Counseling for children, adolescents and families

Children, adolescents, parents and other caregivers can turn to the municipal counseling centers for children, adolescents and families - educational counseling - for all personal or family-related questions. These can be, for example, questions about development, education, (family) conflicts or separation and divorce.

As a rule, very personal experiences and feelings are discussed with the counselors, which require a safe and trusting framework. Therefore, all counselors are subject to the legal duty of confidentiality. Counseling is free of charge and also possible in other languages (if necessary, with the support of language mediators, who are also subject to confidentiality). It is also possible to receive counseling anonymously if desired.

We are a team of professionals from the fields of social work, education, psychology and psychotherapy.

Occasions for counseling can be

• Parent-child conflicts
• separation and divorce
• Puberty
• Violence in the family
• Educational insecurity
• Patchwork families
• Partner conflicts regarding education
• Sibling quarrels
• Media consumption (media harmful to minors)
• Problems in kindergarten and school
• Mentally ill parents
• Social problems
• Traumatic experiences
• Neglect
• Domestic violence
• Sexual abuse
• Illness, death, grief
• Abnormalities in child behavior and development
• Incarcerated parents
• Regulatory disorders in early childhood

Requirements

The services of the Counseling Center for Children, Adolescents and Families - Educational Counseling Center are available to all guardians of children and adolescents. Adolescents can also come to the counseling center on their own, without the knowledge of their parents.

The service is free of charge and can also be used anonymously if required.