Parenting teens can be tough!
Most of us have heard comments or jokes among fellow parents about conflicts and woes with parenting teenage children. If you’re raising a teen, the chances are pretty high that you’ve wanted to pull your hair out or lock yourself away to hide from the adolescent drama and rollercoaster stress and emotions. The range of normal behavior during adolescence is pretty wide in this stage of parenting, however, there are times when problems with your teen can get to extremes that appear “beyond the norm.” This is when conflict begins to overtake your household.
At this stage, there is no joking about it with other parents anymore! Your household begins to feel like a crisis center and hope is getting lost.
Have you considered counseling with your teen?
If there’s high-conflict with your teen or if you’re feeling that it’s one crisis after the other, then getting your household back on track might feel overwhelming. It can be incredibly helpful for parents and adolescents to work with a counselor to help navigate conflicts.
A therapist can provide an unbiased perspective, an outlet, and skills to help your teen express emotions in a healthy way and different parenting methods that may be more effective with your teen. From these sessions, the hope is that there will be better communication and resolution for the core issues that brought you into our office and skills to move things forward.
We have therapists here who are specialized in working the adolescent years.
Parenting during the turbulent teen years can be tough! This unique stage of development takes a unique approach.
At Georgetown Child & Family Counseling, we work with teens, parents and the entire family. We help with core teen issues, various parenting conflicts, and methods to help make it through adolescence while focusing on strengthening family relationships.
If you’d like to learn more, or to schedule a session, please contact our office directly. We are here to help.
