Help Your Teen Get Better at Paying Attention, Making Decisions, and Feeling more Relaxed — Three Ideas for Getting Outside
By Megan Yarnall, MA, MFTC, LPCC When was the last time you spent more than 10 minutes outside for the sole purpose of sitting and enjoying natural sights and sounds? 30 minutes? 1 hour? When was the last time your teen did the same thing? For some people, it might not have been…
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What it’s like to try Outdoor Therapy
By Megan Yarnall, MA, MFTC, LPCC At Colorado Teen Therapy, we believe in nature therapy, outdoor therapy and adventure therapy because we’ve experienced it ourselves and we know how transformational it can be. As I prepare to work with group of teens during our summer camp, I wanted to share a little about my own…
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How Can Dialectical Behavior Therapy Help Your Teen?
What is DBT? DBT is a type of cognitive behavior therapy that takes a strengths-based approach to help individuals identify and challenge core beliefs that make life harder. By focusing on both the ability to accept current situations while still striving to make things better, it teaches tools to react in healthy and appropriate ways…
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How does Play Therapy Work with Teens and Tweens?
By Alexandra Papa, MA, LPC “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than a year of conversation.” – Plato Play is the primary language of children. When most people think of play therapy, they think of small children but this is not the case. Play therapy can be used…
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Counseling for parents is helpful, too!
By Megan Yarnall, MA, MFTC, LPCC Every day is busy, whether you have one child, or three children, or more. It can be difficult to schedule in time for yourself, or dedicate the money to yourself instead of your kids. However, what happens when parents don’t make time for themselves? In fact, much of the…
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