8 BEST DENVER TEEN COUNSELORS
Top-Rated Teen Counseling | Denver, CO
Looking for Denver teen therapy?
Adolescence is a challenging time for teenagers- where they begin to experience heightened anxiety from relationships, school, new emotions, and more. As a child their world is sheltered, but as a child grows older, that world involve more complicated conditions. This change can cause stress, depression, self esteem issues, and other concerns that could be addressed through teen counseling services.
Teen therapists are trained to teach healthy coping mechanisms and skills to teen clients struggling with anxiety, depression, parent conflicts, and more. Teen therapists specialize in working through the teenage years, which are unique to each of our lives.
What is Teen Counseling?
Counseling is a valuable resource for teens who may be dealing with various mental health struggles or emotional issues. It provides a safe and supportive environment for teens to express themselves, explore their feelings, and learn coping skills.
A skilled therapist can help teens develop healthier thought patterns, improve communication skills, and build resilience. Overall, teen therapy plays a crucial role in supporting the mental and emotional well-being of adolescents as they navigate the challenges of adolescence and enter adult life.
8 highly recommended Denver teen therapists
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Credentials: Doctorate-level mental health clinician
Education: Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from University of Denver
Specialty areas: Infant mental health, early childhood, childhood trauma, parent-child relationships, parent coaching, role transitions, perinatal & postpartum mental health, anxiety, couples, autism spectrum disorder
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Credentials: Master's level training clinician
Education: Master's in International Disaster Psychology (expected 2025)
Specialty areas: Developmental & complex trauma, cultural assimilation issues, depression, anxiety, suicidality, relationship concerns, life & career transitions
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Credentials: Master's level training clinician
Education: Master's in International Disaster Psychology (in progress)
Specialty areas: Parents supporting children with mental illness, trauma, anxiety, relationship issues, life transitions
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Credentials: Licensed clinical psychologist
Education: Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from University of Denver
Specialty areas: Infant mental health, childhood trauma, parenting & attachment
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Credentials: Doctorate-level mental health clinician
Education: Doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Texas A&M University
Specialty areas: Relationship issues, Latinx mental health, anxiety, trauma, depression, work-life balance, burnout, life transitions
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Credentials: Doctorate level mental health clinician
Education: Doctorate in Child, Family, & School Psychology from University of Denver
Specialty areas: ADHD, anxiety, depression, LGBTQIA+ mental health, parent training, trauma, play therapy
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Credentials: Doctorate level mental health clinician
Education: Doctorate in Psychology from Adler University
Specialty areas: Children, adolescents, young adults, families
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Credentials: Licensed clinical psychologist
Education: Doctorate in Counseling Psychology from University of Florida
Specialty areas: Anxiety, mood disorders, trauma, relationship issues, identity exploration, multicultural concerns, sex and sexuality, LGBTQIA+ mental health, OCD
Common struggles teens face
Teens face a difficult world! A couple creates a child, maybe multiple children, and over time their children become teens. Parents will try their best to support their aging adolescents, but the techniques that work on a child are different than the skills that work for parenting teens. Families can be strained when an individual is struggling to heal.
Sometimes, teens may end up requiring counseling with a therapist to teach them helpful skills to navigate feelings that arise from the following common struggles:
Peer pressure
Drug use
Substance abuse
Anxiety
School difficulty
Depression
Relationship challenges
Strong emotions
Separated parents
How teen counseling can help
Counseling with a therapist can seem boring or upsetting. However, the opportunity to talk about life, school, relationships, no longer being a child, and their family can become a place of refuge for teenager clients.
Teens talking with a therapist will benefit- whether their mental health is the focus or the processing of their lives. Having a soundboard to share personal thoughts and emotions without judgement or poor advice being received can alleviate common teen struggles, and allow parents an easier time.
FAQs about teen counseling services
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Many parents and many teens clash, and having a neutral third party support person to offer coping strategies through structured family therapy could alleviate shared feelings of struggling.
Sometimes we utilize family therapy, and sometimes individual teen therapy with some family therapy sessions on occasion is sufficient.
Sometimes parents seeking support may instead engage in parent coaching to learn new skills to revitalize the ways they manage their child, and help their teen understand these skills through indirect forms of counseling.
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At each phase of life, there are differing forms of individual therapy that can be recommended. Play therapy is a form of individual therapy recommended for children. Children under the age of eight are typical candidates for play therapy.
For children at a higher level of maturity and learning capability, talk therapy is more commonly utilized. Cognitive behavioral therapy, eye movement desensitization reprocessing, dialectical behavioral therapy, and more are commonly recommended approaches to counseling. These are chosen based on presenting concerns and modified to fit a patient's needs.
Anxiety, depression, and low self esteem can be treated by a therapist through counseling in a private practice setting, through online therapy in a supportive space, a residential treatment program, or an intensive outpatient program.
Set your teen up for success with our adolescent counseling services in Denver.
For teen therapy, Denver has many choices to offer teens and parents. Offering support for a teen's mental health is an area of strength for our team of therapists at Birch.
If you have a teen struggling with adolescent issues of peer pressure and drug use, depression, anxiety, life stressors, and relationship challenges, call us for a complimentary consultation.
Our practice is accepting new clients- children, adults, adolescents, and relationships. We offer a safe space to teach skills and healthy ways to combat mental health issues and life stressors.
