Families and Teens
How to Help Your Teen Start Therapy
You may be considering therapy for your teen and wondering how to bring it up without making the conversation feel like criticism. Start with concern and curiosity rather than an explanation of what is wrong with them. Your teen may have their own questions about therapy, including questions you have not considered yourself.
Explain Why You Are Bringing It Up
You can describe what you have noticed without assigning a label or assuming the reason behind it. Leave room for your teen to explain things differently. Therapy does not need to be presented as punishment or proof they have failed. You can say that you are interested in support and ask what they would want to understand about it.
Make Room for Their Questions
Your teen might wonder what they would talk about, how online sessions work, or whether they need to tell their whole story. You may wonder how to be involved. Bring those questions to Jazmine rather than promising a particular arrangement. This guide does not establish privacy rules or decide what information is shared in a family’s circumstances.
Interest and Hesitation Can Coexist
Your teen may want someone to talk with and still feel unsure about starting. You can listen without treating uncertainty as refusal or asking them to reassure you. Keep the discussion separate from an argument when possible. Their concerns deserve attention alongside yours, including what they would prefer to ask the therapist directly rather than explain at home.
Ask About Teen Therapy
Jazmine’s teen therapy includes anxiety, identity development, relationships, life transitions, and the impact of complex experiences. Her approach is warm, collaborative, and strengths-based. You can ask about getting started and how conversations make room for emotional awareness and a sense of self. Sessions take place by secure video with clients located in Maryland, not in a local office.
If You Want to Talk
This guide is not a substitute for therapy. You can bring these questions to Jazmine without having a finished explanation.
Sessions are 50 minutes by secure video, with you located in Maryland. Private pay is $200 per session. Individual and teen therapy are also available through Headway with Aetna, BCBS, Cigna, and Kaiser Permanente. Superbills are available for out-of-network benefits.
You can request a free 15-minute consultation by phone through the request form, and Jazmine personally confirms each request.
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