Teen Issues

Teenagers and young adults face many challenges in today’s world due to academic, social, parental, and societal pressures. Although everyone encounters times when they feel badly, if your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are negatively impacting your quality of life, this could be a sign of a mental health issue. Psychotherapy with a qualified professional provides teens with a safe place to explore personal challenges, identity/sexuality questions, social issues and family relationships.

Our clinicians help adolescents develop a more secure and healthy identity and understanding of themselves, improve communication skills, and resolve conflicts both inside and outside the home. In working with teens, our clinicians first and foremost foster a space where they feel truly safe to open up and trust in the relationship. We value authentic connection and trust.

I have 15+ years helping adolescent clients with severe mental health issues. This includes anger management, behavioral issues, relationship issues, and internet/pornography addiction.

In addition to experience working as a high school counselor, I have been seeing teens in my practice for 20 years. I have parented two teens (very different from one another) and my personal experience has given me a depth of understanding, compassion and humility that my clients find comforting and real.

I enjoy working with adolescents and their families. I believe family therapy is very powerful and can lead to significant understanding and change. I have worked with adolescents during my entire career and believe I am able to build rapport easily and support them with their goals for growth.

I have 11 years working with teens and their families, and find passion working with this group of individuals. Helping teens improve self-awareness and self worth is a large goal of mine in the therapy space. Sometimes teens just need a safe space to feel heard, other times we are addressing bigger challenges, either way, I aim to help them feel safe, while also making sure parents are included (as appropriate) and are provided with tools as well.

Help teens figure out the best way to identify and express how they are feeling. Share better communication techniques so teens and their families can begin to understand each other honestly. Allow teens to have a space to share their thoughts without being judged.

I have 11 years working with teens and their families, and find passion working with this group of individuals. Helping teens improve self-awareness and self worth is a large goal of mine in the therapy space. Sometimes teens just need a safe space to feel heard, other times we are addressing bigger challenges, either way, I am to help them feel safe, while also making sure parents are included (as appropriate) and are provided with tools as well.

Having worked with teens for the past 8 years, I strive to support adolescents in reaching their full potential while gaining a higher level of consciousness, understanding, and autonomy.​ My ability to empathize with the adolescent experience while including client-specific interventions allows me to form deep relationships with the teens that I work with in a way that is non-judgmental, non-intimidating, and effective.

Relationships Bullying Self-Esteem Trauma Anxiety Depression ADHD Developmental Concerns Peer Relationships

I’ve worked with teens in varying levels of treatment including residential treatment, intensive outpatient programs, and outpatient therapy. I love working with teens because of the unique experiences during this phase of life. The teens I help struggle with school, family relationships, peer relationships, and finding who they are and who they want to be. I help teens build confidence in all areas of their lives.

I've served in a wide range of academic environments including universities, as a professor and counselor, in nonprofits, and as a teacher in a performing arts high school. I also teach and counsel adults, and older adults in midlife or retirement transitions.

I’ve worked with teens in varying levels of treatment including residential treatment, intensive outpatient programs, and outpatient therapy. I love working with teens because of the unique experiences during this phase of life. The teens I help struggle with school, family relationships, peer relationships, and finding who they are and who they want to be. I help teens build confidence in all areas of their lives.

I have had over 11 years of experience in various roles working with adolescents. During the course of my experience I have aided many pre-teens, teens, and college aged people with various struggles such as depression, anxiety, self-harm, suicidal thoughts / acts, family conflict, abuse, eating disorders, identity formation, sexual identity formation, school stress, violent outbursts, and many more. I have also engaged in trainings and workshops surrounding these struggles for adolescents.

You’re a teenager trying to figure out who you are in this chaotic world. Maybe you’re the “caretaker” – always looking out for everyone else, but not being seen. Maybe you’re the “outsider” – often feeling different and struggling to find a place where you can be your true self. Maybe you’re a dreamer, uncertain, quiet, or loud – whoever you are, whoever you will become – I’m here to support you on your journey of self-discovery.