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Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT)

By Test User / December 18, 2024

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

Mindfulness-Based Interventions

For the parent whose teen picks apart every photo

For the parent whose teen picks apart every photo of themselves.

There’s a name for it. It’s called THE COMPARISON. Telling them they’re beautiful slides off. Tell them the game is rigged instead.

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#parentingteens #raisingteens #teencounseling #bodyimage #teenmentalhealth

It’s 1pm on a Saturday They’re still in bed. Curt

It’s 1pm on a Saturday

They’re still in bed. Curtains shut. Phone in hand or face down. They’ve barely moved all day. When you say something, you get a grunt

You’re this close to calling them lazy. Telling them to get up and do something with their life.

Please read this first….

Teenagers do need more sleep. That’s real. But there’s a difference between a tired teen and a teen who can’t get up, and it matters

A tired teen sleeps in, then gets up and gets on with their day. A flat, low teen stays down. Not because they’re lazy. Because getting up feels like lifting a weight they can’t lift. In depression, the simplest things, showering, eating, replying to a text, feel enormous. From the outside it looks like doing nothing. From the inside it’s a kid using everything they’ve got just to exist

The tell isn’t the sleeping. It’s whether the things they used to love have gone flat too. If they still light up about their mates, their game, their music, they’re probably just a tired teenager. If nothing brings them any joy anymore, that’s worth paying attention to.

Tonight don’t lead with ‘you’re so lazy.’ A depressed kid already believes they’re failing at life. Confirming it pushes them further down

Instead, get curious, gently. ‘I’ve noticed you’re finding it really hard to get going lately. That’s not like you. I’m not cranky about it, I’m just wondering how you’re actually doing.’

When to look closer. If the flatness lasts more than a couple of weeks, if they’ve lost interest in the things they loved, pulled back from friends, or said anything about not seeing the point, that’s not laziness. That’s a GP conversation, and the sooner the better

What they’ll remember is whether you called them lazy, or whether you were the one who noticed they were struggling.

- Send to a parent about to call their teen lazy

- Save for the next Saturday they won’t get up
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#parentingteens #teenmentalhealth #raisingteens #teendepression #teenagegirls

It’s 6:15pm You asked one normal question. ‘How w

It’s 6:15pm

You asked one normal question. ‘How was your day?’ And you got your head bitten off. Again. Slammed cupboard. ‘Just leave me alone.’ Storming off

You’re walking on eggshells in your own house and you’re starting to think your teen has just turned into an angry person

Here’s what nobody tells parents..

In teenagers, anxiety very often comes out as anger.

Here’s why. Anxiety is a horrible, overwhelming feeling of everything being too much. But ‘I’m scared and overwhelmed and I can’t cope’ is a vulnerable thing to say, and most teens can’t say it. Anger feels safer. More in control. So the fear leaks out sideways as snapping, irritability, and rage over small things

The kid biting your head off isn’t a kid who’s turned nasty. A lot of the time it’s a kid whose tank is full of worry they don’t have words for, and the smallest thing tips it over

Tonight, don’t match their anger. If you snap back, you’re now two dysregulated people, and they learn home isn’t safe to fall apart in

Instead, stay calm and name what might be underneath. ‘You seem really on edge lately. Not in trouble. I just wonder if something’s stressing you out that’s bigger than it looks

You might get ‘I’m fine’ the first few times. Keep the door open anyway. You’re telling them you see past the anger to the worry.

Sometimes anger is just anger. A bad day, a rough patch, being a teenager. But if it’s constant and coming with other signs, it’s worth a closer look

If the irritability is constant, comes with trouble sleeping, headaches or stomach aches, pulling back from friends, or they seem wound tight all the time, that’s worth looking at. It could be anxiety, and a GP is the place to start.

What they’ll remember is whether you treated them like an angry kid, or whether you were the one who realised they were overwhelmed

- Send to a parent tiptoeing around a ‘moody’ teen

- Save for the next time you get snapped at for nothing
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#teenanxiety #parentingteens #raisingteens #teenmentalhealth #teenagegirls

FRIENDSHIP SERIES · Pt 2 - Save this for your teen

FRIENDSHIP SERIES · Pt 2
- Save this for your teen grieving a friendship no one else is taking seriously.
 - Send it to a parent whose kid just lost their person. 💛
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#teens #teenmentalhealth #parentingteens #teenagegirls #raisingteens

For the mum who’s ever wondered why the bond with

For the mum who’s ever wondered why the bond with her firstborn is different.

It’s because they knew the version of you that came before the version everyone else got.

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#firstborn #firstimemum #eldestdaughter❤️ #parentingteenagers #raisingteens

For the parent watching their kid disappear into t

For the parent watching their kid disappear into the group.

There’s a name for it. It’s called THE PERFORMANCE. They’re not being fake. Fitting in feels like survival.

Keep the light on at home so they always know where their real self lives.

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#parentingteens #raisingteens #identity #teenmentalhealth #peerpressure

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