TEEN COUNSELING IN COLORADO
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Supportive Teen Counseling in Denver
The teen years are a time of significant change and growth that can feel like an internal storm to your teen. For the family, these changes can bring about significant stress. Teens need support and space at the same time. They need to know they have guidance and that they have independence and capability to make some of their own decisions. These messages can feel contradictory and confusing at times.
At Greenwood Counseling Center, our experienced teen counselors help teens in Denver, Centennial, and Littleton confidently navigate stress, emotions, and peer pressure. Let us help your teen thrive.
Meet Your Teen Counselors
For over a decade, we’ve specialized in empathetic approaches to teen counseling. We know teens experience ups and downs, but we’ve also seen first-hand how therapy can help teens cope.
Julie Kellogg
Intake Coordinator
Call and I'll help you find the therapist that fits you best!
Tamra Hughes, MA, LPC
Founder, Executive Director, Therapist
EMDRIA Approved Trainer
EMDRIA Approved Consultant
EMDR Certified Therapist
Tiffany Freer, LCSW
Therapist
EMDRIA Approved Trainer
EMDRIA Approved Consultant
EMDR Certified Therapist
Emmie Perry, LMFT
Therapist
EMDRIA Approved Trainer
EMDRIA Approved Consultant
EMDR Certified Therapist
LaTonya Harris, MA, LMFT, LAC
Therapist
EMDRIA Approved Consultant-in-Training
AAMFT Approved Supervisor
EMDR Certified Therapist
Dawn Venable, MA, LPC
Therapist
EMDRIA Approved Consultant in Training
EMDR Certified Therapist
Help Your Teen Feel Their Best
It’s natural for teens to want to express themselves as individuals. Teens are seeking independence, trying to discover what makes them unique, and also trying to fit in and seek approval from peers. They often have big emotions and complicated social dynamics that can create confusion, on top of the added challenges that come from intense academic pressure and social media distractions.
Our teen counseling in Denver helps teens learn coping and communication skills, navigate the difficult landscape of today’s society, increased academic pressure, and bring more harmony to the family system.
Our Focus Areas for Teen Counseling
At Greenwood Counseling Center, our therapists take an empathic and non-judgemental approach. We can help your teen navigate through:
- Strained relationships with family and peers
- Peer pressure and feelings of lack of belonging
- Stress, emotions, and low self-esteem
- Underachieving or overachieving
Teen Counseling Gives Your Teen the Tools To Succeed
Greenwood Counseling Center specializes in teen counseling in Denver and the surrounding areas, helping teens like yours learn to feel more confident and communicate their needs better. Our counselors use a variety of strategies to help teens with many issues including the following:
Greenwood Counseling Center: Empathetic Teen Counselors in the Denver Metro Area
Our practice is designed to be a safe space for teens to work through challenges with an adult they trust.
Start Your Teen’s Journey to Growth
Don’t wait to help your teen thrive.
Contact Greenwood Counseling Center today to schedule your free, 15-minute consultation with one of our empathetic teen counselors. Let’s help your teen build confidence, manage stress, and strengthen relationships.
Teen Counseling FAQs
If you’re a new client, you can schedule a free consultation by filling out the form on our contact page or by calling us at (303) 221-1272. Consultations help us understand your concerns and desires and match you with a therapist who is the best fit.
Current clients can schedule appointments here.
We do not accept insurance, which means you will pay for our therapy yourself. However, your insurance may be able to reimburse you. Call us at (303) 221-1272 or fill out this form so we can discuss your specific situation.
We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover Card, checks, and cash as forms of payment. Your payment will be due at the time of your session(s).
Sometimes teens feel reluctant to attend counseling because of the stigma they have associated with it. It may make them feel as if something is wrong with them. It can be helpful to explain to them that talking with a counselor just helps them to sort through their feelings and gives them an adult person with whom to talk that isn’t their parent.
The role we have as the counselor is not to judge them, rather it is to help them. They also should understand that no one has to know they are coming in for counseling and that what we discuss in our time together is strictly confidential. We always explain the parameters of confidentiality to them during our first session together. Generally after teens come in for their first session, they are much more comfortable with the experience of teen counseling and are more willing to attend future sessions.
Teens naturally work at individuating from their parents during this stage in their development. Generally, during teen counseling, as they process through the confusing feelings that accompany their growing independence, they learn that they do not have to work so hard to distance themselves, and they become more communicative with their parents.
Teen counseling helps them to develop confidence in themselves and have less need for feeling defensive of their individuality. This typically brings more harmony and connection in their relationships with family members.
It is important for the teen to have a confidential environment to process through their feelings in teen counseling. However, we always explain to them upfront that if there are concerns for their safety, that we would need to share those concerns with their parents. What we often do if the parent is interested in participating is have them come in with the teen for a portion of the first session.
This initial contact gives the parent an opportunity to share some of their concerns before we spend the remaining portion of the session with the teen individually. Periodically, we may discuss with the teen the need to include the parents for a session to address any concerns they may have. When we do this, we discuss with the teen, in advance, the topics we would be addressing when the parent is there, so that there are no surprises. It is important for the teen to have confidence in the confidentiality we establish so that they feel they have a safe place to process through their feelings openly.
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