Middle school and high school can be a difficult time for anyone, including parents and teens. For your teen, their life has suddenly changed from the laid-back days of childhood to days that are now packed with school, family, friends, sports, and even work. Not only are their daily lives going through a dramatic change, they also have to contend with physical and emotional changes all while trying to figure out exactly who they are and where they fit into this world. As a parent you’ve tried everything; you’ve read the latest books and blogs, but your teen continues to battle mood swings, depression, anxiety, or poor-self esteem. At ELEOS Psychology Center we understand that you’ve tried everything to reconnect with your adolescent, but there comes the point where your help just isn’t enough. It’s perfectly normal to go through a rough period of adjustment once your child reaches adolescence, that’s why we offer comprehensive teen adolescent therapy options at our Minneapolis location.
What you are interpreting as “teen angst,” is really so much more. Adolescence is a time where negative self-talk can have a terrible toll on one’s self-esteem and self-worth. During this period of your teen’s life he or she is trying to decide on some of life’s biggest questions such as “how do I fit in better, are mom and dad proud of me, and how can I get to college?” It’s no wonder that these pressing question can become overwhelming, scary, and too much to handle for any teen to handle on their own.
Our compassionate team at ELEOS can help you and your child navigate this new chapter of life. Whether your teen is just starting middle school or is in their senior year, help is available at ELEOS. We understand how your teen feels; and more, we know how to help you and your teen feel better through research-driven therapy. Adolescence is a time when your relationship with your child typically begins to transition into its more mature phases. But this transitional period often includes some rough patches that aren’t so easy to navigate alone. Adolescence can be a frustrating time for both parent and child. From the parent’s point of view – you want nothing more than to turn back the clock to get your baby back. But your child is fervently wishing for a way to speed up time and blast through this uncomfortable and awkward growth phase. At ELEOS, we can help you both meet somewhere in the middle. We’ll work to create a compassionate relationship with you and your teen from the moment you walk through our doors.
If your child is feeling worried, withdrawing from friends, showing a lack of motivation, poor self-esteem, becoming agitated for seemingly no reason at all, or angry because something traumatic happened then it’s time to seek help from an experienced ELEOS therapist. Often, when teens don’t know what to do to feel better, they can turn to unhealthy activities to cope. Our skilled therapists are here to let your teen know that help is available—and happiness can be felt again. At ELEOS, you and your teen will never be judged, your confidentiality will never be compromised, and you will always be met with empathy and compassion. If you’re searching for a teen therapist in Minneapolis, ELEOS is here for you. With our custom-tailored plans for children, teens, and families we’ll be able to help your entire family through individualized care and compassion.
Finding the Help Your Teen Needs in Minneapolis
Sometimes your child’s happiness is out of your hands. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates more than one out of 20 American teenagers experiences depression while anxiety affects every one out of four teens. There are a number of factors that could be contributing to your child’s unhappiness – poor self-esteem, low confidence, problems at school, or maybe friendship issues. Therapy is often the best way for teens to work through their stress from school, work, relationships, the loss of a loved one, overwhelming changes in their home life, or traumatic events. At ELEOS we’ll work with your teen to pinpoint the source of their unhappiness and then create a path towards healing that they can use for the rest of their lives.
The fundamental building blocks of a person’s character such as self-esteem, core values, and identity take time to develop, that’s why our therapists use only evidence based strategies that have been custom tailored to be the most successful for your teen. We work with your teen to create a system that is not only enjoyable but also flexible enough to work with your schedule. So even when football, drama club, or driver’s tests get in the way, you can still maintain your child’s healing strategy. Our therapists will teach you and your teen helpful skills that they can use between sessions and beyond.
If your teen is anything like most, they may find it difficult to open up about their feelings to anyone – parents and friends included. With friends, someone laughing at the wrong time or making an untimely joke can be detrimental, just as a parent’s censure on certain behaviors or thoughts can be. Your teen’s ELEOS therapist will act as an impartial third party whose only job is to help your teen find happiness and answers to some of life’s hardest questions.
Adolescent Psychology At ELEOS
At ELEOS we’ll use the techniques that works best for your teen. Whether that’s discussing their extracurricular activities, favorite tv show, video games, or Youtube videos is up to them, because our therapists know that the key to successful adolescent therapy lies in getting to know your teen, establishing a trusting relationship, and understanding what will help them best. All of our compassionate therapists use evidence-based strategies that work to make a lasting change in your adolescent’s life. With these tools, your child will be able to perform the following tasks and skills:
- Develop a vocabulary to articulate their emotional experience: Putting language to emotional experiences assists in processing the emotion, which provides some relief.
- Understand and become more aware of how their body physically experiences emotions.
Learn strategies to calm the physical distress in their body, which eases the emotional distress. - Learn coping strategies to reduce emotional distress in the moment and build distress tolerance.
- Gain awareness of their negative core beliefs and automatic negative thoughts that generate distressing emotions about themselves, others, and the world around them.
- Understand how past experiences have shaped their negative beliefs.
- Understand that their beliefs do not need to continue to be rooted in past experiences.
- Develop their own value system, which guides the development of new core beliefs and behaviors.
- Uncover their capacity and strength.
- Practice perceiving the world with a sense of hope and possibility for the future.
- Develop a voice of compassion through which to think and speak about themselves, others and the world around them.
- Engage in a relationship with themselves and others in a way that brings more joy.
Not only will your teen walk away with a robust emotional and physiological toolset, but they will also reap some of the lifelong benefits that come from obtaining a healthy and sustainable emotional state. The teens who have been treated by ELEOS therapists generally experience the following benefits from their sessions:
- Feel happier and less stressed out
- Become more confident and courageous in life
- Feel more comfortable with who they are
- Structure a more balanced schedule
- Feel more connected and less lonely
- Develop meaningful and healthy relationships
- Understand romance
- Get along better with family
- Work through and cope with trauma
- Make healthy choices
The Adolescent Psychology Services Your Teen Needs In Minneapolis
With our easy to access location, no matter where you live throughout the Minneapolis area our St. Louis Park location is accessible to all. If you feel as if you’ve tried everything, and if you’re ready to find a teen psychologist in Minneapolis our compassionate therapists are here for you and your family. Not only can therapy help your teen, but the skills and practices gained while in session can help open communication between you and your child as well as within your family as we work towards the health and well-being of your child together. Find the help your child needs today.