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Online Therapy for Teens
Building the foundation for a confident, connected and balanced future
Are you worried that the difficulties of today will be carried to a painful and challenging future? Do you feel that these struggles have gotten out of control and too difficult to handle? Are you feeling overwhelmed and not quite sure what to do? You know something isn’t right and you are worried things will never be right again.
You are not alone.
Common teenage issues addressed in therapy:
Anxiety & depression
Academic struggles & underperformance
Self-esteem & confidence
Trauma
Body and eating issues
Grief & loss
Peer relationships
Gender & sexuality
Family conflict, change, and boundaries
Transitions
Self-injury & suicidal ideation
Substance use, abuse, addiction issues
Technology boundaries and proper usage
Are You Ready To Go From Barely Surviving To Actually Thriving?
Therapy with teens is not just about venting or complaining about school or parents. Adolescence is a confusing and intense time in life. Because of this, teens need a safe space to process their experiences and feelings as they continue to learn and develop. Continuous venting or complaining with peers can create a hopeless, helpless loop.
Therapy with me is an opportunity to discover strengths and values, learn about patterns and beliefs, and to develop practical skills and tools to handle difficult emotions and situations with confidence.
Teens often feel misunderstood, and in reality, they aren’t always wrong. Concerning behaviors can appear as a result of feeling like they are being misunderstood. Behaviors such as laziness, “craziness,” defiance or simply a lack of concern may appear on the surface — covering up for underlying struggles. This combined with challenging emotions, scarce tools, and typical adolescent self-doubt creates fertile ground for a negative identity and poor perception of self. Teens can carry these damaging self-beliefs into adulthood impacting their well-being.
Because of their developmental phase, teens have particular needs that require a specific set of skills and tools.
My extensive training, education, and experience gives me a deep understanding of adolescent development and struggles. Young people have been my exclusive focus, and I am thoroughly equipped to attend to the unique challenges and needs during this specific time in life. My professional work and practice is dedicated to young people.
You, your family, and your teen will emerge from these years stronger and more resilient than before.
You Will Never Regret Investing in a Positive & Healthy Future.
The work we will do together:
Social
Improve self-confidence
Stronger and meaningful relationships
Increase participation in life
Improve communication
Decrease vulnerability to pressures
Emotional
Increase self worth and self-esteem
Increase self -awareness
Increase emotional regulation
Increase resilience
Increase insight about feelings, patterns and beliefs
Behavioral
Develop self regulation skills
Develop healthier coping skills
Increase impulse control
Greater accountability
Build stronger decision making skills
Common questions about teenage therapy:
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The most effective therapeutic spaces provide an opportunity for young people to express themselves freely without fear of judgement or punishment. Therefore, confidentiality is maintained at all times — unless there is a clear danger to self or others. If there are important things to discuss with parents, I will always ask for consent and most often will request that the teen is present.
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Parents involvement is vital to therapy. I always seek to create healthy lines of communication between teens and their parents with openness, respect, and healthy boundaries.
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This is very common! The idea of therapy can feel daunting. I recommend giving therapy a 3-5 session try. Most often, once connection with your therapist is formed, initial hesitancy dissipates.