All parents need to repeatedly reconnect with their teens, just to repair the the daily erosion created by life's normal distractions and separations. We need to rethink the old metaphor of separating from our teens and replace it with the concept of extension. That is, during adolescence, teenagers need to extend away from their parents, all the while staying connected to their parents.
Their job is to extend; our job as parents is to connect. Symptoms of depression in adolescents aren't always easy to identify because they often appear as normal adolescent behavior. Mindfulness is a treatment method, as is cognitive behavior therapy, proven to reduce symptoms of depression through understanding of how thoughts, feelings, and behavior are connected while being aware and fully in the present moment.
All teens experience some amount of anxiety at times. Anxiety is actually a normal reaction to stress, and sometimes it helps teens deal with tense or overwhelming situations. Trauma is the response to a deeply distressing or disturbing event that overwhelms an individual's ability to cope.
Their job is to extend; our job as parents is to connect. Symptoms of depression in adolescents aren't always easy to identify because they often appear as normal adolescent behavior. Mindfulness is a treatment method, as is cognitive behavior therapy, proven to reduce symptoms of depression through understanding of how thoughts, feelings, and behavior are connected while being aware and fully in the present moment.
All teens experience some amount of anxiety at times. Anxiety is actually a normal reaction to stress, and sometimes it helps teens deal with tense or overwhelming situations. Trauma is the response to a deeply distressing or disturbing event that overwhelms an individual's ability to cope.
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I have an unrelenting passion for helping youth and families experience success.
I have over 15 years' experience providing therapeutic services to children, adolescents, and families in multiple settings.
My therapy practice focuses primarily on children, adolescents, and families in the greater Hartford community.
This allows me to provide individual, family, and group therapy to those that struggle both in an out of school.
In my past work as an outpatient therapist in a community-based treatment center and in-home intensive adolescent and family therapist, much emphasis was placed on improving youth functioning at home, in school, and in the community when facing such issues as delinquency, truancy, depression, anxiety, and addiction.
I have over 15 years' experience providing therapeutic services to children, adolescents, and families in multiple settings.
My therapy practice focuses primarily on children, adolescents, and families in the greater Hartford community.
This allows me to provide individual, family, and group therapy to those that struggle both in an out of school.
In my past work as an outpatient therapist in a community-based treatment center and in-home intensive adolescent and family therapist, much emphasis was placed on improving youth functioning at home, in school, and in the community when facing such issues as delinquency, truancy, depression, anxiety, and addiction.
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