Therapy for Teens & Young Adults in Los Angeles

Therapy for teens, college students, and young adults finding their way through identity, relationships, belonging, and the pressure to figure it all out in Highland Park and across Los Angeles.

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psychotherapy for teens & young adults in Los Angeles

Being a teen or young adult can mean navigating an enormous amount of change all at once. Questions about identity, relationships, belonging, school, work, family, and the future can collide with pressure to figure out who you are and what you want before you feel remotely ready. Teens and young adults may struggle with anxiety, depression, anger, loneliness, self-esteem, substance use, family conflict, or simply the feeling that no one quite understands what they’re going through.

College students face their own particular version of this transition. Greater independence can come alongside academic pressure, changing friendships and relationships, questions about identity and belonging, uncertainty about the future, and being away from familiar support systems. Our therapy for college students can offer a place to sort through what’s happening while building greater self-understanding, confidence, and connection.

For parents, it can be difficult to know when a young person needs more support or how to help without pushing them away. Therapy can give teens and young adults a relationship of their own where they can feel understood, explore what’s happening beneath the surface, and develop a stronger sense of who they are and how they want to move through the world.

how young adults benefit from therapy 

As is the case when we work with anyone, the Kindman & Co. team approaches therapy for teens and young adults from the perspective that dealing with big stress and navigating life transitions are things that any of us would struggle with—it’s absolutely okay if you’re feeling anxious, depressed, or overwhelmed. Some of the ways that therapy helps are:

  • Letting young adults vent or get things off their chest. This is important for all of us, and many times, young adults don’t get the validation they deserve as they’re still viewed as “just kids.” 

  • Developing mindfulness, stress-management, decision-making, and coping skills that will help young people through this transitional period and throughout their lives. 

  • Creating a strong foundation of self-acceptance and self-advocacy to help young adults learn to treat themselves and others with more compassion, empathy, and curiosity. 

  • Clarifying identity and increasing authenticity, which may include exploring sexual orientation, life purpose, professional goals, and more. By knowing yourself better, you can live a life of integrity in alignment with your values. 

  • Building intimate and nourishing relationships both in the romantic sense and with your friends and peer group. It’s essential to learn how to foster healthy attachments, set boundaries, navigate conflict, and communicate effectively. Doing the work of establishing healthy relationships will pay off exponentially in the support and sense of belonging you’ll have when navigating the big shifts during the teen and young adult years and beyond.

  • Addressing specific concerns or diagnoses from other practitioners. We don’t think people are broken and need to be fixed, but we know that many parents receive a diagnosis from other healthcare professionals that encourages them to seek treatment.

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our unique approach to therapy

All of the clinicians at Kindman & Co. work from a relational therapy approach. Simply put, that means we work to model the vulnerability and transparency that both promotes effective therapy and creates a more comfortable environment for our younger clients to share about their experience. We promote social justice and cultural inclusivity by approaching therapy as a journey to fully embracing one’s authentic self, rather than a treatment to “fix” problems. Therapy for teens can be extremely beneficial for anyone who is struggling to accept themselves by cultivating increased self-compassion, opportunities for self-advocacy, and fostering feelings of empowerment. We want to help you embrace being YOU! Let’s celebrate all of the radical, amazing, and beautiful parts of you, together.