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Teen Anxiety: Tips for Parents

drstecker
Anxiety, Teen Counseling
If your teen has been struggling with anxiety lately, you can feel a little hopeless when it comes to helping them. It’s been found that nearly 1 in 3 teens will experience an anxiety disorder. The adolescent teen years can be some of the toughest years for your child. Worries from school, making friends, puberty,…
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Motivating your Unmotivated Teen

drstecker
Teen Counseling
Parenting, teen and frustration…. words that are commonly used in the same sentence.  So you have an unmotivated teenager at home who you might refer to as lazy. You tell your friends how they won’t get out of bed, won’t go to school or do homework which leaves you feeling angry, frustrated and maybe even…
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teen counseling

What to Look For in a Teen Counselor

drstecker
Teen Counseling
If your teen is having a difficult time, it may help to take him or her to a teen counselor.  It can be scary to start the process and find someone to help support your teen.  Here are some guidelines of what to look for in a teen counselor. Education Unfortunately, the mental health field…
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Parenting Teens

4 Tips to Parenting Teens!

drstecker
Teen Counseling
The teenage years are some of the most confusing, difficult phases parents will experience with their children. Trying to navigate fluctuating moods can feel like you are on a roller coaster, leaving you utterly confused. Now let’s add the uncharted territory of your child finding his or her independence.  These years can leave parents feeling…
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Summer Fun

Summer Fun

drstecker
Child Counseling, Teen Counseling
My kids’ last day of school before summer break is May 19th.  At the beginning of summer we always create a list of all the “Summer Fun” we want to have.  Regardless of whether you have kids or not, I think creating a list of “Summer Fun” is a cool thing to do.  I will…
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I Can’t Stand My Kid’s Friends!

drstecker
Anxiety, Teen Counseling
Through the years I have worked with many families where friendships are a hot topic.  Parents see behaviors in their child’s friends that worry them.  They want to keep their kids safe and they want their kids to make good choices. Parents worry that the company they keep will derail them in life and want…
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Who listens better: You or your kids?

drstecker
Anxiety, Teen Counseling
As a psychologist who has worked with kids, teens, and parents for 15 years there is one complaint both kids and parents lodge.  My (fill in the blank) doesn’t listen to me.  Kids and teens often feel as though their parents don’t listen and parents are frustrated that their kids don’t listen.  I hear these…
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