Therapy for adolescents

 

Seeing a psychologist can be greatly beneficial for teenagers experiencing life challenges. The teenage years can be a difficult transitional phase for most adolescents/teens and their families. The societal pressures on young people are ever increasing and navigating life, who they are and what they need becomes difficult.  

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Many young people feel they cannot talk to their parents or friends about their difficulties and struggle alone with many life questions and issues.  Adolescence is a unique developmental phase, with it's own unique challenges.  Cognitively and emotionally the adolescent is at a different developmental level and therefore a different therapeutic process is called for.  In therapy it is important for the psychologist to enter the teenager's world and understand their environment and experiences from their perspective while creating a safe and confidential space for them to talk in.

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Difficulties addressed in therapy:

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• Anxiety

• Depression

• Suicidal thoughts

• Self-harming behaviour

• Anger

• Interpersonal and social difficulties

• Behavioural problems

• Self-esteem/Self-confidence

• Adjustment to parental divorce/separation

• Bullying 

• Academic difficulties

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Book an appointment with Jolene Sidler, Educational Psychologist.

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