THERAPY FOR TEENS
Growing Up Doesn’t Have to Be Hard
Lost. Pressured. Worried. Angry.
You have expectations of yourself that you’re terrified you won’t meet. It’s hard to keep up with everything you’re involved in from school, to sports, to friendships.
You compare yourself to the people around you from your looks to your grades.
You want to make your parents proud. You avoid talking to them about things sometimes because it’s just easier.
You may have had thoughts like…
“What if I let myself down”?
“I just want to relax and have fun”.
“Is this pressure ever going to leave me alone?”
If you constantly feel like this every day, then it’s taking a toll on your relationships, your energy and how you take care of yourself. Anyone who has the pressures and worries you have would feel like you are feeling.
You know you want to feel better but aren’t sure how. What’s at stake is important, feeling calmer and more in control, or dealing with problems the same way and hoping they just disappear.
The reality is growing up doesn’t have to be this hard. Life can feel a lot easier. With the right help, change is possible.
Why do we feel anxious?
Being a teenager is hard. You are changing physically, emotionally, hormonally, intellectually and socially. You feel the pressure of needing to do well in school but you don’t have the confidence or the skills to feel successful with so much homework, distractions and other activities.
You want to keep family members proud and pleased with you; especially if there’s already conflict in the house. Your friendships have changed over the years and you’ve seen how difficult it can be to find true friends. Of course it’s stressful!
On top of that, social media can add to the pressure of keeping up with everyone and everything. Keeping up with Snapchat streaks or being on Insta is also overwhelming at times. It’s a nice escape from responsibilities, but looking at posts makes you feel envious, excited, embarrassed and upset.You have self-defeating thoughts that you know are irrational but they still feel pretty convincing.
All of this stress has a negative impact on your ability to function in your daily responsibilities. It interferes with sleep, school, family, relationships, and more.
I am here to help.
Therapy helps get to the root cause of your stress by figuring out why you’re constantly feeling confused, worried, upset and stuck.
Whether it’s the stress of keeping up with school, dealing with family conflict, worrying about a relationship you’re in, there is always a root cause for why you can’t seem to relax. Something that just won’t seem to leave you alone.
By talking about it and getting to the bottom of it, the stress of it can get lifted off your shoulders, as you feel less alone with the problem.
Once the underlying stress has a weaker grip, a wave of relief makes life lighter as you start to feel like yourself again.
Now you can appreciate each day without so much struggle.
You can wake up feeling positive, ready to embrace the day with less worry and more confidence. You finally feel more free and more hopeful.
But I also go one step further and give you the tools so that you consistently return back to the feeling of control and confidence, and don’t have to stress about staying in the lost, pressured angry feelings.
Knowing that, you can be more at peace and enjoy life.
And To The Parents Reading This…
As parents, sometimes it is too easy to downplay the stress our teenagers are experiencing.
While the teenage years have always been a somewhat crazy time, there are new stressors that we didn’t often experience when we were growing up that are creating new challenges for our youth.
Teens today are in more after school activities than when we were young, which leaves little downtime. Social media and constant “on” cell phones mean the social pressures and sometimes bullying behavior are always with our teens reinforcing negative messages. When many of us grew up we could leave those things behind when we left school and while we didn’t forget them, we weren’t constantly facing the pressures and feelings of an unsafe world our children face today.
If there’s family conflict in the home, teens don’t want to feel like a burden and will minimize how it’s affecting them.
It’s Time for Change
If you’re ready to experience that change, if you’re ready to live a life without always feeling stressed, then I’m ready to help guide you on your journey.
I know it can feel scary to reach out, but it can be the first step on the path to your feeling better.
Therapy can help.
I’m here to understand and support you on your path
Let’s talk.
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