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Coaching, Support and
Information for Parents of Teens
with Mood Disorders |
Free Weekly Tips for Parents
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The Mental Health Parent Coach, Debra B. Taylor |
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Signs parents will benefit from coaching
When caring for your depressed teen is consuming your life and you feel stuck and alone, it's time to reach out.
Are you experiencing any of these difficulties?
- Your marriage or relationship is suffering
- Your other children and family members are angry or estranged
- Your friends don't really understand
- You feel overwhelmed and depressed
- You are ashamed to tell people about your depressed teen
- You struggle to work while managing your teen's treatment and school issues and maybe you can't
- You are experiencing physical or emotional symptoms yourself
- Your home life is toxic
- You're afraid to take a vacation
- You jump every time the phone rings
If you answered mostly "yes" to these statements, you are not alone.
Some client families are in chaos, while others are stable. Some are dealing with a child or adult newly diagnosed with mental illness, and all the pain, time and stresses those entails. Many of our clients had not pictured themselves parenting on a caretaking level for adult children at this stage in their lives.
Our workshops and coaching programs will help you feel more balanced, peaceful and in control, so you can best support your teen's mental health treatment and recovery.
You can't know what you've never learned about parenting a teen with depression.
Schedule a free consultation today.
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Each teen who suffers from a mental health condition has a unique experience.
Have you observed some or all of the following behaviors in your teen?
- Pronounced changes in sleep, energy and/or activity
- Extreme irritability and anger
- Poor concentration or inability to focus
- Risk-taking and impulsive behavior
- Panic attacks or other forms of anxiety
- Signs of drug or alcohol use
- Suicidal thoughts or self-harm
- Prolonged sadness and negativity
- Irrational talk or behavior, or appearing out of touch with reality
Remember that you know your teen best - follow your intuition and schedule an appointment with your teen's primary care physician if you're at all concerned.
It may take a crisis to finally lead to a physician or therapist diagnosing your teen with a mental health condition, such as bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, or schizophrenia. The situation may get worse, and the police or the courts may become involved. Your teen may be hospitalized many times, run away or refuse all treatment.
If this is the case, take heart. Times of crisis force parents to reach out and connect to other parents.
As hard as it is to ask for help, that's the first step in getting the support parents most need.
Your experience as a parent may be more or less difficult than that of another parent's, but let's face it - accepting the reality of a diagnosis of mental illness in your teen brings a rollercoaster of emotions only another parent peer can understand.
Get support and tools from a life coach who has walked in your shoes.
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Debra B. Taylor, The Mental Health Parent Coach, provides life coaching, workshops, teleclasses and speaking engagements to help parents and caregivers of teens with depression and other mental health issues. Located outside of Boston, Massachusetts, Debbie works with clients in Ashland, Hopkinton, Holliston, Framingham, Sudbury, Wayland, Natick, Sherborn, Dover, Wellesley, Medfield, Marlborough, Southborough, Franklin, Milford, Greater Boston, Boston Metro West, New England, the U.S. and internationally.
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