Teen Therapy in Texas: Navigate Change and Embrace the Journey
Mind Works provides individual teen therapy and counseling for adolescents ages 13 to 17 across various Texas locations. If you are looking for quality and compassionate teen therapy and counseling for your loved one, Mind Works can help.
Teen Counseling Designed for Adolescents and Their Families
Accessible Locations Across Texas
Mind Works is located close to major cities, such as Houston and Lubbock, which gives convenient access to our various locations. We work to make sure our locations are easily accessible, no matter which part of Texas you live in. Our current locations that provide teen counseling in Texas include:
- San Antonio (North, Northeast, West)
- Schertz
- New Braunfels
What Sets Mind Works Apart?
Specialized Pediatric & Adolescent Expertise
Our team is specially trained and qualified to treat behavioral health concerns in children and teens, from ages 3 to 17. This includes intellectual disabilities as well as learning disorders, allowing us to effectively treat teens from every walk of life.
Evidence-Based Therapies for Bipolar Disorder
Our team uses a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques, including cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and solutions-focused therapy.
Collaborative Care Across Therapy, Assessments & Medication Management
Our integrated team comes together to provide the absolute best care for your child, sharing key information and working cooperatively to establish a comprehensive treatment plan.
Strategic, Session-Based Treatment Planning
Our team is dedicated to helping children and teens develop individualized treatment plans that evolve based on session-based goals. This approach ensures tailored care that adapts to each child’s progress.
Family Partnership & Parent Education
We partner with families by offering educational resources and workshops that empower parents to support their child’s wellness journey.
Consistency, Continuity & High-Quality Clinical Oversight
We work cooperatively with families to provide clear and consistent communication needed to better help us provide the best care for your teen. You will regularly be kept updated on the progress of your teen, and no treatment can proceed without your direct approval.
Launch Your Child’s Healing Journey in Three Simple Steps
1. Get in Touch
Get started with Mind Works by filling out our simple contact form online or giving us a call.
2. Complete Intake Process
Submit all required paperwork so we can better understand your child’s history and needs.
3. Begin Treatment
Meet your child’s provider to establish a treatment plan and begin teen counseling sessions.
Launch Your Child’s Healing Journey in Three Simple Steps
1. Get in Touch
Get started with Mind Works by filling out our simple contact form online or giving us a call.
2. Complete Intake Process
Submit all required paperwork so we can better understand your child’s history and needs.
3. Begin Treatment
Meet your child’s provider to establish a treatment plan and begin teen counseling sessions.
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When Teen Counseling May Be Helpful
Growing up can be a tumultuous time for teenagers. Counseling and therapy may be helpful when teens need professional support.
Emotional and Mental Health Concerns in Teens
Teens can sometimes struggle with mental health issues that can affect their daily functioning and prevent them from thriving. Some emotional and mental health issues that young people may experience can include:
- Identity issues
- Poor self-esteem
- Body issues (which can lead to eating disorders)
- Mental health disorders, such as anxiety, depression, or eating disorders
- Developmental, educational, and learning disorders, such as autism or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Life changes, such as moving
- Grief and trauma
- Substance use
In severe cases, teens may struggle with serious issues such as self-harm or suicidal thoughts. Although it is normal for teens to experience mood swings or “teen angst,” it is not normal for these feelings and thoughts to severely impact daily functioning and well-being.
Behavioral, Academic, and Social Stressors
Several stressors can contribute to a teen struggling with their mental health. Some of which can include:
- Bullying
- Peer pressure
- Social media
- Family conflict
- Acedemic pressure
- Social and societal expectations
- Preparing for adulthood
- Puberty and bodily changes
Part of treatment for teens is helping them navigate these stressors and develop healthy coping skills to de-stress as needed. That way, teens develop a tool-kit of skills they can use now and as young adults.
How Therapy Supports Your Teen’s Growth in School, Relationships, and Self-Discovery
Enhanced Self-Esteem & Body Image
Navigating the teen years often means facing self-doubt and body image issues. Teen therapy provides a supportive space for adolescents to build confidence, accept and love their unique bodies, and grow in self-esteem.
Healthier Friendships & Relationships
Relationship dynamics can be complex or distressing during adolescence. Therapy helps teens to build and maintain healthier, more fulfilling relationships with their friends, significant others, and family.
