therapy for parents of teens
Are you overwhelmed by your teen’s big emotions and self-destructive behaviors?
When you’re parenting a teenager with mental health concerns, it’s like your heart is breaking every day.
The sleepless nights, the frequent battles, and the constant worrying… and confronting issues like depression, anxiety, and self-harm is not exactly something you learned how to do in school.
Let’s face it – there’s a lot that no one ever taught you.
Can you relate to any of this?
You second-guess yourself, constantly worrying whether you’re pushing too hard or giving in too easily.
You’re desperately trying not to repeat negative patterns from your own upbringing, but you don’t know if you’re overshooting it and creating new issues.
You were the black sheep in your family growing up. Maybe you had to grow up too fast or maybe your parents never quite cracked the code on how to meet your needs. You figured out how to get through it, but not without piles of unresolved pain along the way.
You’re grieving. The life you have is not what you imagined it would be. Your child is struggling. Your nervous system is fried.
You’d love to lean on your “support system” but that feels near impossible because you’re the one who has to keep it all together while everyone falls apart around you.
…If so, you deserve support, too.
When parents get therapy, the whole family system thrives.
Imagine being able to:
✔️ Learn new coping skills to handle overwhelming emotions in a productive way that leads to growth
✔️ Discover strategies to parent your teen through their ups and downs that reinforce healthy behaviors
✔️ Calm the chaos and create a sense of safety at home to help soothe yours and your teen’s nervous systems
✔️ Express yourself with calm and clarity and have more productive, connected conversations with your teen
✔️ Navigate your own emotions with a new toolkit and find yourself amongst the loss
✔️ Break through generational patterns so that you don’t pass them on
✔️ Unlock your full potential as a parent and a human being with the capacity to handle any challenges that come your way
It is possible. And we can help.
We offer specialized counseling and therapy services for parents designed to help you develop essential skills for finding genuine happiness and fulfillment.
How It Works
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This is required for all caregivers when teens begin treatment.
This direct involvement allows us to learn firsthand how to help you support and reinforce the progress your teen is making.
Learn techniques to validate your teen’s emotions, fostering understanding and empathy for their experiences.
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Participate in a parent skills group that mirrors the emotional regulation strategies your teen is learning.
This equips you with tools to aid your teen and also enhances your own emotional regulation skills.
This preparation empowers you to be a strong, stable presence, enabling effective co-regulation of emotions at home.
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Parents go first!
Engage in your own therapy sessions concurrent to your teen’s therapy.
This advanced option provides you with insight into how your teen’s behaviors may trigger your own past experiences, fostering deep personal growth and improving family dynamics.
Healing yourself and your own inner child is the best gift you can give to your teen. When parents go first, the entire family system moves forward.
While adding this service requires significant time and resources in addition to your teen’s treatment, it delivers the most impactful and lasting results, creating an emotionally stable environment for the entire family.