Psychotherapy Options for Troubled Teens / Abundant Life Preparatory

Abundant Life Preparatory understands the difficulty most parents face with their troubled teenss.  Psychotherapy is very important for treating struggling teens. There are various types of therapy options which can help struggling troubled teens. Some therapies focus on shifting patterns of mood and behavior while some try to reduce the effects of bad experiences in the past. Different methods of therapies depend on the nature and problems of the teen.

Types:

Medication can also be used side by side with psychotherapy treatment. There are mainly 5 types of therapies available which are:

- Psychodynamic Therapy: In this therapy the unresolved conflicts of the teen’s mind are resolved by providing a solution to the emotional issues of teen. These unresolved conflicts occur due to the emotional problems in teens.
- Behavioral Therapy: In this therapy the rapidly changing behavior of teens is focused.
- Cognitive Therapy: As we know that negative emotional issues cause self-destructive behavior in teens. Negative thoughts causes problem in child’s behavior. In this therapy the focus is kept on replacing negative thoughts by positive thoughts.
- Family Therapy: In this therapy family of teens is taken into account and family members made to understand the importance of rules, ideals, values, and limits. Family plays an important role in teen’s life and child learns from his parents and other family members. So changing families of teens helps in changing teen’s behavior.
- Supportive Therapy: In this therapy focus is on providing support to teens rather than changing them. This helps in increasing self-esteem of teenager.

Advantages of Psychotherapy:

Psychotherapy treats a struggling teens by changing his mind and treating the cause of his problems at the core. Thus this treatment has a long lasting effect on troubled teens.


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Restore Troubled Teens (RESTORE) represents a consortium of therapeutic schools programs that have the goal to help troubled teens overcome a wide variety of issues from which many of today's adolescents suffer. We work with families of teens who are struggling with emotional, psychological and behavioral problems that require a residential setting to effectively treat these issues. Mood disorders (depression, bipolar, suicidal thoughts), anxiety, sexual addictions, eating disorders, adoption issues, substance abuse and addiction, various learning disabilities, ADD & ADHD, oppositional defiance, attachment disorders, psychosexual disorders, and PTSD are some of the more common issues that are treated by RESTORE recommended schools. Serving families from all 50 States: Alaska (AK), Alabama (AL), Arkansas (AR), Arizona (AZ), California (CA), Colorado (CO), Connecticut (CT), Delaware (DE), Florida (FL), Georgia (GA), Hawaii (HI), Iowa (IA), Idaho (ID), Illinois (IL), Indiana (IN), Kansas (KS), Kentucky (KY), Louisiana (LA), Massachusetts (MA), Maryland (MD), Maine (ME), Michigan (MI), Minnesota (MN), Missouri (MO), Mississippi (MS), Montana (MT), North Carolina (NC), North Dakota (ND), Nebraska (NE), New Hampshire (NH), New Jersey (NJ), New Mexico (NM), Nevada (NV), New York (NY), Ohio (OH), Oklahoma (OK), Oregon (OR), Pennsylvania (PA), Rhode Island (RI), South Carolina (SC), South Dakota (SD), Tennessee (TN), Texas (TX), Utah (UT), Virginia (VA), Vermont (VT), Washington (WA), Wisconsin (WI), West Virginia (WV), Wyoming (WY),