Episode 6: Teens & Stress: Understanding the Stress Response Cycle
Let's talk about Stress. In my therapy practice where I work with teens and young adults, I work with kids every day who tell me their lives are super stressful. The stressors they experience are pretty typical – academic pressure, conflict with friends or family, worry about the future, etc.
But the stress itself isn’t really what concerns me. What I’m noticing in my teen clients is this pattern: 1)they experience something stressful
2) their body has a response to that stress that makes them uncomfortable
3) they avoid avoid avoid so that they don’t have to feel that discomfort.
On today's episode, we will explore:
1)How to help our teens understand what is happening in their nervous system when they experience stress.
2)Why it's a natural process and nothing they need to fear or avoid.
3) How to fully complete each stress cycle so they don't end up unleashing their stress energy in unhealthy ways.
