Your Safe Harbor: Navigate Teen Life & Discover Your Hidden Strengths
As a teen, you are in one of the most incredible stages of your life … but sometimes it feels overwhelming, right?
Being a teenager is an amazing time of growth and discovery, but it can also be confusing and challenging. You might be asking yourself questions like:
- How do I develop and maintain healthy friendships?
- Why do I feel like my parents don’t understand me?
- How can I cope with overwhelming stress?
- What can I do to mend my broken heart?
- What do I want to do with my life? What are my values and beliefs?
- Who am I, and where do I fit in?
- How can I improve my grades?
- How can I manage expectations at school and in my relationships?
- How do I make healthy choices about drugs and alcohol?
If these questions resonate with you, you’re not alone.
How I can Help you
I offer a safe and confidential space for you to explore these questions and more. Together, we can work towards:
- Building stronger relationships with your friends and family
- Developing healthy coping skills to manage stress and anxiety
- Discovering your strengths and creating a life you love
I specialize in helping teens navigate the challenges of adolescence. I help you explore your thoughts and feelings, develop healthy coping skills, and build strong relationships.
It’s all about learning and growing. I can help you develop the skills you need to thrive in school, build meaningful connections, and create a life you love.
Ready to take the next step?
If you’re ready to start feeling better, I’m here to help. I offer a variety of programs designed specifically for teens, including individual sessions, group workshops, and mindfulness training. Explore the options below and see which one might be the best fit for you.
Individual Counseling
I’m here to help … this is a safe and confidential space for you.
I offer individual sessions according to what you need.
You can count on having your own therapist who will listen without judgement to support you, guide you and teach you tips, strategies and techniques effective in enhancing life’s joy.
Mindfulness, Heart Math, and Stress Management
Being a teenager can be stressful.
Mindfulness is a practice that can offer you the following benefits:
- Help you to feel better
- Help you to feel happier
- Help you concentrate better at school
- Help increase self-confidence
- Help clarify questions
- Help find yourself
HeartMath
It is a technique in which you learn through a computer program in a fun way stress management techniques.
Academic Support
Are you feeling an increase in stress?
You do not know what to do… no matter how hard you try, your grades do not reflect the effort you are putting forth.
Are you experiencing a personal struggle that could be affecting your concentration and your grades?
Count on us to help you discover what is impacting your academic achievement and support you in having a positive academic experience.
When Bad Things Happen
Many times teenagers tell us:
- Everything was fine until this happened and now I can not stop feeling sad, angry and discouraged
- If only people knew what I’m going through … Who can I talk to?
- I cannot get what happened out of my head, who can help me? Who can I trust?
The last thing we want is for you to have experiences such as bullying, accidents, trauma, loss of a loved one, etc.
We know that when you go through a situation like this it is very difficult to believe that you will feel better.
We know the impact of something like this can have on a teenager and we have the best support to assist you in healing and thriving.
Our years of experience supporting teens have allowed us to witness teen’s resilience and strength; we know that you can recover and thrive. You’re not alone.
Groups for Teens
A safe and confidential space to explore, clarify and help you with different topics: friendships, romantic relationships, communication, stress management, sadness, anger management, decision making; as well as essential skills for this age.
We offer groups according to your age to explore different topics that are important to you:
- Friendships
- Romantic relationships
- Communication problems
- Emotion management
- Stress management
- Sadness
- Decision making
- Bullying
- Skills essential for your age
For Parents
I offer classes, trainings, one on one consultation designed to support you in understanding your teen. Parents are encouraged to explore and learn the unique needs of adolescents; how to talk, how to guide, how much freedom to give to your teen.
Help your teenager:
- Find healthy and safe ways to cope with difficulties
- Make decisions that won’t put him/her at risk
- Build and maintain healthy self-esteem, a sense of belonging, a sense of responsibility and a sense of confidence in his/her ability to achieve things.
- Use healthy coping skills to manage emotions
- Use assertive and respectful communication skills to clearly express what they need