Suicide is a word that makes many people uncomfortable. It’s an understandable reaction as there are countless emotions and associations that go with suicide. Having a suicidal teenager means helping them believe in themselves and love life again. Sometimes, teenagers who self-harm and cut themselves are not suicidal. On that note, some teens take part in non-suicidal self-injury. And, sometimes teens who self-harm are suicidal. To help teens believe in themselves again, we offer creative therapies. Notably, teenagers who are suicidal and self-harming need creative coping tools. We offer art, animal therapies, creative painting, yoga, meditation, and holistic teen therapy in Melbourne, Florida.
Creative, holistic therapies help teens process intense emotions in calm, peaceful ways.
How can adolescent and teen therapy in Melbourne, Florida support my suicidal or self-harming teen?
A lot of people don’t understand suicide and self-harm. At times, teenager who are self-harm and cutting are not suicidal. However, if you have a teenager who is injuring themselves and at risk for suicide, teen therapy in Melbourne, Florida can help. For instance, art, painting, yoga and meditation teach teenager who to lower stress and relax. Your teenager can learn to manage stress using healthy copign tools.
What are stressors teenagers in Brevard County Florida face that may lead to self-harm and suicidal thinking?
Your adolescent or young adult may feel overwhelmed from stress of life. As well, teenagers who self-harm and who feel suicidal are in a dark place. They don’t have tools to manage big emotions. Often, adolescents and teenagers are self-harming to try to feel better.
Creative, holistic adolescent and teen therapy in Melbourne, Florida supports self-esteem and confidence skills
Teenager face many stressors silently.
Your teenager may be experiencing unwanted sexual touch at school. Or, your adolescent may have a friend who is trying drugs, alcohol, or making poor choices they are worried about. Perhaps, your family is also going through a divorce or major change. Maybe, your teenager feels pressure to fill an older sibling’s perfect shoes. Or, your teenager is getting bullied and has low self-esteem. As well, your teenager may have an eating disorder, anorexia, or bulimia. And from the outside looking in, it’s easy to understand why so many would feel that way. From Teen therapy in Melbourne, Florida, your young adult can gain positive coping outlets.
Is my teenager serious when they are talking about suicide?
Yes, it is always important o take any threats of suicide seriously. Teenagers may b in serious emotional distress when injuring or cutting. Now, if you teenager is suicidal, goto the local emergency room right away. You can also call 9-1-1 to come to your home. When it comes to teenagers, suicide is the second leading cause of death among their age range of 12 to 24. And, LGBTQIA+, non-binary, transgender and gender questioning teenagers are at a higher risk for suicide. Four out of every five of those teens will give warning signs before following through. At Wisdom Within Counseling, our team of counselors can teach parents the signs to look for.
How can parents be a part of teen therapy in Melbourne, Florida?
Well, parents a very important in helping keep their teenager who is self-harming or suicidal safe. Plus, parents can attend parent sessions and family therapy session. Parents can learn to self-regulate, be mindful, and look out for the signs of self-harm and suicide. As well, parents can learn important warning signs of a suicidal or self-harming teen. For instance, self-harming teenager wear long sleeves in hot, summer months. This is an effort to conceal cuts and scars. Parents can notice if razor blazes are missing.
What can parents do to keep their teenager safe outside of teen therapy in Melbourne, Florida?
As well, parents can invest in a lock box for medication. Make sure to keep all medicines in a locked box that only you have the code for. To note, do not let your teenager who is suicidal have any medications at their disposal. Often, teenagers will make impulsive decisions when emotionally distressed. So, lock up any medication from cough syrup, to ibuprofen to Tylenol.
How can teen therapy in Melbourne, Florida help adolescents and young adults who are self-harming or suicidal?
Counseling in Melbourne, Florida help help teenagers with depression understand positive ways to cope. As well, teens in counseling can learn healthy alternatives to what they can do when they feel this way. It can be confusing for a teenager with depression to feel so many emotions at a young age. Instead of cutting, your young adult can learn to do a distraction technique. As well, teenagers with depression can learn to manage sleep cycles and eat more mindfully. Holistic counseling for adolescents is all about supporting lifelong self-care practices. Additionally, art therapies, yoga therapies, music therapies, and creative options are available. Creative, holistic art therapies help teenagers gain self-esteem.
