Helping your teen manage anxiety, depression, and the stresses of every day life.
Being a Teenager is Stressful
When you add on physical, hormonal, and genetic features, or gender expectations that do not align with traditional binary notions of masculinity or femininity, it's that much tougher. If your teen holds any of these identities as an intersex person or a trans or gender-expansive person, this group might be a good fit for them.
Being a parent to a teenager can feel impossible. Academic, social, physical, and emotional changes may have turned your child into someone you barely recognize. Mindfulness has been shown to decrease anxiety and depression while increasing feelings of self-esteem in teens.
Learning mindfulness skills can make the teen years go more smoothly and gives your child a foundational skill that will serve them their entire life.
Calm and Connected
Our mindfulness group will support your teen with managing the intense physical sensations and emotions of adolescence through sound healing and techniques that center the body and the mind. This group focuses on:
- Improved Mind-Body Connection: We’ll review the basics of how to regulate physical sensations related to stress, sadness, and anxiety.
- Learning the Basics of Mindfulness: We'll go over easy ways to practice mindfulness that your teen can even do in the middle of a school day.
- Processing Day to Day Stressors: Your teen will have the chance to bring up any struggles they are going through where they will receive support from our skilled therapists. With space to process, your teen will also learn how to use mindfulness in the moment to manage those stressors.
Group Details
What: This 75 minute group will run weekly for 6 weeks and focus on mindfulness
Who: Trans, Gender Expansive, and Intersex Teenagers 8th grade-10th grade
When: Tuesdays Starting September 19th, 4:15pm-5:30pm
Where: In person at the Firefly Wellness Counseling's NEW office location at 610 Kentucky Street, Scottdale, GA 30079
Cost: $480 for all six weeks ($80/week)
Facilitator: crys hardy, LPC (they/them) will be leading the group. Read more about crys here!
Space is limited! There is a maximum of 8 participants per group in order to provide high quality support.
Contact us through this short form to see if your child is a good fit for this group!
