Troubled Teens at risk in Marin

Marin County teens are coping with intense peer pressure and academic stress. Teen girls especially are at risk for easing their emotional pain through acting out behaviors like eating disorders and cutting. Teen boys tend to act out their anxiety and depression by smoking pot, playing video games and getting poor grades.

Marin teens have the highest drug and alcohol use in the state. By middle school most of our youth have been exposed to a variety of prescription and illegal street drugs such as marijuana, oxycontin, ecstasy and cocaine. Adolescence is a confusing time in general. Teens are discovering their identity while learning to make decisions that determine their future. They are breaking away from their parents but still need support and guidance.

It's a difficult time for parents as well. It's often painful to have your son or daughter suddenly pulling away from you and bonding with their peers. Your presence in their life is more important than ever but they are predictably fighting your influence. Many parents don't know what to do during this tumultuous time and need support and coaching so they can help their kids thrive.

It can be a relief to discover you can't do it all and that help is available. It has been proven that a healthy community of support is the best predictor of a successful outcome when raising young people. Often teens need mentoring and family therapy to help them open up and get back on track. Contact us for a free 20-minute phone consultation.

Mission: Guiding young people to live with integrity so they can become happy, successful adults.

How Teen Solutions Can Help

With a proven, team-based, action-oriented approach to healing, Teen Solutions:

• Helps teens and young adults gain the confidence and life skills to make positive choices.
• Coaches parents to create an environment that encourages and reinforces their teen's positive behavioral change.

Who We Help

Families contact us for our expertise in dealing with a full range of pre-adolescent to adolescent to young adult issues. Some seek preventive measures, while others are coping with unsafe, escalating situations that might include legal troubles. We provide guidance and support at every level.

Teen Solutions helps teens and young adults ages 13 to 30 who are:

• starting to exhibit the first sign(s) of difficulty (defiant attitude, trouble in school, challenging peer relationships, resistance to finding or keeping a job)
• in the later stages of crisis (drug abuse, eating disorders, lack of respect, aggression, criminal activity, isolation, and depression.