Therapy for Adolescents
Dear Teen —
Are you feeling overwhelmed right now?
Maybe you’re worried about your grades, or getting into college, or what other people think of you. You might stay up late at night thinking about your worries or trying to distract yourself from them. Maybe you’re exhausted and don’t feel motivated to go to school every day. You might be frustrated that you don’t know how to feel better or annoyed that others don’t seem to understand how hard things are right now.
In therapy, I often talk with teens about how to cope with strong emotions, manage stress, feel more self-confident, navigate relationships, identify their values, imagine what they want for their future — and work toward it.
Therapy is a space for you to share at your own pace. I also have training in a specialized therapy approach (EMDR) that can help you process through negative feelings and thoughts that past overwhelming or traumatic experiences may have caused.
I work with teens ages 14 and older. I believe everybody deserves a safe, nonjudgmental place to be seen, heard, and known. If you think this space would be helpful for you, please reach out so we can talk about how I may be able to support you.
A Note for Parents & Caregivers
Are you concerned that your teen is overwhelmed with stress, feeling irritable, expressing sadness, or isolating?
When you see your child in pain, you naturally want to help, but it often feels hard to know how. With all the changes and pressures that teens are experiencing physiologically, socially, emotionally, and academically in a stressful world, it can often become overwhelming for teens to navigate it all and may be challenging for parents or caregivers to know how to best support them.
It can be healing for adolescents to have a space to go that is dedicated to helping them process their feelings and experiences. I work with teens impacted by symptoms of depression, anxiety, or trauma.
I help teens to better understand their emotions, learn coping skills, build confidence, explore their identity, recognize their values, access sources of support, and work toward the future they want.
The personal growth made and skills learned in therapy have the potential to help set your adolescent up for future success and benefit their mental health in the long-term. When you bring your teen to therapy, you are not only providing valuable support to them while they navigate adolescence — you are giving them the chance to invest in their emotional wellbeing and build a strong foundation for the future.
If this sounds like something your teen is interested in, please reach out to me to schedule a time to connect.
“One day you will look back and see that all along you were blooming.”
~ Morgan Harper Nichols