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Teens

Teens

Teens

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DBT

Understanding Your Teen’s Academic or Educational Problems

“Why is my teen having academic problems?” We get this question from concerned parents all the time. Once they notice the warning signs, many parents feel overwhelmed and uncertain about the next steps. This guide seeks to demystify the causes behind academic difficulties and provides a detailed roadmap for navigating and overcoming them. Statistics on Teens with Academic Issues According to the National Center for Education Statistics, “Eighty-seven percent of

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September 29, 2025
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DBT

4 DBT Skills for Teens to Help Manage Stress at School

The school year can stir up a whirlwind of emotions like test stress, friendship drama, or frustration in class. If you’re a teen feeling overwhelmed, or a parent wanting to support your child, you’re not alone. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers simple, evidence-based tools to manage intense feelings and stay grounded. Here are four DBT skills for teens that are perfect for teen to use at school because they’re discreet.

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August 26, 2025
Parents

Finding Freedom in Recovery

If your teen is struggling with mental health or addiction issues, you may feel trapped. The situation may seem too big or too complex to ever escape. It can be hard to believe that things can and will get better. But know that even as things seem darkest, you and your family can find freedom in recovery. We know more about addiction and mental health than ever before, and specialized

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July 7, 2025
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Depression

How to Help a Teen With Depression: The Many Faces of Depression

The client sat nervously in the program director’s office on the day of her admission to residential treatment.  Like many teens Evolve helps, she arrived already having a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). While the client met with the facility nurse, her parents shared concerns they had hesitated to voice in front of her. They expressed fear that their daughter was lying constantly, struggling with friendships, and using drugs

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July 2, 2025
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Mental Health

Reducing Stigma Around Teens with Borderline Personality Disorder

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is one of the most misunderstood and misdiagnosed mental health conditions, and teens with BPD are particularly vulnerable to the effects of being stigmatized. This leads to delayed diagnosis, delayed care, and delayed recovery. And because early intervention and treatment are critical to the successful treatment of borderline personality disorder in teens, it’s essential that we reduce the stigma around this disorder so young people can

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July 1, 2025
Education

Maintaining Academic Progress While in Treatment: Solutions Offered by Teen Mental Health Facilities

A primary focus for nearly every parent of a teen is education. How are they doing in school? What is their GPA? Will they be able to get into the college of their choice? What will they study once in college? Higher education is still the goal of many parents and their teens. While trends show a slight decrease in students immediately heading off to a four-year school after graduation,

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June 23, 2025
Anxiety & Mood Disorders

Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder in Teens: Signs, Diagnosis, and How to Support Your Child

The following is a brief summary from our workshop on Borderline Personality Disorder. For a more in-depth conversation about BPD in teens, check out the video above.  May is BPD Awareness Month May is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Awareness Month. In the spirit of this, we’d like to revisit the amazing workshop conducted last year by our Chief Clinical Officer and licensed marriage and family therapist, Alyson Orcena. Our goal

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May 8, 2025
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School & Friends

How to Deal With a Lost Friendship: Why Friend Breakups Hurt & How to Heal

Friendship breakups are painful — not only do they impact our hearts, they actually change our brains. Here’s what to know and how to move through it. When we’re going through a friendship breakup, especially for the first time, many of us can be caught off guard by how painful it is. But a brief search on Reddit or a random poll of people you know often yields a similar

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May 1, 2025
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Mental Health

Teen Mental Health is Declining. Here’s What Experts Say is to Blame

Teens today aren’t just behaving differently. Because of these four cultural and technological changes, they may be wired differently, too. Here’s what parents need to know. If you’re a parent, you’ve likely noticed this yourself (or heard as much from a teacher or another parent): Today’s teens aren’t like any other generation. As a clinical team that specializes in working with adolescents, we want to validate that this observation holds

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April 1, 2025
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Mental Health

Hobbies For Teens: 5 Tips For Parents to Help Teens Get Started

“Get a hobby” isn’t really a convincing pitch for teens. So how can parents support teens in adopting healthy hobbies? These are our best therapist-approved tips. Of the many things we witnessed early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, the crucial role of hobbies for promoting mental health was made even clearer.  During that time, many of us learned to bake bread, took up embroidery, or dusted off the guitar we

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March 13, 2025