Which version of your teen will greet you today?

You know that big changes during adolescence are normal but . . . holy buckets. In a given week your teen will:

• Beg you not to go to school because their teachers hate them . . . then have a panic attack about failing because they’re missing so much school.

• Cry uncontrollably in your arms for an entire afternoon . . . then spend days in their room, “needing space.”

• Confess they need help . . . then say they don’t deserve help . . . then say they’ve been thinking about hurting themselves . . . then say “just forget it,” because they don’t want to worry you.

• Defend a PhD-level dissertation about why they need to start hormones or get top surgery ASAP . . . then forget to take out the garbage until the whole house stinks.

You want to support them, but how? Do they need rule relaxation or structure? Privacy or family time? Comfort or tough love?

Here’s the bad news

They can’t tell you, because they don’t know. They are just as confused as you. More than anything, they need you to ride out this storm with them without losing your marbles.

Here’s the good news

I speak teen. I will work with your teen to

• Develop skills to regulate their emotions

• Build resilience to help them process their experiences and plan for the future.

• Rediscover the strengths that make them so awesome.

And we will work in a way that feels intuitive and even fun. Therapy with me is not just another version of school.

Some teens really want therapy to be just for them. Others are overjoyed to have me talk to their caregivers. When I work with you, you will:

• Learn how to support someone who’s changing every day

• Explore social and medical options for your transgender/non-binary teen.

• Practice healthy communication in family sessions.

Ready to get off the roller coaster?

A Note for Teens

What I wrote on this page probably doesn’t feel like it captures your experience. I wrote it for your parents, because parents make the appointments.

When I work with teens, their voices matter most. I can’t wait to get to know you.

PS. It’s super normal to have a lot of questions about therapy, so I’ve made a video answering some of the most frequent questions I get. Check it out here!