Teen Girls Overcoming Trauma

Yes, there is hope.

As a parent or caregiver, there just isn’t anything that you wouldn’t do to protect your child.

Even so, we simply cannot be there all of the time and sometimes horrible things happen to our kids. Whether it is an assault, the death of a loved one, or some other terrible thing. The guilt on you as a parent, may be overwhelming to you. The teens that I work with tend to be young women who are highly intelligent, creative, artistic, and deep thinkers.

This was the kid who was going places, that inspired others, and also would throw you off with her deep and un-answerable questions. Ever since the horrible thing happened, she has changed completely. Her grades have gone down, and she doesn’t seem to care about things that she used to really love.

What is most common with teens overcoming terrible experiences?

• She may not want to talk to you about it. Especially if the person who hurt her was close to you at one point, and especially if someone you both loved died. Your teen loves you, (despite the attitude). She doesn’t want to see you hurt more.
• She suddenly isn’t interested in things that she used to be interested in. (AKA your teen loved theater or dance or soccer and suddenly she seems to not care at all).
• Her grades or some extracurricular activity has gone down in performance and you think to yourself: “How did my A student go to a D student who doesn’t seem to be worried how this will affect her chances of going to college?”
• She has nightmares or is sleeping in strange patterns that did not used to be there
• She stays up way late and wants to nap after school, or will crawl into your bed at night, which hasn’t happened since she was a little girl.
• She is jumpy, and seem worried that something bad may happen again. Like you walk into the room and she screamed because she didn’t know you were home, or she begged you not to go on the business trip because she was worried you wouldn’t come back.

The thing is, there is HOPE! I will say it again, there. Is. Hope.

My approach to working with Trauma with teens:

I have worked with countless teens through trauma recovery and while the process can be very difficult, it can be like rediscovering your child again.

Trauma treatment can be hard, in fact I think that you can guarantee that it will be hard. But isn’t anything worth anything, in fact, difficult at times?

I work with teens who have overcome a variety of traumas including traumatic deaths, sexual and physical abuse, and many other forms of trauma.

I work with words AND with art because lets face it, sometimes words are just not enough.

Begin therapy for Trauma recovery for my teen:
Your teen does not need to continue down this path that has you so worried that you made your way to my website. Trauma treatment can help your teen heal and also may provide some healing to you along the way.

To start your Therapy journey, follow these simple steps:

• Contact me to Schedule your 15 min free consultation to see if we are a good fit.
• Meet with me to start therapy.
• Help your teen live the life that is truly a beautiful one that they deserve.

Other Mental Health Services at Hope Arts Therapy

My Southern California practice specializes in helping teens and young women overcoming traumas. Through therapy, I help people overcome the pain of what they have been through or what has happened to them. I also specialize in therapy for young women learning healthy relationships who feel stuck in unhealthy patterns related to trying to rescue people who don’t want to be rescued, and struggling with their own mental health as a result. If you don’t live in the Southern California Area, all of my services are available online via a secure video chat platform anywhere in the State of California. Get in touch with us today to start you or your child’s journey to healing and getting that much needed joy back!