Substance Use Education & Prevention
With pressures surrounding substance use, teens need clear, factual information and strong coping strategies. Therapy offers education and preventive measures, guiding teens towards making informed, healthy choices.
Increased Resilience & Coping Skills
Life doesn’t come without its hurdles. Through therapy, teens learn to develop resilience and robust coping skills, equipping them to handle life’s challenges and recover from setbacks with strength.
Stress, Anxiety, & Depression Support
Many teens grapple with stress, anxiety, and depression due to a wide range of factors. Therapy helps teens express what’s going on inside and offers strategies to reduce symptoms and promote mental well-being.
Future Planning & Goal Setting
Teens are faced with so many daunting decisions that can determine the course of their future. Therapy helps them to clarify their values, set achievable goals, ease anxieties, and create a roadmap for the future.
How Our Teen Counseling Supports Long-Term Well-Being
Enhanced Self-Esteem & Body Image
Navigating the teen years often means facing self-doubt and body image issues. Teen therapy provides a supportive space for adolescents to build confidence, accept and love their unique bodies, and grow in self-esteem.
Healthier Friendships & Relationships
Relationship dynamics can be complex or distressing during adolescence. Therapy helps teens to build and maintain healthier, more fulfilling relationships with their friends, significant others, and family.
Substance Use Education & Prevention
With pressures surrounding substance use, teens need clear, factual information and strong coping strategies. Therapy offers education and preventive measures, guiding teens towards making informed, healthy choices.
Increased Resilience & Coping Skills
Life doesn’t come without its hurdles. Through therapy, teens learn to develop resilience and robust coping skills, equipping them to handle life’s challenges and recover from setbacks with strength.
Stress, Anxiety, & Depression Support
Many teens grapple with stress, anxiety, and depression due to a wide range of factors. Therapy helps teens express what’s going on inside and offers strategies to reduce symptoms and promote mental well-being.
Future Planning & Goal Setting
Teens are faced with daunting decisions that can determine the course of their future. Therapy helps them to clarify their values, set achievable goals, ease anxieties, and create a roadmap for the future.
Begin Your Child’s Success Story
Ready to get started or have more questions for our team before moving forward? Give us a call or fill out a simple form online to start the journey toward your child’s thriving future.
What a Teen Therapy Session Looks Like
The First Session and Ongoing Therapy Sessions
Our therapy sessions are overseen by licensed and certified teen therapists, such as an LPC or LCSW. The first sessions are primarily spent developing a rapport and a safe space for your teen to feel comfortable enough to express themselves. Our therapists will take time to get to know your teen and their concerns and then help them develop the goals they have for therapy. Teens are welcome to ask questions and spend time getting comfortable.
After trust is established between your teen and their treatment provider, they move on to the working stage of therapy. Here, your teen will focus on addressing the problems that they have with their therapist. This is also a stage where your teen may resist treatment or test boundaries by increasing unwanted or problematic behaviors. Though you may feel discouraged, this is normal, as behaviors will tend to get worse before they get better.
Once this stage is complete, your teen will enter the growing stage, where they begin to make progress on their treatment goals. Your teen will begin to put in the hard work needed for personal growth, and you will start to see an improvement in their behavior. This part of therapy is focused on learning how to develop and utilize coping skills and better manage their emotions and behavior.
Building Coping Skills and Emotional Regulation Over Time
After several sessions of therapy, your teen will be ready to ingrain healthy coping skills into their daily life. This empowers them to become more self-regulated and resilient as they practice their newly learned skills in and out of therapy. Their therapist will encourage them to practice their skills with continued guidance as needed. This may take some time, especially for teens who may need to feel more equipped before feeling comfortable leaving therapy.
Once your teen has become confident in themselves, has stabilized, and mastered their skill use, we begin the discharge process for a joyful graduation.
Our Evidence-Based Approach to Teen Therapy
Individual, Session-Based Teen Therapy
Our session-based therapy services are tailored to be flexible, which best helps teens get the care they need with minimal disruptions to their lives. That way, teens are not rushed through treatment and can focus on healing at their own pace. Each session is overseen by a licensed clinician or other mental health care professional.
Personalized Treatment Plans for Each Teen
Each teen receives a carefully tailored and personalized treatment plan designed to meet their individual needs. This allows us to give targeted care in the areas where your teen needs help the most while also boosting their strengths. These plans incorporate not just treatment, but wellness and coping strategies to promote lasting personal growth.
