Adolescent Therapy
“In youth, our blood rises and becomes volatile. Desire, worry, and anxiety increase. External circumstances now direct the rise and fall of emotions. Competition, conflict, and scheming are the norm in interactions with people. The approval and disapproval of others become important and the honest and sincere expression of thoughts and feelings is lost.”
Let's face it...
adolescence is a time of sensory and emotional overload! Hormones are raging, peer groups are often shifting, identity confusion is at an all time high and you both simultaneously want complete independence and to be taken care of. How confusing! Therapy is a place to make sense of that experience and to have a safe place to explore who you want to be in the world. If any of the following sound familiar, I can help!
Relationships & Belonging
You want close, healthy relationships, but somehow keep ending up around people you’re not even sure you like.
Maybe friendships feel complicated. You have a hard time setting boundaries, worry about losing people, or find yourself changing who you are depending on who you’re with.
Therapy can help you explore what you want from relationships, recognize patterns, and build connections where you get to be more fully yourself.
Anxiety & Overwhelm
Sometimes your nervous system feels like it’s running the show.
You might feel anxious, overwhelmed, shut down, angry, or like everything is just too much. You may understand what’s happening logically and still have no idea how to make it feel different.
Together, we can get curious about how your system responds and find ways to help you navigate big feelings—including times when you’re struggling with thoughts of self-harm or suicide.
Family
You wish you didn’t fight with your parents so much.
You want them to understand you, but conversations somehow turn into arguments. Maybe you want more independence while your parents want more involvement. Or you care about your family and still need things to change.
Therapy can offer space to understand these patterns, figure out what you need, and practice communicating in ways that feel more authentic to you.
Identity, Gender & Your Body
You don’t need to know exactly who you are before you walk through the door.
Therapy can be a space to explore gender identity, gender expression, sexuality, your relationship with your body, or other parts of your identity without pressure to arrive at a particular answer.
Maybe you’re thinking about coming out. Maybe you’re trying to decide who feels safe to tell. Maybe you’re not sure what any of it means yet.
We can start wherever you are.
Trauma & Healing
Sometimes something happens that changes the way you experience yourself, other people, or the world around you.
You might find yourself reacting in ways you don’t understand, feeling disconnected from your body, avoiding things that remind you of what happened, or wondering why you can’t just “move on.”
Healing doesn’t require forgetting what happened. Therapy can help you understand how your mind and body adapted to what you experienced and begin finding more choice, safety, and connection in the present.
You Don't Have to Have a Goal Yet
You might know exactly what you want help with. You might just know that something isn’t working.
Either is enough.
We can start by getting curious about what’s happening, what you want to be different, and what might help you feel more like yourself.