Counselling For Teens: Navigating the Adolescent Years
Counselling for teens nowadays is a necessity. Teens face a lot of turmoil in their attempts to find where they fit, build solid friendships, and feel capable to take on young adulthood. As a parent it can feel heartbreaking to watch. Household dynamics can shift from pleasant to chaotic, sometimes within moments. Our counselling for teens services help both you and your teen navigate through these tough years.
Teen Challenges in Your Home
Some teen challenges you may see in your home include the following.
Your teen seems to be all over the map emotionally. She’s filled with anxiety one moment and rage the next. Friendship drama is at an all-time high and when you try to help your told that you DON’T UNDERSTAND. The tension in the house is sky high and your patience is long gone.
You’re worried about your teen. Too much time is spent behind closed doors, DISENGAGED from friends and family. Attempts of connection are rejected, and you just don’t know what to try anymore.
Is your teen going to make it through high school? Poor organizational skills, weak study habits, and the INABILITY TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for choices, leaves you wondering if it’s possible. You try to build up skills for them to succeed but are left shaking your head in frustration.
As a parent, you just want your teen to be successful. You want them to feel good about who they are, to have confidence, and to have healthy relationships. You want them to learn coping skills, to respectfully communicate feelings and needs, and to make choices that they are proud of.
Counselling for Teens that Works!
Our services, that focus on counselling for teens, not only supports teens but also their stressed-out parents. Why? Because though the teenage brain is driven towards peers, teens still need connected safe adults to turn to. Our therapists get parents and teens working together so teens can build life skills and parents can breathe, knowing their teen will be okay.
Counselling for Teens: Building Skills
Counselling for teens involves building a range of core life skills. With parents as our partners in care, our family counsellors help teens and parents with the following:
Emotional Awareness: Understanding how emotions, thoughts, body sensations, urges to act, and actions connect. Let’s not forget about how vulnerability factors impact all of those (which you’ll learn all about in sessions). Understanding and managing emotions is a core life skill that everyone needs!
Understanding: With emotional awareness comes increased understanding of what’s happening beneath the surface. The behaviours we see on the surface result from very cool things happening within our brain, nervous system, and body. Parent-child and peer relationships play a big role in this too.
Active Listening & Communication Skills: Without emotional awareness, communication is really hard. Communicating is more about listening and understanding than it is about talking, and if emotions are in the way, then listening doesn’t happen. When providing counselling for teens we get parents and teens practicing how to listen, demonstrate understanding, and communicate effectively.
Problem Solving Skills: Being adaptable, flexible, and resilient requires the use of problem-solving skills. Our counsellors help teens effectively understand their inside worlds, communicate them respectfully, and then use their creativity to solve the problems they face. They also help parents know when and how to offer support so teen brains can wire with all the necessary life skills.
Let’s Get Your Teen Building New Skills
Taking the next step for accessing counselling for teens is easy. Fill out the form below. Your teen CAN be happy, successful and confident so that they are ready for college, university, and beyond. We have the tools for them and for you as a parent, so that you can competently support them every step along the way.