Harmful Sexual Behaviours

We offer support and counselling to a child and parent/s to understand what may be behind the inappropriate or harmful sexualised behaviours and to learn strategies that re-direct the inappropriate behaviour and support positive experiences and connections in the child’s life.

Most sexual behaviours in young children (including behaviours that involve another child) are developmentally normal and require nothing more than a calm, corrective response from the parent or carer.

Sexual behaviours in children (up to 9 years) may be considered problematic if a child targets a more vulnerable child, is resistant to normal parental correction and appropriate boundary setting or if the behaviour is of a nature that is distressing.

A disclosure of PSBs, particularly toward a sibling or a child relative or a close friend can be devastating for a family and may leave parent/carers experiencing disbelief, confusion, shock, grief, shame, despair, self-doubt and self-blame.

It’s important that if your child is displaying harmful sexual behaviours that you seek the advice of a professional, we are here to help. We are also able to offer secondary consultations to professionals, schools and GPs.