Teens, Teenagers, Adolescents, Youth.
These words strike fear into the hearts of many adults. Our team loves this bunch – whatever you call them.
We pay great attention to detail and expend a lot of effort in connecting with each teen so that they feel like we ‘get it’ and understand their unique situation as fully as possible. While all our psychologists and counsellors agree that nurturing a positive relationship is essential to everything they do, with teens, relationship-building is beyond crucial. What teens we work with like and need to know is that we take their privacy and their safety very seriously. We spend a significant amount of time in the first session ensuring that each teen understands the boundaries surrounding confidentiality and privacy so that each young person can feel as comfortable as possible discussing their life. We feel grateful to have gained the trust of so many teens over the years as we have worked to support their resilience and help them enjoy their lives.
Our team offers the following to teens:
Psychoeducational Assessments to answer questions and define issues that affect their academics, happiness and future, such as:
- learning style
- giftedness
- learning disabilities
- ADHD
- career and university choice
Psychovocational Assessments and Career Assessments give guidance to those looking to choose the best fit in terms of career and educational pathways. Interests, skills and aptitude are assessed, and a detailed report and feedback are key takeaways that help youth to make decisions about their future. In-person and online (telehealth) counselling and therapy to help teens to be strong and to bounce back from life’s challenges, as well as maximizing their ability to enjoy their lives and appreciate the good. Our team offers interventions based on art therapy, cognitive behavioural treatment (CBT) and person-centred techniques, and we specialize in attachment approaches to help teens deepen their connection with their parents and families.
Some of the life situations that our team helps teens with include things like:
- treatment to deal with specific anxiety situations, such as phobias and panic attacks
- developing tools to bounce back from sadness or depression
- increasing assertiveness
- boosting self-esteem
- tweaking social skills
- teaching advanced communication skills, such as how to display gratitude and how to argue eloquently
- Navigating dating and social pressures
- mediation and nurturing of teen-parent relationships
- coaching to learn relaxation and skills to cope with stress and worry
- Help with adjusting to parental divorce or separation
- skills to cope with life changes such as immigration and new stepfamilies
- support and adjustment to medical diagnoses and disabilities
- strength-based skills to help cope with being targeted by bullies and complicated friend/peer situations
- appropriate and healthy goal-setting and planning for a prosperous future
- Managing self-harming behaviours
- Coping strategies to improve body image
- separation & divorce services
In our work with teens, we rely heavily on research and knowledge within the field of positive psychology. Mindfulness techniques, gratitude enhancement and resilience building are interwoven in what we do every day.
We offer an environment where teens can learn to cope with upsets, problems, and situations that are beyond their control and to appreciate and authentically experience the good.
We are glad to share that all the following at Vancouver Psychology Centre provide services to TEENS:
