G-8 Markaz & Bahria Enclave, Islamabad
Children & Teenagers

Child Psychologist in Islamabad

PRTS Clinic provides expert child psychology services in Islamabad for children and teenagers: emotional struggles, behavior problems, school difficulties, and developmental concerns, with assessment and therapy under one roof.

The work is supervised by Dr. Uzma Masroor, consultant clinical psychologist with 28 years of experience whose core specialties include child behavior, learning problems, autism, and ADHD. Sessions run at G-8 Markaz and Bahria Enclave, with online parent consultations available, in English and Urdu.

To book, call or WhatsApp 0335-4170919.
You may recognise this

When Your Child's Behavior Is Trying to Tell You Something

The school has called again, and you already know what they are going to say.

Meltdowns that feel too big for the situation, and too big for his age.

She was fine last year. This year she cries about school every single morning.

He is glued to a screen not because he loves it, but because he cannot seem to stop.

The youngest talks to everyone. This one has gone quiet, and you noticed.

You have tried strictness, and you have tried softness. Neither reached the problem.

Children almost never walk up and say I am struggling. They say it through behavior, sleep, appetite, grades, and silence. Child psychology is the discipline of translating that language accurately, and then answering it.
The core idea

Bad Behavior Is Usually a Message

The tantrum, the aggression, the school refusal, the endless screen battles: these are rarely the actual problem. They are the visible edge of something the child cannot express yet. Discipline alone treats the surface, which is why the same battle keeps returning to the same house every evening. Understanding treats the cause, and the surface settles on its own.

And to say it plainly, because every parent in our office eventually asks:

This is not about blaming your parenting. Children arrive with temperaments, difficulties, and sensitivities nobody chose. The question is never whose fault it is. The question is what this particular child needs, and that question has an answer.
Reading the signals

What It Looks Like vs What It Can Mean

 

What it looks like at homeWhat it can mean underneath
Aggression, hitting, breaking thingsFrustration the child does not have words for yet
School refusal every morningAnxiety, bullying, or a learning difficulty hiding underneath
Falling grades despite obvious abilityAttention problems, or a worry occupying the mind’s front seat
Screen obsession, and rage when it endsA regulation difficulty, not simple disobedience
Sudden silence and withdrawalLow mood, or something the child cannot say out loud

Read that table as possibilities, not verdicts. The same behavior can have five different causes in five different children, and the treatment only works when it matches the cause. That matching is exactly what a professional evaluation does.

Myth

He will grow out of it, and taking him to a psychologist will label him for life.

Fact

Some things are phases, and patterns that persist for months across home and school usually are not. Early support means smaller, shorter work while the difficulty is still soft. And there is no public label: everything stays confidential, reports exist to unlock help, and the school or relatives learn only what you choose to share.

Areas we work on

What We Help Children and Teenagers With

Whatever brought you here, the first consultation decides whether the right first step is assessment, therapy, or both.

Emotional struggles

Fears, worry, low mood, anger that arrives fast and leaves slowly.

Behavior problems

Tantrums, defiance, aggression, and the daily battles that exhaust everyone.

School difficulties

Refusal, focus problems, and falling performance, with a structured psychological assessment in Islamabad when learning or attention needs formal

Developmental concerns

Speech, social connection, and milestones, including a dedicated autism assessment in Islamabad when the question is on the table.

Habits and regulation

Sleep battles, screen dependence, and eating routines that have become daily conflicts.

Confidence and social skills

The child who cannot make friends, or cannot survive losing a game.

Teenagers

Exam pressure, identity, mood swings, and the closed door that used to be open.

Our process

How Child Sessions Work at PRTS Clinic

1

Parents first

The opening conversation happens without the child in the room, so you can speak freely and the child never hears themselves described as a problem.
2

The child's own sessions

Age appropriate from the start: play based and activity based methods for younger children, straight talk and respect for teenagers. Trust is built before any technique is used.
3

Parent guidance in parallel

You get practical tools for home, because ninety percent of a child’s week happens outside our office.
4

School coordination, only with consent

Where it helps, we guide the school on what to do differently. Nothing is shared without your permission.
5

Open reviews

Progress is discussed with parents at agreed points, in plain language, with the plan adjusted as your child grows through it.
A fair question

Will My Child Even Talk to a Stranger?

