Teen Counseling in Hershey

Being A Teenager Can Feel Overwhelming

Have you been struggling to maintain a meaningful connection with your teen?

Does your teen often feel anxious, withdrawn, angry, or unsure of who they really are?

Are you searching for a safe, nurturing space that offers ways to help them build healthier patterns to cope with their challenges?

While the adolescent years can be an important phase for growth and self-discovery, it can also be a very trying and confusing time. Many teens today struggle with never-ending academic pressures, family dynamics, and the constant presence of social media, leading to undue stress that may be challenging to overcome.

Over time, these stressors can pile up, making everyday life feel heavy and unmanageable. If you're feeling limited in your capacity to help your teen find the emotional relief that they desire, therapy could be exactly what they need, giving them skills for improving their self-awareness and coping with whatever they’re going through.

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As A Parent, You Only Want What’s Best For Your Teen

At the end of the day, you just want to be involved and know that your teen is on the right track. However, that reassurance is often hard to come by when they’re glued to their phones for hours, searching for the next trend, and constantly comparing themselves to their peers—which, on the surface, can look like the primary reason your teen feels exhausted and unmotivated to focus on what truly matters. But beneath the surface, your teen is probably facing a wide range of challenges, leaving them unsure of how to really express what’s going on and communicate how they are feeling.

At school, your teen may be dealing with bullying, peer pressure, performance anxiety, or uncertainty about the future. At home, they may turn inward with self-criticism that causes them to withdraw from their loved ones, contributing to mood swings and tension in the household.

This is why seeking therapy with Tice Counseling & Wellness is essential for your teen’s emotional well-being. With all the uncertainties in this hectic life, counseling offers your teen a safe space to slow down and take a breath so that we can focus on the things that matter to them and how they want to be seen as they navigate through the world.

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Counseling For Teens Gives Them A Safe Space To Express Themselves

Therapy with Tice Counseling & Wellness focuses on helping teens and adolescents find their voice and feel more confident with expressing themselves. Whether they’re experiencing challenges with anxiety, depression, substance abuse, or trauma, counseling sessions will be collaborative and individualized for your teenager, empowering them with healthier ways to cope with and communicate what they are feeling. We are also warm and inviting to LGBTQIA+ folx, and offer counseling services for the youth in their community.

What To Expect In Teen Counseling Sessions

We typically begin with an intake session with you and your teen so that we can get to know you and develop a plan on how to approach therapy. From our first impression forward, our goal is to instill a nurturing, trustworthy environment so that your teen can learn how to build and maintain authentic relationships.

We’re not here to tell you how to parent or tell your teen how they should live their lives. When establishing long term goals for counseling, we want to help your teen discover what they want for themselves.

Once we’re clear on the challenges that need to be addressed, we will provide your teen with practical tools to help them implement the changes that they would like to see. We could use methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help your teen understand the connection between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Through age-appropriate mindfulness practices, your teen can learn how to stay present and feel more connected to their feelings. By teaching them skills on how to improve their mindfulness skills, your teen will become more aware of how they’re feeling without immediately judging themselves or reacting negatively.

We also offer lessons in breathwork that helps calm the body and creates a sense of steadiness, especially during the intense moments. These skills can be used in everyday life, like at school before a big test, or in social situations when your teen’s emotions feel like they’re spiraling.

At the end of the day, we know that your teen just wants to thrive, and you want to be proud of watching them grow into the person that they’re meant to be. Working with Tice Counseling & Wellness will give your teen what they need to empower themselves, express their needs, set healthy boundaries, and make decisions based on their own values so that they can be happier and healthier on their journey to growing up.

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Common Questions About Teen Counseling….

How can we be sure that teen counseling won’t make things harder?

No matter how old you are, you have every right to be hesitant when it comes to discussing challenging emotions. However, these adolescent years, ages 12 to 19, offer a highly sensitive period in brain development vital in shaping your child’s identity and sense of self-worth.

So the earlier your teen can learn how to openly express how they’re feeling in healthy ways, the sooner they will notice these heavier feelings become less and less intense. And moving forward, they can take these skills into adulthood to nurture future relationships and experiences throughout their lives.

Can we trust that the therapist won’t make us feel judged or misunderstood, no matter what my teen is going through?

Giving a new therapist a chance can be challenging, especially if you or your teen has had an unfavorable, previous experience with counseling. But just like any relationship, finding the right fit matters.

With Tice Counseling & Wellness, our goal isn’t to reprimand anyone’s actions or tell your teen how they need to live. We aim to individualize treatment to figure out your teen’s goals so they can receive the proper support that they need to thrive.

Will the therapist remain open and honest about my teen’s progress?

We take our client’s confidentiality very seriously. As their parent or caretaker, you are entitled to information about your child’s therapeutic sessions if they are under 14 years of age. However, any teen over 14 must give permission before any information will be shared outside of session.

One of our top priorities is to build and maintain trust with your teen so that they can be as honest as possible in their healing process. But you can be rest assured that if your teen is showing dangerous or alarming signs, you will be the first to know.

Everybody Is A Genius. But If You Judge A Fish By Its Ability To Climb A Tree, It Will Live It’s Whole Life Believing That It Is Stupid — Albert Einstein

If you’re looking for a supportive space for your teen to learn who they are and grow into who they’re meant to be, then we invite you to attend counseling with open arms. For more information, or to schedule an intake session, visit the contact page below. We look forward to hearing from you!

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Everybody Is A Genius. But If You Judge A Fish By Its Ability To Climb A Tree, It Will Live It’s Whole Life Believing That It Is Stupid — Albert Einstein

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Teen Counseling in Hershey, PA

475 W Governor Rd,

Hershey, PA 17033, United States

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