Crystal Lake Teen Counseling

The teenage years can be incredibly difficult for adolescents. Bullying, depression, cutting, and anxiety are words that I hear frequently in my office. Parents are feeling increasingly out of control because so much of a teenager's world is online through social media and parents have little control over this aspect of their teens' lives. And it's no big surprise that research is showing a correlation between teens' use of social media and bullying, anxiety and depression. 

Here are some startling statistics:
  • About 25% of adolescents age 13-18 experience anxiety. This also includes PTSD, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and phobias.
  • 1 Million students were harassed, threatened or were subjected to other forms of cyberbullying on Facebook during the last year.
  • Each year, 1 in 5 females and 1 in 7 males engage in self-injury.
  • Nearly 50% of individuals engaging in self-harm have been sexually abused.
  • About 50% of those who engage in self-mutilation begin around age 14 and continue into their 20s. 

We offer individual and family counseling for teens.
For more specific information about self-harm, go here. 







​Resources:

Anxiety and Depression Association of America, http://www.adaa.org/about-adaa/press-room/facts-statistics
Internet Safetly 101, http://www.internetsafety101.org/cyberbullyingstatistics.htm
Healthy Place, http://www.healthyplace.com/abuse/self-injury/self-injury-self-harm-statistics-and-facts/