Patch Counseling

TEENS

Being a teenager is hard and I would say, even harder in the current age of social media and the post-pandemic era. Patch Counseling has familiarity with Poway USD middle schools and High Schools, as well as an understanding of the competitiveness of academics and the toll juggling extracurricular activities can take.

We are here to help teens as they move through this difficult stage of development. Patch Counseling uses a combination of Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (CBT & DBT) and compassion focused therapy in order to teach distress tolerance, boundary setting as a more helpful way to balance responsibilities and social pressures. Therapy will often focus on learning ways to complete the stress cycle through use of mindfulness, connection with safe people and asking for help without feeling guilty or shame.

Additionally, we assist families in navigating a teen’s desire for autonomy and independence, while providing a non-judgmental space for identify formation. Our team will provide periodic parent-coaching sessions to support the individual teen therapy. During these coaching sessions we teach parents a more helpful way of communicating and support them in identifying reasonable expectations for their teen.

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We can help.

 

Contact Patch Counseling today to schedule a free consultation in order to see if one of our team members would be a good fit for helping your teen and your family.

 

Teens in Therapy