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Adolescent Counseling
Certainly some of the greatest challenges as parents are presented to
us as our kids approach adolescence. Through middle school and high
school, there are a whole new set of opportunities presented to teach
our children about the world around them and strategies that will be
useful in dealing with it.
The trouble is, if we don't teach them, others may.
To that end, OCC provides parents with a unique plan to help guide teens
toward a productive and wonderful parent/child experience.
Our job as parents is the most difficult ever.
It is no less than to ready our kids to live on their own,
…To be able to face life without us,
…And for us to face life without them.
What we look for is your teen to come to you and say,
"Hey mom and dad, my homework's done, my room's clean.
Can I wash your car?"
…all without you saying anything.
There are 3 factors at work here:
1. Behaviors: the way the child chooses to behave
2. Process: the way in which the child processes information
3. Communication: the way in which parents and children
communicate
To that end, OCC provides adolescent counseling services only under the
following guidelines
» This is a combined effort. All of
the interested parties are expected to participate. This includes
parents, the counselor, the doctor, the school and the extended family,
should this apply. We are all to head in the same direction.
» Parental involvement means a
commitment to attending 6 sessions. Three sessions focus on learning a
specific behavioral program to be put in place in the home. Three
family sessions with your child focus on learning new ways to
communicate.
» At the same time, the adolescent
will attend individual sessions with the counselor to deal with issues
of process.
This is a twice a week commitment. Once for the parents and once for the
child.
» After the initial 12 sessions (6
parent centered and 6 adolescent centered), the parent is expected to
contact the counselor every other week in order to continue to
coordinate the plan that leads towards discharge.
Contact us to learn more about this new and highly effective
approach to dealing with a variety of adolescent parenting issues.
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