Counseling Teenage Clients. Therapy with Teenagers. What to do when Teens Won’t Talk In Therapy, TIPS and interventions for …

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  1. I’m so glad I found this channel. Therapist here about two years post degree and man – if I had a dollar for every time I heard “I don’t know” – I’ve been binging your videos to help me work with my teens and kiddos.

  2. Hi! New subscriber, working with teens for just a few months now. Your tip at 2:15 establishing rapport, taking it slow with teen clients, especially if they’re hesitant to therapy and don’t like talking…you said the first couple of a sessions…are there some teens that may need more than 2 sessions to build trust and begin to open up before we dive into the work of therapy? If it takes 3-5 sessions is that indicative that they’re not connecting with you and might need another therapist? Thank you!

  3. I know this is an older video, but it was SPOT on and so helpful for me! One activity I came up with for building rapport with teens is sharing music. If the teen is into music, ask them about a song on their playlist they would like to share. Then listen to it between sessions and explore at the next session. I use this to help them think about how they FEEL when listening. It's been incredibly helpful. Thanks again!!!

  4. Yknow when I went to counseling with my mom I personally thought that I was talking or opening up. The councilor said to my mother behind my back that i wasnt. I think the reason for that was that I've never told anyone what I was feeling except for myself in like a notes app. I dont think thats normal.

  5. I'm a teen and i recently tried counselling but as a person I'm just really anxious especially around new people so for me it didn't really work being trapped in a small room with someone trying to get me to talk about my feelings to the point where i got so anxious I was crying. the things you've covered in this video seem like a really good way from my perpective to be able to releave a bit off pressure from the whole situation and be able to trust rather then being expected to freely regurgitate my feelings.

    this isnt saing that this wont work for everyone it can be rlly helpfull for a lot of other people the way it was done just didnt suit me :))

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