Therapy for Anxious Teens in Long Beach, Ca
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If you are looking for therapy for your child, I understand you want to make sure that they are with the right person and feel comfortable in therapy. My approach is warm, open and aimed to make sure that they feel understood. I have specialized in working with teens from community, school-based and county settings over the past 15 years.
Your teen might be feeling on edge, overwhelmed and shut down. Sometimes the layers of academic pressure, navigating friendships, and trying to meet expectations in extra curricular activities can be a lot. Combined with emotions that are felt strongly and deeply, this can feel like a mountain of pressure.
Anxiety therapy offers an opportunity for your child to open up and let out their emotions in a space that is comfortable. Letting them feel heard is just as important as ‘fixing.’ Within session, I help teens better understand where their feelings are coming from and how to regulate. Additionally, with teens with anxiety, I understand they may want to learn tools that they can use through out their day to help feel more confident and at ease. Overall the goal is helping them go from feeling on edge and overwhelmed to feeling more calm and empowered.
Some of the improvements in teens I have worked with have been:
-Feeling more confident to do class presentations.
-Knowing how to let go of unhealthy friendships and make new friends.
-Being able to communicate their feelings and needs vs. shutting or melting down.
-Knowing how to handle panic attacks on their own and use tools learned in therapy.
-Feeling more confident and able to express who they are without fear.
Since my undergraduate degree in Psychology, through my graduate degree and now, teens have been one of my favorite age groups to work with. Just as much as they enjoy the space to feel heard, I have so much joy in seeing them grow throughout therapy. I encourage you to reach out today via email if you have questions or to book a free 30 min consultation to see if working with me is the right fit for you.
Frequently Asked Questions about Anxiety Therapy in Long Beach, Ca
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Sessions are anywhere from 50 minutes to an hour. I let my client start the session by informing me what they’d like to talk about first. Otherwise, we talk together about how anxiety has shown up for them in the past week and I provide insight or tools to use to help them improve.
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For individual therapy I charge $175 per hour.
Supervision/Consultation is $100 per hour.
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I do not accept insurance at this time. However, I do provide my clients with something called a Superbill which you can submit to your insurance for reimbursement. I can guide you on this process.
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Length of time in therapy can depend person to person. This is because some would like to work on more present day difficulties which may take less time in therapy, and others would like to work on deeper past issues that take time to untangle. Regardless, if I feel like you’re improving I will let you know if you’re ready to start tapering off sessions or even take a break from therapy. I also always let my clients know that they can tell me if they are needing a break from therapy and sometimes they resume therapy as new things come up and they are needing to work through it together.
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You can go to my contact page, text me at 562-578-8890 (text is easier due to spam calls) or email me at christina@theconsciousmindcounselinng.com