The Sullivan Center for Children

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About

The Sullivan Center for Children, Fresno

A child clinician can serve many roles. Traditionally only parents whose children were having significant problems took their child to see a psychologist. Ignorance led to some social stigma, with the notion that families should handle their own problems. Gradually that stigma has lifted with increased knowledge of the complexities of problems that can arise and be successfully treated in childhood. Increasingly however, it became apparent that if more effort were put into giving parents information and resources, problems could be avoided or treated earlier. Hence developed the well child concept, and child clinicians took on the role, not only of providing ongoing services for those children in need, but also of being professional consultants for the parents of any child.

Category

Psychology & Counselling