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  When it comes to teen eating disorders, most of the attention tends to be focused on food – or the lack thereof.  However, eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia are psychological disorders that have more to do with body image than they do food. This can be a scary thing for parents to deal with and, as concern and anxiety for their teen grows, it leaves parents asking themselves, “How can I help my teen...

  It is not unusual for teens to have an extreme reaction to a trauma, leaving them susceptible to severe depression and anxiety. Referred to as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), it is critical that your teen receive counseling to begin and complete the healing process. Left untreated in teens, PTSD can result can serious consequences, including suicide. If you teen has gone through a traumatic event, the following types of ...

  More young adult and teen deaths are the result of suicide than AIDS, birth defects, chronic lung disease, cancer, influenza, pneumonia, and strokes combined. This is a statement that is made even more tragic when one considers that 4 out of 5 teens who attempt suicide demonstrate warning signs of suicide. If you are the parent of a teen, it is critical that you know the risk factors and warning signs of teen suicide.  Ri...

  Children are placed in adoption for a variety of reasons. More often than not, children who have been adopted are curious about the circumstances that surrounded their adoption. Whether it was originally a closed adoption or open adoption, it doesn’t take away from the fact that these teens usually have a deep need to know who their birth parents are—and it may be causing them to suffer from behavioral problems, dep...

Teen drinking is something that many parents may have seen before. However, there are new and creative methods that teens are using now for consuming alcohol when they’re partying is posing a new danger. It is also resulting in higher rates of substance abuse and addiction. Tragically, the majority of teens have absolutely no idea exactly how alcohol can damage them and their still-developing brains. These new creative methods co...

  A lot of attention is focused on trauma and teen girls: their emotions, trigger events, reactions and responses, effects on development, etc. But, what about teen boys? When it comes to trauma and troubled teens or troubled young adults, it’s the boys that seem to be getting lost in it all – and they are probably the ones who need therapy and counseling the most. Since our society puts so much pressure on teen boys t...

  It might be hard to believe that any teen in the 21st century would have any kind of social anxiety. It seems as if teens are nothing but social with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, SnapChat, and various other electronic forms of communication.  However, sometimes, such things make it harder to detect true social anxiety; online associations are far less intimidating, and completely eradicate face-to-face interaction. Teens...

  When troubled teens need help, professional treatment comes in many forms. However, one type of therapy that’s often bypassed when it comes to adolescents can actually be very effective in treating both mental health issues, and substance abuse problems in teens. This treatment is Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, and when used with other types of therapy and counseling, it can help struggling adolescents dig deep into the re...

  Music therapy is a growing treatment for autistic teens, but with so many different ways in which teens are affected by autism, it can make you wonder if it is really effective for everyone. There is such a vast difference from individual to individual when it comes to an autistic teens – behavioral challenges, language development, social skills, and communication difficulties – it almost seems impossible that such...