Teenager / Youth Counselling
Maturity, responsibility and conscious thinking.
Teenage Counselling / Counselling of Young Adults
A space for growth
Support that meets you where you are.
A Safe Space
Open, non-judgmental and supportive.
Greater Clarity
Understand the situation and perspectives better.
Conscious Thinking
Examine choices, expectations and implications.
Constructive Way Forward
Move forward with greater understanding.
A little more clarity can change a lot.
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Teenage Counselling / Counselling of Young Adults
The rapid transformation during teenage years makes this stage one of the most crucial and, at the same time, one of the most complicated stages in a person's life. They have lot of energy but don’t know how to utilize; They have lot of enthusiasm of entering into adulthood, however may not have the requisite maturity and discipline. There are various challenges they face most of which they do not even know of, or even if aware, they are not able to accept it OR don’t know how to navigate through.
This is where the role of parents becomes particularly important. Yet there are times when parents also may want some external professional support in understanding what their child is going through, or when a young person may benefit from an independent, structured and thoughtful conversation with someone outside the immediate family.
Social Counselling provides that space—not to judge a young person or tell them how to live their life, but to help them examine their thoughts, understand different perspectives, recognise their responsibilities and develop the maturity to make more conscious and considered choices.
What are the few key challenges during Teenage / Young Adulthood: -
Whilst we all know that each child is unique, there are certain areas we have seen as common challenges in teens now a days, primarily:
Excessive influence of social media;
Disproportionate digital exposure;
Reduced quality interaction with parents;
Limited thinking and inability to take decisions;
Unstructured transition towards adulthood;
Limited respect towards parents and elders;
No / limited formal exposure to human values / family values;
Inability to distinguish right from wrong;
Dealing with social relationships;
Handling academic / peer pressure;
Fear of Examinations;
Behavioural issues; Reaction on provocation;
Low on confidence – No interest in hobbies / extra-curricular activities;
Inability to handle failure / rejection;
or, more fundamentally, immature or incomplete thought processes.
How Social Counselling approaches Teenage Counselling?
The Social Counsellor does not begin by assuming that the teenager is the problem. The first objective is to understand the teenager's perspective, circumstances, thought process and the factors influencing their behaviour or decisions.
The counselling therefore seeks to:
understand the teenager's perspective and allow them to express themselves openly;
identify the underlying issue rather than addressing only the visible behaviour or presenting problem;
use appropriate questioning and soft probing to understand how the teenager is thinking and why they hold a particular perception;
help the teenager examine their thoughts consciously rather than simply telling them what is right or wrong;
suggest alternative (better) perspectives based on humility, morals, principles, values, ethics, respect and responsibility;
encourage them to evaluate circumstances objectively, consider the consequences of their thoughts and actions, and look beyond immediate or narrow self-interest;
help them distinguish between perception, emotion, assumption and reality;
encourage them to consider both short-term and long-term implications of their choices;
enable them to recognise opportunities for learning and positive change even in difficult or adverse situations; and
ultimately, help them develop their own ability to think more maturely, responsibly and consciously.
The objective is not to impose a particular way of thinking or to obtain compliance from the teenager. The objective is to facilitate conscious evaluation and help the teenager arrive at a better understanding of their own thoughts, choices and responsibilities.
Target Outcome
Target Outcome\* - Maturity, sense of responsibility and a conscious thinking process to be the focus.
Maturity — a broader and more balanced understanding of situations, relationships and consequences including discipline and patience.
Sense of Responsibility — greater awareness of their responsibilities towards themselves, their family and the society around them including giving respect to elders and particularly senior citizens.
Conscious Thinking — the ability to pause, evaluate, question assumptions, think through better alternates and make considered decisions rather than reacting impulsively.
\*Attention is drawn to the Client T&Cs and it is expressly communicated that Social Counselling cannot guarantee any particular outcome post counselling due to multiple external factors involved not in control of Social Counselling. Please refer Client T&Cs for more details. Target outcome gets fine-tuned for each individual case.
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