Therapy for Teens in Highland Park, Los Angeles, and throughout California

Being a teenager is hard enough.

Between figuring out who you are and wanting to be understood, parents, teachers, and friends often misunderstand you. You feel stuck, lonely, and angry. Add in layers of being biracial, struggling with body image, being highly sensitive, neurodivergent, and moving to new schools or communities; the challenges can quickly compound. Your parents just don't seem to understand you. You feel like they choose to see the worst in you and fail to recognize that your experience is uniquely different from theirs. You may often be grounded or reprimanded for things you feel are normal. The values of your home don't mirror the values you experience at school. It feels like you are living a double life, expected to chameleon your personality depending on where you are, and nobody at school or home seems to understand fully. You know you don't deserve to be punished for just being you.

You don't have to live in overwhelm, loneliness, and sadness.

Therapy for adolescents can help you explore who you are and know you are accepted and wanted.

Your mental health deserves care. Navigating multiple and shifting identities is difficult. Trying to fit in and not loving your body is hard. Shape-shifting and code-switching between home and school is isolating. You can make sense of it all through therapy and know that your experience makes sense. You can learn to trust yourself and know that you belong. Teens notice that they experience better academic performance, more harmony with family members, increased self-esteem, and stronger emotional regulation through therapy. They also gain ways of expressing and communicating with peers, bringing them more peace and joy.

Common reasons a teenager might seek a therapist for teens at Therapy on Fig include:

• Exploring identities and making sense of their identities

• Finding belonging and acceptance for who they are

• Experiencing loss and grief

• Dealing with academic pressures, underachieving at school, tests, and sports performance anxiety

• Struggling with body image and disordered eating and relationship with exercise

• Recent or chronic anxiety, depression, or low self-esteem

• Conflicts within families, such as with siblings and parents

• Social anxiety, difficulty fitting in and making friends

• Being bullied or bullying

• Working through challenging and intense emotions

• Understanding boundaries and setting healthy boundaries with self and others

• Being a highly sensitive and empathic teen

• Being a neurodivergent teen such as having ADHD, autism, giftedness, and twice-exceptional

• Being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, queer, coming out to family and friends

• Recovering and healing from trauma and abuse

Our Therapists for Adolescents get it and have been there.

Therapy for teens in person in Highland Park, Los Angeles, CA, or virtually anywhere in California with us means a safe space where you can be seen and heard in your unique experience. We will protect and honor your privacy while working with your parents to build understanding for you. We will support you in effectively expressing and advocating for yourself so you feel more and more confident in your ability to solve problems and authentically relate to your peers and family. You'll have the space to know your anger, confusion, identity struggles, and experiences of discrimination make sense. You will build coping skills for times of overwhelm and anxiety and sadness overtake you.

Therapy on Fig's Approach to Therapy for Teens

At Therapy on Fig, our therapists recognize that every teen is unique, and we tailor our approach to meet each teen's inner wirings, identities, and history. Our approach is non-pathological, which means we believe every "negative" or disliked behavior or emotion is a part of you that deserves to be understood. We are conscious of the family, cultural, and societal systems teens live in. We help teens make sense of their experiences while learning how to most effectively and authentically navigate these systems without harming themselves. We use IFS (Internal Family Systems) as our primary modality and weave in mindfulness, CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), Narrative, and ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) as needed. We offer solutions-oriented therapy sessions for teens who resonate with having concrete steps to take home, although that is required.

Start Therapy for Teens in person in Highland Park, Los Angeles, or virtually anywhere in California.

If your teen is struggling, know that help is available. At Therapy on Fig, we are here to guide your family through this journey with understanding, expertise, and care. Contact us today to schedule a consultation and learn more about our therapy for adolescents in Highland Park, CA.

Let's work together to help your teen find peace, confidence, and healing.

1. Reach out to schedule a free consultation.

2. Speak with a therapist for adolescents.

3. Take the first step

Other Therapy Services Offered at Therapy on Fig in Highland Park, Los Angeles, and Throughout California

At Therapy on Fig, we offer therapy services that fit each couple's unique needs. In addition to Therapy for Teens in Highland Park, we also offer Therapy for Empaths, Trauma Therapy, Couples Therapy, Grief and Loss Therapy, IFS Therapy, and Neurodivergent Affirming Therapy. Whether you're seeking support for a specific issue or looking to strengthen your relationship overall, our therapists are here to help. Contact us today to learn more about our services and how we can support you on your journey towards a healthier, happier relationship.