Adolescent Issues

I have had the pleasure of working with many adolescents in my career. Working with adolescents holds a special place in my heart as I also struggled with various issues as an adolescent. From cutting, disordered eating behaviors, peer pressure and poor self esteem, I am here to be a positive role model and support for your teen.

I have had the pleasure of working with many adolescents in my career. Working with adolescents holds a special place in my heart as I also struggled with various issues as an adolescent. From cutting, disordered eating behaviors, peer pressure and poor self esteem, I am here to be a positive role model and support for your teen.

ADD, Aspergers, anxiety, and auditory processing disorders can push teens to their limits of respond-ability. Meaning, they can find themselves in trouble for things they say and do at home and school, despite being a lovely young person. These adolescents need our help. They need to be properly diagnosed, and then taught the coping skills to manage their big feelings, so as not to act them out.

The connection between your teen and her therapist is vital to progress. I meet teens where they are and provide them with a safe space. I enjoy working with teens who are struggling at home, school, or with their peers. In separate one-on one sessions with you and your teen, we will identify the issues that cause conflict in your family and work to resolve them. I will support you in strengthening your communication and conflict resolution skills together.

Our clinicians help adolescents develop a more secure and healthy identity and understanding of themselves, improve communication skills, and resolve conflicts both inside and outside the home. In working with teens, our clinicians first and foremost foster a space where they feel truly safe to open up and trust in the relationship. We value authentic connection and trust.

I have 15 years of experiences working with teenagers in both in home therapy and school counseling. Teenagers often struggle to trust the adults in their lives and need a lot of focus on building trust and feeling understood. Once that is established, teens show their tremendous resilience and are able to overcome and accomplish great things!

Adolescent issues including anxiety, depression, self esteem, poor coping abilities. Also difficulties functioning with school, work, future planning and relationships.

I've been working with teens in numerous avenues for the last 15 years. I assist clients with not only gender identity, but also teen depression, anxiety, and self esteem. Parenting a teen is incredibly difficult, and you know your child best. I appreciate working along side the parents if necessary or desired, hoping to build better relationships and connections between parent and teen.

The teen years are notoriously tough! There are big changes in friendships, development, parent-child roles, and identity. With over 10 years of experience working with adolescents in various roles/settings, I love serving this population. I have provided trauma therapy to incarcerated youth and worked in school and community clinic settings. Specialized experience in: teen anxiety, self-esteem, identity, family/divorce issues, childhood abuse (including sexual abuse/assault), racial injustice.

I have worked with preteens/ teens across a number of settings, including residential care, educational settings, and outpatient therapy. In my practice, I create a safe space in which to explore questions of identity/ belonging, as well as to heal from anxiety and trauma. Together, we will tailor therapy so that it is the best possible fit for you/ your teen. For more information about the approaches I draw from, visit my website at: https://www.jamiemartos.com/services

I specialize in working with teens. I engage them with respect and pay special attention to the precise words they use and what is important to them.

I help adolescents feel heard and understood, while at the same time helping parents and caregivers gain better communication and problem solving tools that they can use as they engage with their teens.

Are you a tween, teen, young adult and/or college student in need of extra support? Perhaps recent transitions at home, school or work gotten you down? Or you may feel worn out from the impact on your life of COVID-19? Are you feeling isolated or struggling with relationship issues? You are not alone; we've all been there! My goal is to provide you with a confidential space where you can talk openly about your challenges, feel supported and learn strategies which will help you.

I love my work with teenagers and have worked with teenagers for nine years. Adolescence can be a time of great pain as well as great growth and initiation into great wisdom.

Teens today struggle with confidence and the pressures of success in school, sports, and home to balancing social media, technology and life. They are surrounded by a world sending them confusing messages causing anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, stress and more. Sessions with preteens and teens are fun, interactive, and challenging to help them discover who they are and who they want to become.

Adolescents often feel unheard and unloved, my goal for adolescents is to help identify triggers. To help adolescents build and maintain positive relationships, self-esteem through positive psychology and understanding. My clients will obtain skills and tools that will help the deal with day to day challenges.

I will help your teen work through their challenges by building self-awareness, emotional regulation skills, problem-solving skills, and interpersonal effectiveness skills.

The teen years...am I right? No longer children, but not yet adults. A lot of teens struggle with feelings of anxiety, anger, depression and overwhelm. As an adult in their life you want to help but may not know how or have done what you can. I work with teens to develop coping skills, build confidence and to get to know themselves in a way that sets them up for the future. I give them a safe and accepting place to explore life and learn healthy ways to move forward.

From struggles with confidence and the pressures of success in school, sports, and home to social media and technology; teens are surrounded by a world sending them confusing messages causing anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, stress and more.