Teen Therapy

As a specialist in adolescent issues, I have worked with adolescents and families for the past eleven years in various capacities.

I have developed my clinical skills within schools, hospitals, residential facilities and private practice. In addition, I have extensive experience working with special needs students struggling with emotional, behavioral and learning difficulties.

My fondness for the teenage population stems from a strong understanding of the unique challenges facing today’s youth. Teens today are inundated with conflicting messages from the media, changing family dynamics, dangerous club drugs, high stakes testing, online distress, cell phone madness and self-supervision. Even the most protected adolescents are exposed to many of these elements. My work with teens addresses these and other difficult issues and challenges young people to stretch the boundaries of communication with their parents.

I distinguish myself from other therapists in my ability to connect quickly, effectively and mutually respectfully with teens. I strive to continuously assist young people in exploring their inner world and simultaneously challenging them to take greater responsibility for their decision-making.

My approach to working with teen is interactive, solution-focused, collaborative and existential. I feel strongly that teens need honest, direct and creative approaches to mobilizing them. There is modest use for traditional psychodynamic approaches for contemporary kids who often have little tolerance for therapy to begin with.


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