The answer is that we do not ask children to sit across a desk and explain themselves. Young children communicate through play, drawing, and games, which is precisely how our clinicians work with them.

Teenagers get something rarer: a room where nobody is grading them, where what they say is not reported back to anyone, and where an adult listens without a lecture loaded.

Many children end up looking forward to their sessions for exactly that reason.

Related work

When the Whole House Needs the Work

Sometimes the child’s struggle is tangled with the household itself: parents pulling in different directions, a tense joint family, a recent loss. In those cases individual child sessions join hands with our family therapy in Islamabad, so the child changes and the environment changes with them.

Treating a child and returning them to an unchanged pattern is half a treatment, and we do not do half treatments.

Our credentials

Why Parents Trust PRTS Clinic

Child behavior, learning problems, autism, and ADHD sit at the center of Dr. Uzma Masroor’s clinical specialties, built over 28 years of practice, alongside her affiliation with Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University and her former role heading the Department of Professional Psychology at Bahria University, Islamabad.
28
Years of consultant clinical psychology experience supervising the work.
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Child friendly centers: G-8 Markaz and Bahria Enclave.
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Languages for sessions and parent guidance: English and Urdu.
Our female led clinical team works in English and Urdu, in child friendly rooms at both centers, and everything stays confidential. Meet the clinicians on our team page.
FEES

Fee and Booking

Rs. 6,500 /

Per session, for child sessions and parent consultations alike

Book at G-8 Markaz or Bahria Enclave, with online parent consultations available. Call or WhatsApp 0335-4170919, tell us your child’s age and what you are seeing, and we will plan the right first step.
FEES

Fee and Booking

Rs. 6,500 /
Per session, for child sessions and parent consultations alike
Book at G-8 Markaz or Bahria Enclave, with online parent consultations available. Call or WhatsApp 0335-4170919, tell us your child’s age and what you are seeing, and we will plan the right first step.
VISIT US

Our Centers in Islamabad

CENTER 1

G-8 Markaz

Islamabad Specialists Clinic,
Ground Floor, Time Square Plaza,
G-8 Markaz, Islamabad.

CENTER 2

Bahria Enclave

Panorama Plaza,
Commercial Avenue, Sector A,
Bahria Enclave, Islamabad.

Common questions

Frequently Asked Questions

From toddlers to teenagers. The approach changes with the age: play based and activity based methods for younger children, structured conversation and skills work for older children and teens, and parent guidance running alongside at every stage.
No. The parents first session is private, and clear ground rules are set so nobody gets ambushed with their own words. Your child’s sessions have their own protected space too, which is exactly why children open up in them. Trust is guarded in both directions.
It depends on the question. If the priority is understanding what is going on, especially with school, attention, or development, a structured assessment usually comes first. If the difficulty is already clear, therapy can begin directly. The first consultation decides this with you, and many children benefit from both in sequence.
For very young children, sometimes yes in the beginning, then gradually less. Older children and teenagers are usually seen alone, because that is where honest work happens, while you receive parallel parent guidance. The plan is explained to you before it starts, never sprung on you.
Only if you want it to. Nothing is shared with the school, relatives, or anyone else without your written consent. When you do want school coordination, we guide the teachers on what to change, which often speeds everything up.
Sessions are Rs. 6,500 each at PRTS Clinic, for child sessions and parent consultations alike. Call or WhatsApp 0335-4170919 to book at G-8 Markaz or Bahria Enclave.

Book a Child Psychologist in Islamabad Today

You have been the detective long enough: watching, guessing, googling at midnight. Let a professional read the language your child is speaking. Call or WhatsApp PRTS Clinic and book the parents first conversation this week, at G-8 Markaz, Bahria Enclave, or online.