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Posted: Oct 15, 2018 14:30

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Therapeutic Interventions For Teenagers That Work



By NorthStar Treatment
800-635-0165
northstartreatmentcenter@gmail.com
www.northstarcenter.com

If you are one of the parents who is dealing with troubled teen, it can seem like a never-ending fight. There are many reasons why teenagers become troubled. One of the main reasons that teens become troubled is depression. Many times, depression leads to risk-taking, self-harm, and substance abuse in teenagers. There are also major potential risks of antidepressants.

This was the case with a girl who we will refer to as Jenny. Jenny was a good student until she entered 11th grade. Within a few months of starting school, she had become uninterested with her studies and started to disconnect from her friends and activities that she use to enjoy. Her parents did not think much of it at the time, as they believed that she was just under a lot of stress at school. When her report card came home, and her parents saw that her marks were slipping, they pushed her to get better marks. By the end of the Christmas holidays, Jenny and her parents were always fighting about something. At that time, her parents did not know that she had started to take pain killers to numb the pain that she was feeling. When school opened in January, Jenny was asked to see the school counselor because her grades had not improved before the holiday break.

After speaking with Jenny, the school counselor recommended that she should see a therapist to find out what was causing all the negative thoughts and the way that she had felt the last 6 months. Jenny did not tell her parents about the meeting and went on with her daily life, and continued taking the pain killers. The school counselor called home after asking if Jenny had told her parents and if she had been getting help. Her parents were shocked to find out about the meeting and took the recommendation from the school counselor to take Jenny to the therapist. After a few meetings with the therapist, Jenny was found to have chronic depression. Speaking with both Jenny and her parents, the therapist covered the options of therapeutic interventions for teenagers that could work for Jenny. This included the local teenage depression rehab centers. They decided that the best course of action was group therapy for troubled youth, and having weekly meetings with the therapist. Even though Jenny still deals with her chronic depression today, thanks to the therapeutic interventions for teenagers that she completed her now has the tools she needs to live without pain killers or anti-depressants.

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About NorthStar Center
North Star Center is a residential treatment center in southern Utah, dedicated to helping adolescent boys who exhibit emotional and/or behavioral problems which prevent them from functioning adequately in their home or community environments.

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