Child & Adolescent Therapy in Hawaii

Helping Young Minds Grow, Change, & Thrive

Growing up can be exciting, uncertain, and full of changes. School, friendships, family relations, identity, and emotions are some things that tend to get more complicated when young.

Adolescent therapy in Hawaii gives young people a space to talk about what they are going through, gain better self-awareness, and find solutions to their problems with a professional's assistance.

At Resilience Therapy Hawaii, we know how unique each young individual is. Providers with diverse clinical backgrounds and specializations are able to create individualized treatment programs.

What Do We Do?

A Safe Space to Speak Your Mind

Adolescence comes with many emotional, social, and academic challenges that are hard to deal with alone. We currently list a few issues that may be addressed in our counseling sessions with adolescents, including anxiety, depression, ADHD, difficulties concentrating, low self-esteem, identity-related issues, peer conflicts, academic stress, trauma, grief, family disputes, behavioral problems, and life transitions.

Anxiety and Excessive Worries

Young people often experience excessive concerns about school, friendship, family or anything else. Therapy is a way to learn more about these emotions and how to cope with them.

Mood Changes & Emotions

Changes in mood may influence a child or teenager's ability to go to school, build relationships, and function normally. Teen counseling in Hawaii is a way to openly discuss one's emotions.

Self-Esteem & Identity Issues

Developing self-esteem and understanding who you are and where you belong in this world is an important part of growing up. Counseling is a safe place for such explorations.

Family Relations & Behavioral Problems

Disputes within a family, changes in relationships, and other behavioral problems may negatively affect young people. Therapy can help understand what's going on and how to talk and cope.

Academic & School Stress

Expectations from school, exams, workload, and social aspects of it may be overwhelming. Therapy can help explore stress, expectations, coping mechanisms, and emotions related to the situation.

Friends and Peer Conflicts

Friendships and social relations play an important role during adolescence. Counseling will give the opportunity to speak freely about conflicts, need for acceptance, communication, and any other social issues.

Trauma, Grief & Transitions

Difficult experiences, losses, or life changes can negatively affect the emotional state of young people. Therapy offers a safe space to process these experiences at their own pace.

The Process of Counselling Young People

Therapy That Fits Young People’s Needs

Not every young person communicates their experiences in the same way as adults. Therefore, counselling services for adolescents in Hawaii must allow for the client’s age, personality, circumstances and unique way of communication.

Establish a Comfortable Relationship

Developing a comfortable therapeutic relationship is an important step of the process.

Allow Conversations at Client’s Pacing

The therapy session gives clients a chance to talk about things that bother them in a comfortable way. The therapist helps clients with conversation but doesn’t ask them to have answers to everything.

Learn New Communication Skills

Depending on the provider and client's needs, the therapy can involve learning new emotional regulation, coping, communication skills and other techniques.

Discover Themselves

The therapy allows clients to examine their emotions, thoughts, behaviour, relationships and life experiences.

Move Towards Their Goals

The process of therapy focuses on the problems clients want to get help with taking into consideration their development and circumstances.

Reconnecting the Adolescent and Their Family

Collaboration with Parents and Families

The wellbeing of a young person can be strongly affected by the family setting. Thus, parents or caregivers may play an important part in the process of therapy.

Our philosophy recognizes the importance of finding the balance between adolescent independence and appropriate family involvement. Providers may work together with the parent or guardian in a proper case, taking the young person’s confidentiality and therapeutic relationship into account.

Involving parents or families in the process may include:

Providing background information related to the therapy process

Talking about issues bothering the young person

Understanding how to support the young person properly outside of sessions

Discussing family communication and dynamics

Implementing strategies discussed in therapy

Working on family sessions if needed

The degree of parents' involvement depends on the adolescent’s age, circumstances, needs, permission, and professional judgment of the provider.

Frequently Asked Questions

What age does adolescent therapy serve?

Currently, the practice information suggests that adolescent therapy is aimed at teens 14 years and older. Availability and appropriateness should be clarified with the practice when scheduling an appointment.

What does teen therapy address?

There are numerous issues that teen therapy might deal with, including anxiety, depression, stress related to school, peer-related problems, self-esteem, identity-related problems, trauma, grief, family conflict, behavioral problems, and life transitions, among other areas depending on the practice areas of the providers.

Is it necessary for a parent to accompany their therapy?

It is not always necessary. According to current practice information, adolescents 14 years and older can attend therapy on their own after receiving consent from parents.

Will parents be informed about their teenager's disclosures during therapy?

It is a matter of confidentiality and whether family involvement in the process is relevant depending on the particular case. This can be discussed prior to therapy.

What happens in the first adolescent therapy session?

The first session involves discussion of issues, situations, and goals, and the beginning of building the therapeutic alliance.

Is it possible to have adolescent therapy online?

Online therapy is currently offered by the practice in Hawaii. Whether online adolescent therapy is an appropriate option depends on various factors.

Support Starts with a Conversation!

If your kid or teenager is having a hard time, you don’t have to figure out how to proceed by yourself. Teen counseling in Hawaii can offer your teenager a comfortable place where they can express themselves, think, and learn how to cope with obstacles.

See our providers to get more information on their experience and methods.