Counseling For Troubled Teens
Counseling for troubled teens is an important component of any residential program for youth in crisis. Counseling for troubled teens is conducted in both individual and group environments (and group environments may include peers or family members).
Conducting effective counseling sessions for troubled teens is an opportunity for treatment experts and other mental health professionals to help the teens identify, address, and develop strategies for overcoming the issues that have prevented them from achieving to their greatest potential.
Counseling for troubled teens provides essential insights to the treatment staff members as well as to the teens themselves. For example, teens who have been engaging in substance abuse may be doing to as a means of self-medicating for an undiagnosed depression or post-traumatic stress disorder – but the teens themselves may not be cognizant of their reasons for their behavior.
But completing a regular series of counseling sessions, teens in crisis have the opportunity to explore the root causes of the problems they are experiencing – and can provide both the counselor and the teen with invaluable information into how best to proceed. For example, individual counseling for a troubled teen who has been struggling with both substance abuse and depression will help to identify which issues are causes and which are symptoms, and can help the counselor in his/her work with the teen to develop effective strategies for overcoming these challenges.
At the Aspen Institute for Behavioral Assessment, counseling for troubled teens is based upon comprehensive assessments and close observation by teams of talented and dedicated treatment professionals. In order to ensure that our students are put in the best possible position for pursuing long-term recovery and lifelong health, we incorporate a wide range of assessment and intervention techniques to ensure that we are using the ideal blend of treatment approaches to meet the unique needs of each teen.
Counseling for troubled teens can occur in both formal and informal settings. The traditional environment (for example, an office or classroom) will work best for some young people – but in many cases, conducting counseling during less structured interactions (for example, over lunch, during a basketball game, or while hiking) can remove some of the pressure and hesitancies that may preclude the session from being most effective.
Any efforts to eliminate barriers to effective communication can significantly increase the likelihood that the counseling session will yield maximum benefits for the troubled teen and by extension his or her family.
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