Adolescence

Adolescence is a transition phase characterized by a lot of changes – biological, emotional, cognitive and psychosocial. This stage can be confusing and overwhelming for the child who is trying to seek an identity of their own. It is a critical phase of life for the development of healthy coping strategies to approach life.

During this phase, youngsters go through an overwhelming process of having to make sense of experiences quickly, forming strong attitudes, coping with confusing bodily changes and trying to develop meaningful emotional bonds with those around them.

In addition to the struggles of identity crisis, they are also juggling expectations from family and society to succeed in what they do.

Amongst others, the struggle with their academics, their body image, their sense of self, succumbing to peer pressure, dealing with behavioual addictions, the disconnect they feel with their parents and relationship crisis they go through are some of the problems we see teenagers facing on a regular basis.

We find teenagers crumbling under immense pressure, feeling anxious or suicidal, rebelling in different ways and displaying problematic behaviours that concern society at large.

Through therapy they learn and develope healthy coping strategies to approach and go through the later stages of life. Our therapy focuses on not only the adolescent but also talking to the parents to see how to create a safe and sustainable environment for the individual to thrive. They need to be guided in building adaptive thinking processes, building and sustaining relationships with people around them managing reactions to unpredictable and stressful situations, remaining positive and motivated towards life.