Looking for someone who can connect with your teen since they’re not opening up to you?

PARENTS OF TEENS

We provide a space for your teen to open up about their struggles and offer skills and support when needed.

Welcome to our Teenager Clinical Services Page. Here we support not only the teens who come in for therapy but also the parents who want the best for their children.

Imagine your teen being open and honest about what they are going through and what they needed to be supported.

It is time to give your teen what they need which is a place to speak freely and learn skills to help them.

What Can Therapy Help With?

  • Self-harm by cutting, burning, hair pulling, or scratching/pinching. These are all ways that teens can self-harm. Often, this is a result of a stressor going on in life. We see it as a way they are trying to cope with the situation.

    We offer a space to talk about the stressor that is unbiased and their space. In addition, we work on building new coping skills to decrease the self-harm and for them to use in the future.

  • Alcohol, Marijuana, Vaping and Cigarettes. Teens will get their hands on these if they so choose to. Using this can lead to other declines in school and changes in mood. Often, using substances is a result of a stressor going on in life. We see it as a way they are trying to cope with the situation.

    We offer a space to talk about the stressor that is unbiased and their space. In addition, we work on building new coping skills to decrease the self-harm and for them to use in the future.

  • In today’s world there are so many ideas and expectations being thrown at teens. Many of those are about their image. How they should dress, what their weight should be, what color hair they should have and many more. Falling into questioning beauty or worth becomes a hole that is hard to get out of.

    We offer a judgement free space to talk about these expectations, fears and wants. Learn ways to love who they are and not who society and their friends think they should be.

  • Families can be tricky. Whether you and your partner are separating to not seeing eye to eye on subjects, to someone being stubborn. All of these situations can affect the teen.

    We offer a space to talk about what is going on and how they feel about it. If the teen chooses, we also bring in families to session to rebuild, mend and trust again.

  • Life is stressful. As a teenager they are being pulled in multiple different directions. From school to sports to volunteering to friends to work. When things get out of balance it causes stressors on the teen. This can cause the teenager to start to drop the ball in other areas.

    We offer a space to talk about what they want from the situation. Often, they don’t want to disappoint their parents or other people they look up to. This leave little to no room to know what they want and how to get it. We explore those opportunities together.

  • Relationship and communication are skills we learn along the way. Some learn faster than others. Sometimes when there is an imbalance in a relationship is causes the teen to act out. Cutting off friends, being a loner or hanging out with people that are not like them.

    We offer a space to talk freely about these relationships. Learning how to interact in a relationship and how to effectively communicate with people.

“I feel very connected to Celeste because she is younger and understands my generation. When I need something or someone, she is my person.”

- Teen Client

What to Expect in Therapy

Core Beliefs

Explore core beliefs - our deeply held principles that shape our actions, emotions, and responses. These beliefs are formed during childhood and adolescence and continue to influence how we show up as adults. They shape the way we view the world and the people around us.

Trauma Work

We use a combination of Internal Family Systems to explore your history and different parts, Attachment theory to understand your connections with others, and Brain spotting to help you regain a sense of self and safety.

Family History

We can explore your family’s ecosystem, examining how you interact with one another, how emotions are handled, patterns that have been passed down, and the unspoken rules everyone follows.

Relationship Patterns

We help you understand how you communicate and show up in relationships. If needed, we support you in learning how to navigate relationships more effectively, set boundaries, develop secure attachments, and communicate more openly.

Inner Child Work

We take the time to understand all sides of you. Each part of you holds truths about what you’ve experienced throughout your life. Some parts carry heavy burdens, while others work to protect you at all costs.

Skill Building

We work collaboratively to provide you with a range of strategies to address various challenges. Drawing from multiple therapeutic approaches, we equip you with coping skills to manage thoughts, improve interpersonal relationships, enhance mindfulness, build distress tolerance, regulate emotions, and more.

Meet Celeste Gilmore !

Meet Celeste Gilmore !

Meet Celeste Gilmore!

She specializes in working with teens through many different areas.

Schedule a free 15 to 30 minute consultation to know how she can help you and your teen!

Joyful Horizons Counseling provides individual counseling, trauma therapy, teen therapy, Brain Spotting, religious trauma, and cult trauma at their offices in Aurora Colorado, Denver Colorado, and Lakewood Colorado, as well as virtually throughout Denver Colorado.