Therapy Modalities Used in Teen Counseling
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT is a psychotherapy commonly used in teen therapy as it helps identify harmful thoughts and behavioral patterns. Teens then use CBT to develop strategies to change these harmful patterns and regain agency over their mental health.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
DBT is a psychotherapy used to help teens manage intense emotions and improve interpersonal relationships. It combines CBT techniques with mindfulness practices to teach teens skills such as distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
Trauma-Informed and Mindfulness-Based Approaches
Mind Works utilizes therapy that is sensitive to teens who experienced trauma. As such, we use therapies such as eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) to help teens process their trauma without being retraumatized in the process. We include other mindfulness approaches to therapy, such as solution-focused therapy, which helps teens build on their current strengths to facilitate positive change.
Why Families Choose Mind Works
Specialized Expertise
Our team is specially trained and qualified to treat behavioral health concerns in children and teens, from ages 3 to 17. Every provider is trained by our registered play therapist supervisor.
Comprehensive Treatment Options
We deliver the full spectrum of mental health services for children, including assessments, evidence-based therapy, medication management, and parental guidance.
Collaborative Approach
Our integrated team comes together to provide the absolute best care for your child, sharing key information and working cooperatively to establish a comprehensive treatment plan.
Evidence-Based Care
Our team uses a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques, including play therapy for children 3-12, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and solution-focused therapy.
FAQ About Teen Counseling and Therapy at Mind Works
Teen therapy in Texas at Mind Works is designed to support adolescents dealing with a variety of challenges, including anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, relationship difficulties, and navigating life transitions. Our goal is to help teens find healthier ways to cope and thrive.
Our teen therapy incorporates several evidence-based modalities, including:
- Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for changing negative thought patterns
- Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for emotion regulation
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for trauma resolution
- Solution-focused therapy for building on strengths to create change
We at Mind Works don’t believe in putting a time limit on therapy. Instead, we use a session-based model that allows for better flexibility for families and their teens. The average length of treatment for our patients is 12 sessions, with each session meeting once a week for an hour. Some teens may need more or fewer sessions, depending on their individual needs.
Yes, all of our teen counseling and therapy sessions are in person at one of our Texas locations.
While teen therapy focuses on the individual needs of the adolescent, family involvement is often crucial for success. We may include family therapy sessions to improve communication, resolve conflicts, and support the teen’s growth within the family dynamic.
The first session is primarily about building rapport and establishing a safe, comfortable space for your teen to express themselves. It’s a chance for the therapist to learn about your teen’s concerns and goals for therapy, and for your teen to ask questions and get to know their therapist.
Success Stories
“Highly recommend Mind Works. I am a clinician in Illinois and needed to find a clinic in Texas that could provide services to my client that was moving. This is no easy feat to do across the United States. Mind Works was fabulous to work with from the very beginning. Coordination of care was 5 stars and my “previous” client is very happy with their new counselor. Thank you very much for going above and beyond during this difficult time so many other counseling offices are facing. I appreciate all the help and coordination you offered my client!”
“I have known the owners for over 8 years and have taken a family member to Mind Works. Therefore, I can speak of them both personally and professionally. There truly is no better place for this service, especially for children and young adults. On the personal level, I know how much they truly care about everyone they meet. On a professional level, the entire staff is a reflection of the dedication to helping others and competence that gets results that the owners exude. During the incredibly trying time of this pandemic and the fear and anxiety it has caused many people, we are incredibly blessed to have Mind Works available to support.”
“The front desk staff is kind and courteous and helped me find the right therapist for my child. When I met my therapist she was kind and explained the process to me. I love that she included me in the play therapy process and helped me understand how to help my child. Thankful for the therapists at Mind Works!”
“Mindworks is the leader in child centered play therapy and collaborative care in San Antonio and surrounding areas. Their focus is solely on the mental health of children and teenagers. Each clinician at all four locations is seasoned, knowledgeable, experienced, and capable. Parents trust that their child is going to get the treatment and services they need and deserve.
I thoroughly enjoyed working as a clinician at Mindworks. The support and leadership is consistent and outstanding. Unlike any other job that I have had, leadership and clinicians work together to cultivate an awesome work environment.”
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