Child and Adolescent Psychology Child and Adolescent Psychology Childhood and adolescence can be especially turbulent time periods in an individual's life. Children and adolescence are often difficult to work with. Most do not wish to be in therapy and may give the therapist a hard time. It is possible to get through this population, but it requires special techniques and a good deal of patience on the part of the therapist.
Psychologists encounter other difficulties with the parents of the child or adolescent.
It is very important that the parents also be willing to make changes in their lives in order to fully bring about change in their children. Unfortunately, many parents are unable or unwilling to cooperate. Therefore, frustration among child and adolescent therapists can be unusually high times. Children and adolescents have specific problems which are not issues for adult clients. Puberty, for example, is an extremely tough time for adolescents.