Eight year old Shreya was
always a happy, active and intelligent child. She got on well with her family
and friends. Her teachers at school always had a good word to say about her.
About a year ago, there was a marked change in Shreya’s behavior. She began to
have trouble concentrating in school and she became very quiet and withdrawn. Her parents were at their wits end trying to
understand the reason for this marked change in their precious daughter. They
took her to a child counselor but Shreya refused to co-operate. It was then
that a family friend advised Shreya’s mother to consult an expert in children’s
handwriting analysis.
Shreya’s mother showed the
graphologist samples of Shreya’s handwriting collected over a period of time.
She also showed her own handwriting along with those of Shreya’s father. The
Graphologist on analyzing the handwriting was able to correctly identify the
cause for the change in Shreya’s behavior. According to her, Shreya was
extremely disturbed by the activities of one of the bigger (in size) girls in
her class who had taken to picking on Shreya at every possible opportunity. She
even threatened Shreya’s friends into avoiding the poor child. This bully
taunted Shreya and hit her frequently. Shreya was too cowed down by this girl
to speak to any grown up about these incidents because she feared further
bullying in retaliation and so she withdrew into a shell of fear and
insecurity.
Through several Graphotherapy sessions,
the Graphologist was able to help Shreya shed her insecurities and get her old
self back. The Graphotherapy sessions involved handwriting therapy
not only for little Shreya but for her parents as well through which the
parents were guided towards making some changes in their handwriting so as to
improve their compatibility as a couple, in order to provide an atmosphere of
security at home for Shreya. Shreya’s parents visited Shreya’s school and had
an objective and healthy discussion with the school authorities regarding the
bullying experienced by Shreya which incidentally in turn helped the girl who
was doing the bullying get some counseling support as well.
This fortunately is a story
that had a happy ending, but there are so many little children like Shreya who
are troubled and disturbed but unable to express themselves. Children do not
have the same skills to understand and clearly express their inner turmoil in
words. They use various non-verbal means to express their disturbed state of
mind which are hard to understand. This is where children’s handwriting analysis
can step in and be of help. As may be deducted from the term itself, children's
handwriting analysis is the study of a child’s handwriting to
understand her inner personality and to identify disturbances if any. The
activity does not end at mere analysis; it is followed by in-depth discussions
with the parents or guardians and also interactive sessions with the child
concerned. This is then followed by the commencement of handwriting therapy
sessions, where the child’s handwriting is modified through empathetic guidance
from the graphologist. As has been seen from Shreya’s case, the child’s parents
may also need to undergo handwriting therapy to bring about positive changes
for the child’s well-being and development.
The need of the hour is to
spread the knowledge about how helpful children’s handwriting analysis is, and
how beneficial it is when coupled with handwriting therapy by an experienced
graphologist, so that many more troubled children may regain the peace and
innocence of childhood.
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