Rhode Island Teen Coaching and Teen Counseling

I offer Teen Coaching and Counseling for youth and families. I have worked with teens and their families since 1993 and love the work! Please visit My Work and Training to learn more about what I do, and My Influences will tell you who have been my teachers, models, and influences. I work outside the box and refuse to accept that any teenager cannot find their way in this world with creativity, motivation, and the right support.

 

Why Teen Counseling?

“The teenage years are some of the most confusing times in one’s life. Yes, life’s confusing twists and turns don’t stop, but the teen years are a time of physical and mental change. It is a time when finding one’s identity is important. This is why teen counseling is so important. A teen counselor can empathize and help a teenager who needs it.”

This excerpt is from Teen Counseling Near Me: Why It’s Important for Teens to Go to Counseling. It is from The Good Men Project, but I invite you not to dismiss the many ways it applies to all teens and young adults.

The process of building relationships with teens for growth and maturity typically includes an assessment of strengths and interests, barriers to success, determining what I can/can’t support, and creating a treatment plan that the teenager feels a sense of agency and connection to. Of course, the starting point is to build trust, respect, and safety first.

Your family is what you define as your family. Kids old enough to participate, take, and receive support are welcome and encouraged to be part of our process together. Teens and young adults in your family are valuable and needed. Please include them.

 

Other posts you may enjoy:

Boyhood – An Inside Look

Building Bridges or Building Walls

Trauma Is Not Your Fault, But Healing Is Your Responsibility

How Iceland Got Teens to Say No to Drugs – The Icelandic Model

Look At Me: Why Attention-Seeking Is The Defining Need of Our Times

4 Messages We Send Tween Girls That Undermine Their Self-Expression (And What To Say Instead)

 

Michael Swerdloff

Providence Holistic Counseling, Coach and Reiki

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