First, teen addiction therapy in Connecticut is a speciality we offer at Wisdom Within Counseling. Teen addiction is a real worry. First, as a clinician, holistic therapist, and licensed marriage and family therapist, help is always best sooner than later. If you teenager is vaping in the East Lyme high school bathroom, this is a red flag behavior. For example, teenagers will show you they are upset, sad, or frustrated through negative behaviors. Instead of asking for help, teenagers are still learning how to do this. Yes, asking for help is something we need help doing. Overall, teen counseling incorporates art therapy, yoga therapy, music, nature, and animal therapies.
What are teenagers really saying by their behaviors?
So, teenagers will skip class to avoid an issue with a teacher who may be misunderstanding them. Or, an angry teenager may self-harm in an effort to self-soothe. Many times, self-harming teenagers are trying to soothe themselves. But, self-harm is not a positive way of handling a feeling of anxiety, guilt or loss. Therefore, teenagers in counseling will learn ways that are sustainable, loving, and healthy for managing anxiety. Teenagers need help from a mental health professional to learn positive coping skills for frustration and anxiety. Therefore, the teenage years are a time of self-exploration, sexual safety and identity, and independence.
What is different and unique about Wisdom Within Counseling in Niantic, Connecticut and teen therapy?
At Wisdom Within Counseling along the Shoreline of Connecticut, our team of teen and young adult therapists offer outdoor walk and talk sessions for natural depression management skills. Going for a walk helps a teenager feel a sense of leadership and control in their life again. Or, your frustrated teenager may feel inner wisdom, relaxation, and rejuvenation from guided meditation. In addition, your young adult may enjoy a more physical, athletic yoga practice, with stretching, yoga poses, and breathing. Yoga provides a young adult with a sense of inner awareness and self-compassion. Overall, your anxious young adult can learn coping skills to handle panic attacks without needing to jump to highly addictive medication.
Teen addiction therapy in Connecticut
Also, an anxious teenager may stop talking or get really quiet as a result of being pulled between two fighting parents. Likewise, teenager often develop eating disorders, addiction, and anger as a result of divorce. Teen addiction therapy in Connecticut at Wisdom Within Counseling is holistic and creative. On that note, divorce, family separation, and high conflict parents can cause a teen to feel like the problem. Often, teenagers who go through divorce will show negative behaviors. And, these negative, aggressive behaviors can be deeply helped through self-confidence skills and inner peace. Overall, if your angry teenager is running away, self-harming, stealing razors from your bathroom, and stealing alcohol from your liquor cabinet, he or she needs help today. Call us 860-451-9364 for a phone consultation for teen addiction counseling.
Teen Self-Care and Wellness Skills
At Wisdom Within Counseling in Niantic, we support teens who need self-confidence skills. For instance, a teenager or young adult with high functioning autism needs a professional outside of the family from which to learn self-care and hygiene skills. Young adults with high functioning autism also enjoy outdoor walk and talk sessions for exercise. For the national hotline, click here.