What is DBT therapy and is it a part of adolescent therapy in Melbourne Florida?
DBT therapy is available at Wisdom Within Counseling in Melbourne, Florida. Essentially DBT therapies incorporate mindfulness, interpersonal skills, and life balance tools. Your teen can learn alternative for self-harm, cutting, and stop injuring themselves.
Your teenager can learn way to manage, understand, and cope with intense, crazy emotions.
For instance, your teenager may feel jealous that a sibling’s birthday is coming out. Or, your teenager may feel sad because they are heartbroken after a first break up. As well, your teenager may feel depression about a family separation and upcoming divorce. Or, your teenager may feel anxiety about SAT tests and getting into college. Maybe, your teenager is also drinking alcohol at parties and hanging with the wrong crowd. At Wisdom Within Counseling, we support self-esteem and self-love skills. Creative, holistic, adolescent and teen therapy in Melbourne, Florida teaches self-acceptance. Your teenager can gain self-care skills through DBT therapies.
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What causes teenagers to feel suicidal? What are the warning signs, and what measures can be taken to help them on their road to recovery? Let’s find out.
Life is Stressful for a Teen and Emotions Run High
The stress and emotions of teens can seem extremely trivial as an adult. However, teens tend to struggle to separate their emotions. Often, anger, anxiety, worry, and hurt all pile up. And, quickly, teens become overwhelmed by what they are feeling at the moment. Without positive coping tools, teenagers try to make themselves feel better through cutting.
This period in life is typically filled with complex and significant changes.
Teens can quickly become overwhelmed by the variety of emotions they are experiencing. Maybe, going to school creates anxiety. Maybe, sibling fights are just mean and brutal. Or, talking about a certain topic causes anger and an attitude. Small things adults may easily brush off can cause a teenager to feel like their world is crashing down around them. The team of therapists at Wisdom Within Counseling support teens who are par to the LGBTQIA+ community.
Adults have had far more time to process their emotions and learn to get them in order. For teens, much of what they are feeling may be new and challenging to navigate. Therefore, rejection from someone they were romantically interested in can cause them to feel intensely upset. And, this feeling up sadness and heartbreak is far stronger than an adult’s. So, a teenager have a more extreme, or impulsive reaction to the same scenario. At Wisdom Within Counseling, we offer art, yoga, music, and creative therapies in teen therapy in Melbourne, Florida.
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As well, situations such as friendship struggles and relationship problems are difficult for teens to cope with. Teens may become overwhelmed with the stress of possible family problems. As well, adolescents may feel anxiety about making considerable choices to determine their future.
Can adolescent and teen therapy in Melbourne, Florida help with anxiety?
Yes, therapy and counseling helps adolescents manage anxiety. Teens may also develop anxiety from their intense emotions. Because they feel things so strongly, they may begin to develop extreme worry. For instance, teenagers with anxiety may skin pick, nail bite, or pick acne. Essentially, mind-body therapies help teens understand what their body does when anxious. Instead of ruminating when anxious, teens can learn thought stopping skills. Additionally, for anxiety, teenagers can learn positive affirmation and mantras to repeat. At Wisdom Within Counseling, adolescents and teens learn to feel capable of handling anxiety.
Looking into different therapies like art, yoga, meditation, and music therapy helps teens who don’t want to talk.
Sometimes, teenagers may need alternatives to traditional talking. So, Wisdom Within Counseling offers adolescents holistic, creative options. Working with an anxiety specialist can help your teenager or young adult work through their fears. Lastly, teen therapy in Melbourne, Florida is a good place to start for anxiety.
Experimentation Can Begin in Teen Years
No matter how closely teens may be monitored, there is always a chance they are rebelling and making choices they likely shouldn’t be. They may also be extremely good at hiding their actions from their parents or guardians. Then, parents may need the assistance of a counselor for their teen. A teenager may more easily be honest with their therapist. Maybe, you teenager is sharing more with their counselor that at home. So, your teen’s therapist can help notify you if they share something concerning like self-harm or suicidal thinking.
Wisdom Within Counseling in Brevard County Florida loves helping teens build confidence and emotional clarity.
