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Connection Starts with Understanding
Parenting a teen can feel like a constant mix of love, confusion, and exhaustion. You want to help, but conversations turn tense or shut down quickly. What used to work no longer does. You may be navigating a new ADHD diagnosis, trauma history, or growing concerns about your teen’s emotional health, while also trying to stay steady yourself.
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If this season feels harder than you expected, it does not mean you are doing something wrong. It means you are parenting a teen in a world that asks a lot of both of you.
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When Life with Your Teen Feels Harder Than It Should
Adolescence comes with real growing pains. Your teen may be struggling with focus, motivation, emotional outbursts, or withdrawal. They might be dealing with depression, anxiety, trauma, or the impact of ADHD on their confidence and self-image.
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As a parent, you may feel unsure how to support them without escalating conflict or losing your own sense of calm. Home may feel tense rather than connected.
These challenges are not signs of failure. They are signs that something deeper needs attention and therapy can help create a path forward for both teens and parents.
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How Therapy Helps Teens and Parents
At Internal Compass, we support teens and their parents in building understanding, communication, and trust. Therapy focuses on what is happening beneath behavior, not on blame or judgment.
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Together, we work on:
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Helping teens build emotional regulation, self-awareness, and confidence
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Supporting parents in understanding the emotional needs behind behavior
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Navigating ADHD, trauma, anxiety, and mood challenges
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Strengthening communication so everyone feels heard and respected
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Helping parents respond with clarity rather than react out of overwhelm
Telehealth therapy in New Jersey allows families to access support from home, creating a familiar and safe environment for growth and healing.
Our Therapy Approach
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
For teens and parents impacted by trauma, EMDR helps process painful experiences in a safe and structured way, reducing emotional intensity and supporting resilience.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT helps teens recognize unhelpful thought patterns and build confidence through more balanced thinking. For parents, it supports responding thoughtfully rather than reacting in moments of stress.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
ACT helps families focus on shared values like connection and empathy, while letting go of the pressure to be perfect. It supports showing up consistently, even during hard moments.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
DBT teaches emotional regulation and communication skills that reduce conflict and improve understanding. These tools help teens manage big emotions and help parents stay grounded.
Testimonial
"For years friends and family have been encouraging me to go to therapy after all of their positive experiences; for years I have pushed it off... I realized that my mental health was taking a turn and decided to take the leap into therapy. Having my first therapy experience over Zoom definitely presented itself with its own challenges; slowly but surely I began to see how sessions with Molly were impacting my everyday life in a hugely positive way. Over the last few months Molly has given me a safe space to begin to explore aspects of myself that I would never have touched. She has known when to push my exploration deeper and when to pull back. Molly has started the process that is allowing me to feel like a better friend, daughter, partner, and person and for that I am so thankful."
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Your Next Step Toward Connection
You do not have to navigate this stage of life alone. With the right support, teens can learn to express themselves more clearly and parents can feel steadier and more confident.
Internal Compass helps families strengthen communication, rebuild trust, and reconnect with one another.
Therapy is a place to pause, reset, and move forward together.
Ready to begin. Schedule a free 15-minute consultation and take the first step toward a calmer, more connected home.
FAQs About Teen Therapy and Parenting Support
How do I know if my teen needs therapy?
If your teen is struggling with emotions, behavior changes, school stress, withdrawal, anxiety, depression, or ADHD-related challenges, therapy can help provide support and tools.
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Do parents participate in teen therapy?
Yes. Parent involvement is often an important part of the process. Sessions may include parent check-ins or joint conversations depending on your family’s needs.
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Can therapy help with ADHD in teens?
Yes. Therapy can support emotional regulation, self-esteem, communication, and coping skills for teens with ADHD, while also helping parents understand how ADHD affects behavior and relationships.
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Is online therapy effective for teens?
Yes. Telehealth therapy is effective for teens and often feels more comfortable since sessions happen in a familiar environment.
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What if my teen does not want to talk?
Therapists are trained to meet teens where they are. Building trust takes time and therapy does not require forcing conversations before your teen feels ready.