Is your teenager experiencing an increase in anxiety, struggling to communicate emotions, or beginning to exhibit risky behavior?

• Are they closed off and unwilling to communicate?
• Do they struggle to maintain self care?
• Are they impulsive and reactive towards you?
• Have you observed them isolating themselves?
• Do you notice a change in their social lives?

During teenage years parents often notice changes occurring in their adolescent’s mind, body, and spirit.  Adolescents are faced with both internal and external challenges as they enter the next stage of their development.  Often during this time teens are needing additional support to expand their understanding of themselves and their lived experiences. Further attention and support promotes the pursuit of practical skills to cope and manage the evolving challenges in their lives.   

During this time guardians and parents are often faced with difficult questions and decisions to make.

• Why is my teen resistant to my support?
• Will my teen’s risky behavior lead to long term consequences?
• How do I best support this transitional time?
• Do I intervene or will my teen reach out for help?
• When will this change? How can it change?

As a parent, your love and concern has led you to explore your available options.  Through the process of counseling with a professional therapist your teen has the opportunity to pursue health and foster their evolving relationship with you.

Most teens face some form of adversity at this time in their lives.

Adolescents are at such an interesting time of development, which is why families can experience many challenges during this stage.  Teenagers often find they are at the crossroads of dependence and independence and this can be hard to navigate for both child and parent.

We believe that everyone is moving toward health the best way they know how.  Through the therapy process adolescents are supported in connecting more clearly with who they are, and in doing so they create opportunities for healthier relationships with others.  Additionally, we offer parenting support, as seems appropriate, for each family.  This is a time rich in opportunity to implement change and introduce a new path for your adolescent to take.

We can help support both you and your teen.

Therapy at the Louisville Family Center offers an opportunity to build a relationship with a caring therapist who can model connection to self and offer authentic feedback.  Through the use of non violent communication, development of somatic awareness, and implementation of mindful practices teens are both taught and encouraged to use such techniques to foster a new relationship with themselves and their inner challenges .

At the Louisville family center we believe that the entire family is a crucial component to the therapeutic process.  Your therapist will not only be working with your teen, they can work with you as well.  As parents/guardians we can sometimes get so focused on the experience of our child that we forget to connect to what is happening for us.  We offer varying formats such as a 10 minute check-in or longer meetings if needed. Caregivers have the opportunity to see the parent/child dynamic more clearly and build awareness of their own experience during times of stress at home and in the world.