Online Therapy for Teens Los Angeles
Therapy for teens online is recommended for young adults who require schedule flexibility or are dealing with social anxiety or teen depression. Adolescents at this age often look to peers for guidance and prioritize closeness with friends. However, having an adult to trust helps them plan for the future, stay safe, and consider what qualities they want for themselves. Whether seeking therapy because of parental divorce, trauma, anxiety, depression, or neurodivergence, teen therapy sessions employ evidence-based therapeutic approaches. Samm Becker uses EMDR therapy, Mindfulness Therapy such as ACT, Narrative therapy, and Expressive Arts Therapy with teens online.
Mindfulness Therapy for Teens
- Mindfulness therapy and Acceptance Commitment Therapy for teens supports articulation of a values-based life and planning for the future.
- Emotional regulation can be hard for teens with hormones, but Mindfulness exercises such as present-moment-awareness and compassion practices increase distress tolerance, generosity. Mindfulness therapy also promotes calm and focus even when teens mental health presents challenges for them.
Narrative Therapy for Teens
- Narrative therapy supports teens in articulating the story of a problem they are facing such as teen anxiety, teen depression, or ADHD.
- Next, teens are empowered to write new stories, taking back their stolen agency and mapping out futures they can be proud of.
Expressive Arts Therapy for Teens
- Expressive Arts Therapy is especially useful for teens who have experienced trauma, are experiencing CPTSD or PTSD, or any teen who wants to use art in therapy.
- Painting, writing, and dreams can be explored so teens can access, process, and heal from difficult experiences.
EMDR Therapy for Teens
- EMDR for teens online supports them in reprocessing traumatic memories to regain functioning in their daily life.
- EMDR therapy with adolescents online begins by assessing their strengths, mapping out their life themes and distressful memories.
- Clients learn new coping skills such as guided Mindfulness Therapy exercises.
- Bilateral stimulation such as butterfly tapping is used as Clients recount memories and tap into their imaginative capacity for healing and catharsis.
Samm Becker, AMFT works with a team at Trauma Resolution Therapy under the supervision of Jason Murphy, LMFT, providing therapy for teens online. Insurances taken include: Health Net, Optum, Kaiser, United Healthcare, Blue Shield, Cigna, Anthem, and Carelon. Super bills provided upon request.