Working with Adolescents
It’s hard to tell whether adolescence is more challenging for the teenagers themselves or for their parents. This is a phase where children are overwhelmed with changes in physical, mental, and social contexts. Their bodies change, their way of thinking evolves, cognitive functions develop, hormones play with emotions… Needs for independence, developing individuality, expressing sexuality, and social positioning emerge.
Modern society can be particularly harsh and full of traps, as it demands high achievements in all areas. The best grades in school, perfect appearance, status symbols… All of this puts enormous pressure on young people, and it is perfectly normal that they sometimes need help to cope.
Working with adolescents is organized individually, as family therapy, or best as a combination, because the family is a system whose members are firmly connected and interdependent. It is wrong to target only the child while ignoring the influence that parents and other family members have, as well as the responsibility they bear.
Questions & Answers
Is parental consent required for psychotherapy?
In the case of minor clients, it is necessary that parents or guardians consent to the child attending therapy. The content of conversations in therapy remains confidential and is only disclosed in cases where there is undeniable danger to the child or others.
From what age can children come to psychotherapy?
I work with children who are at least 15 years old.
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