When a child struggles with reading, writing, attention or keeping up at school, it can affect their confidence far beyond the classroom. The Meeting Matters provides educational remedial therapy for children with learning difficulties in Islamabad and online across Pakistan — individualized, child-centered support that builds academic skills alongside emotional confidence.
Parents reach out about children struggling to keep up with reading, writing or maths, difficulty concentrating or staying focused in class, frustration or low confidence around schoolwork, and attention and concentration challenges that affect both learning and behaviour at home. Often academic struggles and emotional wellbeing are closely connected — a child who feels behind at school frequently develops anxiety or acts out as a result.
Educational remedial therapy combines individualized, child-centered learning strategies with attention to the emotional side of struggling academically. Rather than treating learning difficulties as purely academic, our approach builds attention, communication and social skills alongside practical study strategies — while equipping parents with home-based learning strategies to reinforce progress.
Sessions are tailored to each child's specific learning profile, working on attention and concentration, reading and comprehension strategies, and confidence around schoolwork — with regular parent guidance sessions covering practical, home-based strategies to support learning day-to-day.
Children with diagnosed or suspected learning difficulties, attention and concentration challenges affecting schoolwork, or those simply falling behind and losing confidence at school — including children who haven't been formally assessed but are clearly struggling more than they should.
The first session focuses on understanding your child's specific learning challenges and how they show up both at school and at home. From there, your child's therapist builds an individualized plan, working directly with your child while giving you concrete strategies to reinforce learning at home.

Teenage Counselor & Educational Remedial Therapist
As an Educational Remedial Therapist, Lamiah Munaf provides individualized, child-centered support for learning difficulties and attention & concentration challenges — building academic confidence alongside practical, home-based learning strategies for parents.
What Lamiah helps with:
The Meeting Matters has been providing professional counseling, therapy and training since 2010 — over fifteen years of clinical experience supporting individuals, couples and families across Pakistan and around the world. Our psychologists are trained in evidence-based approaches including CBT, DBT, EMDR and psychodynamic therapy, delivered through confidential online counseling and online therapy as well as in-person sessions at our Islamabad clinic.
Alongside specialist support for this concern, you have access to our full range of services — the same experienced team, available online or in person:
One-to-one online counseling and therapy for anxiety, depression, stress and personal growth.
Online relationship counseling for communication, conflict and rebuilding trust.
Online marriage counseling for couples working through distress or disconnection.
Guided conversations before marriage, available online.
Family counseling for communication, parenting and conflict resolution.
Child and adolescent therapy with parent guidance.
Secure online therapy sessions from anywhere.
Workplace wellbeing programs for organisations.
Support for career transitions and workplace stress.
Take the first step toward better mental health. Our compassionate team is here to support you.
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