However, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Just as children and teens have mental health issues, they can also benefit from therapy and counseling treatments. Adopted troubled teens in particular can benefit greatly from early intervention and prevention. This comes from psychoanalytic help, resulting in the prevention of more serious and long-term problems in the future. How can you tell if it will benefit your adopted son or daughter?
The foundational philosophy of psychoanalytic psychotherapy is a belief that the unconscious behaviors and activities play vital roles in a personal’s mental life. This results in people acting out their internal conflicts by unconscious behaviors in everyday life. For a teen, the first signs of such issues would come up in academics, since your teen spends most of their time at school. To begin with, if your teen’s teachers and/or school counselors are expressing concern for your teen’s behavior or mental state (particularly regarding their adoption) you should ask them for a referral or consultation with a psychoanalytic psychotherapist. These concerns could also include changes or decreases in academic performance, such as plummeting grades and skipping classes.
Emotional issues are one of the top obstacles that prevent proper learning and academic success. According to Psych Central, truancy and other delinquent behaviors are just another indication that something may be deterring your teen’s ability to function academically or socially. Other issues that require such professional help involve problems at home, traumatic experiences, serious bullying, and deaths. It is better to take your adopted teen in for a consultation, only to find it is something that is easily handled, than to risk your teen being overwhelmed to the point that they harm themselves or severely affect their future.
Three Points Center is a unique program that serves only adopted children and their families. We specialize in the many different aspects of emotional unrest that adopted children have been known to face, and the therapy and treatment needed to overcome those issues. Call us today at (435) 635-0636.