Bullying by children, teacher(s), or the increasingly common form of cyberbullying may be the cause of a child's behavioural change. Don't let it go too far and seek the help of an experienced child psychologist.

Bullying is a problem in every school and even in kindergartens. The victims are often children who somehow stand out from the group, whether because of their approach to learning, their religion, their family's social situation, or their psychological or physical disadvantage. Bullying has a negative impact on the whole collective. Aggressors are convinced that they will achieve all their goals through violence and see nothing unusual in their actions. The bystanders in the group get the feeling that society cannot protect them and does not punish injustice. The victims most often develop post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, their performance deteriorates, their self-esteem drops, they have problems with establishing relationships, they turn to alcohol or drugs, and in some cases they see the only way out of their situation as suicide.

What a psychologist can help you with:

•   will provide the necessary intervention to both the parents and the child
•   will focus on strengthening the child's self-confidence
•   works with the consequences of bullying (depression, anxiety, self-harm...)
•   will help with bullying
•   will propose preventive measures
•   works with parents and child
•   can act as a mediator in the communication between the victim and the aggressor
•   and much more

However, a child does not have to struggle with bullying only at school, but is often exposed to aggression and psychological pressure from family members, whether adults or children. A special form is the increasingly widespread cyberbullying, i.e. attacks against the victim via social networks, etc. At the slightest suspicion of bullying, it is necessary to start solving the situation as soon as possible, whether at school, with the parents of the aggressor, with a psychologist, etc.