Somewhere around sixteen, the questions start to change. It's less "what’s happening" in the abstract, and more "who am I when I'm not just following the plan someone else set for me?"

College, independence, first real relationships, the pull to individuate from family while still needing them — it's a lot to carry while also feeling expected to have it together. For the young women I work with, that pressure is real, and it deserves more than "you'll figure it out."

Approach

I work with older teens and young women standing at the edge of adulthood — sorting out their own identity, values, and voice, often for the first time without a parent's framework doing that work for them. That might look like the lead-up to leaving home, the end of a defining relationship, questioning who they were raised to be versus who they actually are, or just the disorientation of being expected to have answers they don't have yet.

For Parents

You’ve done great - and I know you want your child, who is suddenly a teen, to have the best support. Autonomy matters more at this age, and so does trust. Sessions give teens a space to be honest without an audience — I'll always loop you in on anything that affects their safety, but the confidentiality of the rest is what makes it possible for a sixteen-, seventeen-, eighteen-year-old to actually use the space instead of performing for it.