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Experimentation is widespread among teens. Whether from peer pressure or sheer curiosity, teens like to push the limits and test things. For instance, teenagers may be using alcohol. Teens may be drinking and partaking in risky sexual activity. While some experimentation is normal, some teens with impulsive tendencies can take things too far.
What to look out for with teen alcohol use and addiction?
Drug and alcohol abuse also sits high on the list of reasons teens may commit suicide. These mind-altering substances can fuel the fire for a teen already struggling with their thoughts and emotions. And, many adults begin their alcohol and drug use in their adolescent years. As well, feeling a sense of disconnection or rejection from family is a major reason teenagers begin to use alcohol and drugs.
Sexual activity in teens
Sexual experimentation may also cause problems. Unwanted situations such as pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases can leave teens feeling hopeless and lost. They may feel their options are limited and don’t see a way out of their current situation.
Talking to your teen ahead of time and ensuring they feel comfortable coming to you in times of struggle is an essential preventative step. As well, teen therapy in Melbourne, Florida can include family therapy sessions. From counseling, parents and teens can learn to repair after conflicts and gain closeness. Teens who think they can’t express their feelings to their family members may use alcohol and drugs more. Lastly, teenagers with depression need to know alcohol and drugs will not bring them true happiness. So, modeling healthy use of alcohol or not having it at home at all can help your teen with a drinking problem.
Rather than internalizing emotions, adolescent and teen therapy in Melbourne, Florida helps with expression.
Warning Signs of Potentially Suicidal Teens
Teenagers do a lot of things that don’t make much sense to adults. It can be an easy reaction to brush off odd behavior as teens just being teens. Some behaviors may not be wise to ignore, however. Those behaviors may be warning signs of a teen who is contemplating suicide.
Important behaviors to look out for include:
Has your teenager had changes in eating habits or criticizing their body image? Is your teenager experiencing changes in sleeping habits? Has there been a drastic personality change or altered appearance? As well, is your teen giving away possessions that are important to them? If your teenager has a loss of interest in things they once enjoyed, teen therapy in Melbourne, Florida can help. Also, if your teenager is making mentions of suicide, even as a joke, take them seriously. If your teen is showing social and relationship isolation and withdrawal, this is a reg flag. Your teenager could be struggling with severe depression. Perhaps, your teenager is also demonstrating severe behavior such as extreme anger and rebellious actions.
If you teenager shows any of the above, teen therapy in Melbourne, Florida can help them cope in a healthier, positive way.
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Though these aren’t the only warning signs, they are some of the most common. Paying attention to your teen and their behavior is crucial in identifying if they are showing warning signs of suicide.
Let your adolescent know how important they are to you before getting to teen therapy in Melbourne Florida
Having a serious discussion and finding your teen help can make a significant difference in the route they decide to take. You could receive pushback from them initially. But, it’s essential to make sure your teen knows they are safe, loved, wanted, and cared for. Essentially, you can never say how important they are to you too much. Let them know you are happy they exist and you would really miss them. Be sure to explain how much they mean to you and those around them.
A teen who is struggling can also take a toll on families and marriages. Be sure to seek help for yourself and your relationships after ensuring your teen is safe and cared for. Then begin focusing on your own relationship. The team at Wisdom Within Counseling also offer marriage and family therapies.
Marriage counseling in Melbourne, Florida at Wisdom Within can support couples in remaining on the same page. As well, marriage counseling can help you and your partner regain strength in your relationship. Sometimes, teenagers have a way to pushing parents apart. So, marriage counseling can help you be a united team and rebuild a happy marriage.
Preventing Teen Suicide with Knowledge and Understanding
It can be hard to remember the feeling of being a teenager. As you grow into adulthood, you begin to forget how intensely teens can feel emotions and how scary it is to have no one to speak to about what you’re experiencing.
Understanding and preventing teen suicide takes a lot of work.
And, do not think that your teen will just snap out of it. Often, teenagers are lacking essential positive coping skills for self-worth. Listening, knowing the warning signs, and getting teens the help they need are significant steps in the right direction to lowering suicide in teenagers. Working with a teen therapist in Melbourne, Florida helps with confidence and positive coping skills. The team at Wisdom Within Counseling offer art, yoga, music, and creative therapies for self-esteem.
