Therapeutic work for families with infants
View connections →We support parents expecting a child or families with concerns about interaction with an infant under the age of one.
Published by: City of Helsinki, The Social Services, Health Care and Rescue Services Division · Municipality
Description language: English
Coverage: Selected municipalities, regions or wellbeing services counties
About this service
Description
As a parent you may experience uncertainty, worry, anxiety or depressive symptoms during or after the baby is born. The infant may cry a lot or be restless or difficult to calm down or have challenges with sleeping and eating.
Therapeutic work for families with infants supports the interaction between the parent and the baby and the baby’s development. Parents have the opportunity to work on their parenting skills, as well as their relationship with the infant, their partner and other loved ones.
Our forms of work include meetings with a parent and a baby as well as couple, family and group meetings. If necessary, we can make home visits.
We offer therapeutic work for families with infants if the support provided by family members or maternity and child health clinics and other basic services is not enough.
If you are interested in therapeutic work for families with infants, please contact social counselling for families with children or submit an application in Maisa.
Send a message via Maisa by selecting Social Services > Submit an Application/Services for families with children. We will respond to you within three working days. If we cannot reach you by phone, you will get a reply in Maisa.
You can apply for therapeutic work for families with infants during your 20th pregnancy week, at the earliest.
The service is free of charge.
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Conditions
Therapeutic work for families with infants is intended for expecting families and for families with a child under the age on one year, when the worries concerning the birth of the infant and the following months are reflected in the parenthood and the relationship between the parent and the infant. The assistance of the reception for families with infants is necessary, when the support by loved ones or the maternity clinic and other basic services in no longer sufficient.
A parent's substance abuse or an acute domestic violence problem is an obstacle to the therapeutic work.
The service is only for citizens of Helsinki.
Where and how to get help
Social counseling for... - Social counseling telephone service for families with children in Swedish · TelephoneService
We help when you need help with parenting problems, parenting challenges or stressful everyday life.
Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, Finnish
Phone: 358 931015454 · Charged
Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.
Social counseling for... - Social counseling telephone service for families with children in Finnish · TelephoneService
We help when you need help with parenting problems, parenting challenges or stressful everyday life.
Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, Finnish
Phone: 358 931015454 · Charged
Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.
Therapeutic work for families with infants in Malmi · Visit in person
We offer therapeutic work for families with infants when, for example, support from the family or maternity and child health clinic is not enough.
Description: English · Service languages: Finnish
Visit address: Malmin asematie 3 A, 2. krs 00700
Phone: 358 931015454 · Charged
Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.
Social counseling for families with children - Maisa online service · Online service
We help when you need help with parenting problems, parenting challenges or stressful everyday life.
Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish
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Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.
Southern-Western work with families with infants · Visit in person
We offer therapeutic work for families with infants when, for example, support from the family or maternity and child health clinic is not enough.
Description: English · Service languages: Finnish
Visit address: Itämerenkatu 5 A 00180
Phone: 358 931015454 · Charged
Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.
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