Teen Therapy
It can get better.
Middle school and high school can be incredibly hard.
There’s the stuff that most people are dealing with: friend group drama, school stress, family, social media chaos, first relationships and first rejections.
Then there’s the extra stuff that some people get to shoulder: depression, anxiety, panic attacks, grief, family crisis, body image struggles, bullying, sexual assault, out-of-control partying, figuring out LGBTQ+ identity… and the list goes on.
Therapy is a place where teens can talk about the things that are making life challenging with someone neutral.
Being a therapist instead of a parent, I won’t have intense emotional reactions or hand out consequences, which makes therapy a safe space to figure out more about what’s going on and where things can shift to make life feel easier and more enjoyable.
Some of the techniques I use in therapy are:
Schema therapy assessments and tools to clarify where unhelpful core beliefs come from
Cognitive-behavioral techniques to reality-check negative thoughts and worries
Trauma-focused work to unpack the effects of traumas and difficult experiences
Planning and organizational skills to help make progress toward goals
Communication skills to improve relationships with family and friends
Art therapy to help express emotions and gain understanding of experiences through means other than words