Teen Psychology
Helping Teen's Transistion To Healthy, Happy Adults
Adolescence is a period of great change with young people making the transition from child to adult. Development occurs rapidly across moral, social, physical, cognitive, and emotional areas. It can be an exciting but also difficult journey.
One in four young people experience a mental health condition according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics and half of all mental health conditions emerge by the age of 14, three quarters by the age of 24. As mental health conditions often start early in life and have significant implications for success in education, future careers and personal relationships – identifying issues early and getting the right support and treatment can change the course of a young person’s future.
Adolescence is a period of great change with young people making the transition from child to adult. Development occurs rapidly across moral, social, physical, cognitive, and emotional areas. It can be an exciting but also difficult journey.
Our warm and experienced psychologists provide evidenced-based therapy for a broad range of presenting problems including:
- Anxiety: general feelings of worry, specific fears, panic attacks, obsessions and compulsions (OCD), social anxiety, and phobias
- Mood disruption: low mood, depressive symptoms, irritability & rapid mood shifts
- Stress e.g. difficult relationships with family or friends, or stress due to academic or other performance
- Self-harm and suicidal ideation
- Issues with alcohol and/or other drug use
- Adjustment difficulties: coping with significant change and may include family difficulties and hardship, loss of a loved one, frightening childhood experiences
- Exposure to trauma: one-off or accumulative stressful life events or exposure to fearful or life-threatening situations
- Low self-esteem, issues with body image
- Anger management
- Difficulties with emotional regulation
- Behavioural problems
- Bullying
- School refusal
- Conduct disorder
- Issues with identity and gender
- ADHD
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If you have any questions or would like more information about our services, please feel free to contact us and we will get back to you as soon as possible.