Therapy for Teens

As a parent, it can be so hard to see your teen struggling.

At InnerWorks, our therapy for teens helps with:

• Anxiety

• Depression

• Peer relationships

• Managing big emotions

• Suicidal thoughts

• Improving parent-teen relationships

How we work with Teens

When you get in touch with us, we’ll send you a parent intake form to fill out. We encourage you to get input from your teen about their concerns. This form will help us match you with the best therapist for your teen.

Next, we will schedule a parent intake session. This is a time for you as a parent to meet with your teen’s therapist to provide more information and for us to properly assess how we can help your family. 

After your intake session, you and the therapist will book the ongoing appointments for your teen. The therapist will work with your teen on the identified concerns and will also discuss with your teen how you as a parent will be included in their therapy.

At InnerWorks, we value the family as a system in which your teen lives. We know that problems don’t happen in isolation, tend to just appear overnight, and that a youth’s emotional wellbeing and behaviours evolve over many years. This means that we expect parents to be involved in their teen’s treatment. This might look like a quick update at the end of sessions, sometimes sitting in together for the entire session, or one-off parent sessions with your teen’s therapist.

We may also recommend that you as parents attend your own therapy, and/or work with one of our parenting coaches. This gives your family the best chance of success in getting back to the kind of family environment that helps all members thrive.

Family issues that we refer out to other providers:

• Explosive/violent behaviours

• Disordered Eating

• Domestic Violence

• High conflict custody & access situations