Adolescents and their Families

In this project we see adolescence as a life cycle transition that affects the family as a whole. We help parents and adolescents work collaboratively and simultaneously on maintaining a supportive relationship through all the changes that this transition demands. For parents this means understanding the needs of their adolescent child, adjusting beliefs and expectations for their adolescent, and finding new ways to manage their anxiety and anger, around their adolescent’s provocative and often dangerous behavior. For adolescents this means taking more responsibility both in their relationship with their parents, and for the trajectory of their own lives.

Our emphasis is on improving interactive patterns and opening channels of communication. In this way we marshal the resources of the family so that parents and children can work together to resolve their problems.