Parenting Teenagers: Counseling for Moms of Teens

Your teenager has morphed into a being you hardly recognize. The eye rolls are intense enough to power the entire house. The tone they use when speaking to you is dripping with rudeness.

It’s almost like they don’t even have the time to just say “hi, mom!” They isolate themselves in their bedrooms when they used to constantly be under your feet or asking you to play. Or, at least hanging out in the family room watching a show you couldn’t stand.

Parenting teenagers is NOT for the faint of heart

You don’t know if this is normal teenage behavior or if you should start to worry. The concern intensifies at night, naturally right when you want to fall asleep, and your thoughts go to the dark side. The worst possible outcomes are what your teenager is doomed for, you’re sure of it. 

This part of parenting is just so hard. The anxiety and depression they feel and hormone changes they are going through — why isn’t this talked about more?!

The homework, the tests, the college prep…it’s all just so much to help them through. The competition and pace of the extracurriculars are enough to break any organized family into weekly chaos. You don’t know how to handle helping them handle it.

You’ve always heard “little people, little problems; big people, big problems” and suddenly, almost without warning, you’ve arrived at the “big problems” time of parenting. You are concerned, sometimes scared. Do you hover or let them make a mistake? Should you force family dinners or let them be social — because at least when they’re social, you’re not worried about what they’re doing in their room?

The questions are constant when you’re parenting teenagers, but the answers, well, you’re just not sure where to find those.

And that’s to say nothing of the concerns abounding with them having constant access to the internet and social media. Should you track their phone activity or build trust? What about high school dances and dating; where is the parenting handbook for that? Drugs and drinking — where’s that line and why isn’t it in bright neon so you can recognize it?

Counseling for moms of teens is a safe place to process

You feel a little embarrassed bringing up some of the challenges to your friends. You don’t know what they might think of your child and you wonder if they are having any of the same struggles. Your partner is on a different page altogether for parenting through this stage, so you feel even lonelier in your efforts to find a new path, a helpful path.

You want to feel more confident in your parenting skills during this time of your child’s life.

You long to feel positive about your relationship with your teen…to like them as a person!

You want to enjoy the time the two of you spend together.

And oh, to start sleeping again, without those dark fears creeping into your thought process — that would be a dream!

Partnering with a counselor during this stage can give you confidence, a sense of self (it’s so easy to get lost in your teen’s life!), and even enthusiasm about parenting during these adolescent years. It can give you parenting tools, communication skills (“teen” is another language, right?!), and even a sense of freedom from fear and defeat.

Get in touch today and we can get started on your journey to parenting teenagers with more ease and maybe even some more fun.

Begin Counseling for Moms of Teens
in St. Louis, MO

Parenting teenagers in St. Louis, MO isn’t always easy. That’s why it’s okay to get a little help sometimes. Luckily, our Ballwin, MO counseling clinic, can help. We can also chat via telehealth for online therapy in Missouri and online therapy in Illinois. Truly, anywhere in the state! If you’re a Chicago resident, we have in-person therapy available in Chicago, too! Taking this first step is a big deal, so you are already making great progress! Just follow these simple steps and we will get started.

1. Reach out to Marble Wellness

Our Client & Project Coordinator will be your first point of contact. She’ll get you set up with a good match for you on our team, and talk first appointment details.

2. Meet with one of our Therapists for Moms

We have members of our team who are specifically trained in Maternal Mental Health, and ready to help you through the stage that is parenting teenagers. 

3. Start to live happy and calm again

Whether it’s in-person, online, or park therapy, you and your therapist will get you set up to enjoy your teenager again and start living a calmer, happier life.

Other Mental Health Services at Marble Wellness

At Marble Wellness, our goal is simple: Counseling services designed to help set you on a path of living a more fulfilled, calm, and happy life. We specialize in anxiety, depression, grief, chronic illness, therapy for men, couples, and maternal overwhelm. We can also help new moms with various postpartum concerns,  moms in the thick of parenting, and moms with teens. We can also chat from wherever you are in the state with online therapy in Missouri and online therapy in Illinois. No matter where you are in your journey, we would love to support you.