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In this day and age, it can be difficult for youth and teens to navigate school obligations, social interactions, family issues, and more. Some children even suffer from undiagnosed mental illnesses that make everyday life a challenge. Without adequate support, youth and teens may struggle immensely with their mental and emotional health and live miserable lives.

That’s where teen and youth counseling/therapy can help. Wherever you are located in New Jersey from Atlantic City to West New York or even Newark, or anywhere else nearby, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Signs Your Child Can Use Youth/Teen Therapy

It can be challenging to determine whether you should seek professional help for your child. Youth and teens may need counseling for the following reasons:

  • They isolate themselves from their friends.
  • Their school grades are slipping.
  • They make reckless decisions.
  • They often seem sad or worried.

If a child exhibits any of the above signs, consider speaking with a therapist about teen or youth counseling. If you are curious to learn more about how you can help your child, read licensed therapist Stephanie Olarte’s tips about teen/youth therapy and how parents can get involved.

Your Child Deserves to Feel Better: Explore Youth/Teen Counseling Today!

Youth and teen counseling enables a therapist to identify your child's issues and create a customized plan to address them so your child can flourish and be happy. And with Mental Health Match, finding a qualified youth therapist is easy! Start by browsing experts below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

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Valerie Morales-Kendrick
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Work through the various issues you may be experiencing. Together, we will re-direct your thinking towards a happier and brighter future. No matter the circumstance, it's never too late to change, and I am willing to help you make that first step.


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Together, we will:

Work through the various issues you may be experiencing. Together, we will re-direct your thinking towards a happier and brighter future. No matter the circumstance, it's never too late to change, and I am willing to help you make that first step.

Something to know about my approach is:

As a bilingual Licensed Social Worker, I have gained a vast amount of experience working in the mental health field with children and adults of various ages. I like to utilize a person centered approach tailored to the specific needs of the clients.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Emotional abuse
  • Family Conflict
  • grief
  • Mood Disorders
  • Peer Relationships
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relationship issues
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-harm
  • Stress Management
  • Trauma
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Valerie Morales-Kendrick remote and phone therapy in New Jersey, Pennsylvania
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Lauren Necesario Smith
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explore how your feelings of anxiety, depression, and stress impact your daily functioning. We will use different tools to help you develop new ways of understanding and reacting to life stressors.


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Together, we will:

explore how your feelings of anxiety, depression, and stress impact your daily functioning. We will use different tools to help you develop new ways of understanding and reacting to life stressors.

Something to know about my approach is:

Through gentle exploration and skill building, you will be guided to a place of understanding, acceptance, and compassion for where you are in your journey and how you got here. I like to use CBT, DBT, ACT, and mindfulness-based interventions.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment Disorders
  • Adjustment issues
  • Adult ADHD
  • Aging and Getting Older
  • Anxiety
  • Boundaries
  • Chronic Pain
  • Confidence and Self-worth
  • Cultural Adjustment
  • Depression
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • grief
  • High-functioning anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Life Adjustment
  • Life Transitions
  • Low Self-Esteem
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Mental health issues and disorders
  • Painful thoughts
  • Psychosomatic Issues
  • Testing
  • Test/Performance Anxiety
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Ylenia Martinez
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Emotional pain puts a strain on all aspects of life. Allow me the opportunity to help you find meaning in your life, reconnect with your loved ones, build up the confidence to succeed professionally and reach your goals.


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Emotional pain puts a strain on all aspects of life. Allow me the opportunity to help you find meaning in your life, reconnect with your loved ones, build up the confidence to succeed professionally and reach your goals.

Something to know about my approach is:

I am an active advocate of acceptance and living in an all-inclusive society that allows all individuals of different cultures, religions, gender identities, sexual orientations and abilities to live their life to their full potential.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adolescents
  • Anxiety
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Communication Issues
  • Depression
  • Infertility
  • Life Transitions
  • Relationship Distress
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Ylenia Martinez remote and phone therapy in Florida, New Jersey, Texas, Vermont
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Anahita Lake-Khosravi
Together, we will:

Decide what your therapeutic journey will look like and how I can best serve you. We will explore any unhelpful thoughts you may be experiencing and determine goals you have for yourself. We will then work together to improve your quality of life.


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A Fit for You?

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Together, we will:

Decide what your therapeutic journey will look like and how I can best serve you. We will explore any unhelpful thoughts you may be experiencing and determine goals you have for yourself. We will then work together to improve your quality of life.

Something to know about my approach is:

I take a strengths based, solution focused approach. I hope to be a safe place to unload whatever feels heavy in the moment, while helping you develop and practice strategies to make lasting changes.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Autism Related Challenges
  • Behavioral Disorders
  • Child behavior issues
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Developmental Disorders
  • High functioning autism
  • Life Stress
  • Parenting
  • Parenting Special Needs Children
  • Perinatal
  • Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders
  • Postpartum
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Pregnancy
  • School issues
  • Self Harm Reduction
  • Suicide
  • Work stress
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Anahita Lake-Khosravi remote and phone therapy in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin
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Samantha Levinson
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We will work together on your exploring your life and goals. I would be happy to assist you through your journey to mental wellness.


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Together, we will:

We will work together on your exploring your life and goals. I would be happy to assist you through your journey to mental wellness.

Something to know about my approach is:

I utilize a broad range of evidence-based modalities to help assist clients through their journey to mental wellness. These treatment modalities include: cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and play therapy.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Acute Grief
  • anticipatory grief
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Asexuality
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Birth trauma
  • Bisexuality
  • Borderline Personality
  • Chronic stress
  • Co-parenting
  • COVID 19 Stress and Anxiety
  • Cultural Diversity and Identities
  • Cultural Trauma
  • Depression Management
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Disenfranchised Grief
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Divorce Recovery for Children
  • Eating Disorders
  • Family trauma
  • Financial Anxiety
  • Gay Identity
  • Gender Diversity
  • Gender Transition
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • grief
  • Grief counseling
  • High anxiety
  • Illness Anxiety Disorder
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Lesbian Identity
  • LGBTQ Family Development
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Manic Depression
  • Mindbody Connection
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (OCSDs)
  • Parenting
  • Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders
  • Persistant Depressive Disorder
  • Postpartum Anxiety
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • Racial Trauma
  • Relationship Distress
  • Religious Trauma
  • School issues
  • School Resistance
  • Self Esteem & Confidence Issues
  • Self Harm Reduction
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Social Anxiety
  • Stress Eating
  • Structural Family Therapy
  • Test/Performance Anxiety
  • transgender identity
  • Transgender Issues
  • Trauma Recovery
  • Trichotillomania / Hair Pulling
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Samantha Levinson remote and phone therapy in New Jersey, Pennsylvania