Mental Health Therapy for Teens in Tempe and Tucson, AZ
Creating a Space for Teens to Express Themselves
There is a lot of pressure put on teens today. Instead of the elementary years of fun and innocence, they’re met with pressure to impress their friends, get good grades, and consider weighty future decisions.
While it’s not what you wanted for your child, they are likely feeling this pressure too.
You’ve read the books and attempted to do it on your own, yet the weight on their minds seems to continue to take priority, and the spinning thoughts go unmanaged.
It’s not your fault, and your teen is likely navigating a lot and unsure of how to cope, but there is good news...
Here at The Practice...
I utilize evidence-based approaches such as DBT and EFT as well as trauma-informed strategies in my teen counseling services that empower your child to work through their feelings while equipping them with powerful tools to cope. Whether it is experiences in school or with friends and family, they will learn to move through difficult situations with confidence.
The Parent’s Guide to Supporting a Struggling Teen—Without Pushing Them Away
Are you sometimes hesitant and unsure what to say or not to say to your teen, how to promote conversation, or to gently encourage therapy? I created some bullet points to help you open the communication doors between you and your teen. you can grab it here:
Overcoming the Unknown Together
There are many life transitions that teens will experience, causing relational shifts and rifts that at the time can feel impossible for developing minds. The teenage years are a sensitive season with peer pressure, bullying, physical development, and more.
As parents and guardians, seeing our children struggling to process emotions, hurt, and trauma is not easy. Therapy for teens in Tempe, Tucson, and all of Arizona offers a solution to the challenge this season brings.
You and your teen are a team—they need you to see them through when life feels harder than they can handle. Here at The Practice, I recognize the necessity of parental involvement in a therapy treatment for teens and work alongside you to give you tools you can use when your teen feels like they are presenting with behavioral issues due to underlying traumas and emotional struggles.
I’m Jennifer Hamblin, MSW, LCSW—Teen Therapist in Chandler, AZ and Surrounding Areas
I want to welcome you to The Practice with open arms. ! Your teen can experience relief and happiness even during these tumultuous years. I show up with compassion and understanding while working towards deep connection and empowerment.
With over 25 years of experience working with individuals through life transitions, anxiety, grief, loss, and more—I have a firm grasp on how therapy for teens can help break down the walls and reframe their unhelpful thinking styles, walking away feeling capable and skillful.
My past professional experience involves guiding teens through devastating medical diagnoses to encourage and promote mental health, stability, and overall family wellness. I’ve met with children and teens who have walked through tragic circumstances of neglect and abuse while providing them a quiet calm with mental health therapy services that offer acceptance and safety .
If your teen is experiencing the effects of trauma—there is hope here!
During a Visit to The Practice
Intake Process
Once we’ve made initial contact, I will send consent and demographic forms to you and intake questionnaires form for your teen to fill out prior to our first session together. This can be an intimidating process for anyone, especially a teen—encourage them that these feelings and nerves are normal but remind them they’re entering a welcoming space.
During a Visit to The Practice
a Brighter Future
Once we’ve worked through your intake form and first session, we’ll set up a plan with treatment goals and discuss frequency of visits. While respecting your teens confidentiality will be of utmost priority it will also be important for us to have check-ins as my goal will be to develop and support the relationship between you and your teen.
At The Practice, you can expect to enter a nonjudgmental environment centered on compassion, empowerment, authenticity, insight, and balance. I will talk with you through an intake session to better understand your goals and create a plan to achieve those goals with zero pressure and full support to help you experience your full, authentic self.
What can I expect at The Practice, Mental Health Therapy?
At this time, we are in network with Atnea, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Quest Behavioral. We can also provide a “superbill” to submit to your insurance provider if they can accept these types of receipts. My sessions start at
$95 for a 30 minute session and $175 for a 50 minute session.
How much is a session, and do you accept insurance?
The type of therapy I use is individualized to their unique experiences and goals. However, I have been trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT),Grief and Loss, Women’s Mental Health , trauma-focused interventions, and more.
