| During the past two years I've been working with | | | | - Does he/she witness domestic violence scenes? |
| children (3-12 years old). Two of the most common | | | | - Is he stressed? |
| disorders I've come across are enuresis and | | | | - Does he/she have problems adjusting to school |
| encopresis disorders. Among all the cases I had, none | | | | kindergarten? |
| of them were the result of bad training habits | | | | If the answer is yes to any of these situations, then |
| (primary enuresis/encopresis). All of them had a | | | | it´s probable that the cause could reside there. |
| psychological correlation (secondary enuresis | | | | Then, what to do? |
| encopresis). | | | | First of all consult a physician to discard any |
| These disorders account for 1.5% of the western | | | | neurological or physical problem. If there are not, then |
| world. Its incidence vary according to gender (boys | | | | go pay a visit to your friendly neighbor Spiderman... |
| are more prone), social stratus (statistically lower | | | | sorry, the shrink. Nowadays there are several ways |
| classes are more prone) and environment. | | | | to quickly cope with this problem. My second advise |
| The population I worked with had no social security | | | | would be for the kid to start a short therapy (not |
| coverage, where mainly from lower social statuses | | | | only focused on the encopresis/enuresis disorder) |
| and living in precarious conditions. But all of this is not | | | | because whereas the symptom can be removed |
| a precondition for these disorders. | | | | quickly, the underlying reason (its cause of existence, |
| So, what if your child is suffering from either of | | | | the 'meaning' of it) lies somewhere else in the |
| these disorders? | | | | person´s life history. The goal here is to |
| First you have to take into account some points: | | | | remove the root where the symptom is anchored, |
| - Have they suffered a recent breakup between | | | | to create a causeway for it to express in a less |
| their parents? | | | | pathological way. Ergo, through words. Sometimes |
| - Is one of them absent from home during long | | | | what cannot be said with the voice is spoken by the |
| periods? | | | | body in its own terms. |