Therapy can be a helpful and sometimes essential tool to help teenagers navigate their way through this transitional period of becoming independent individuals.

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Adolescents may often experience inner conflicts during this period of psychological and physical growth and as a result be left feeling overwhelmed emotionally. Relationships play a significant role during this stage of life as well as this informs our self-worth and how we also view ourselves in relation to others (friends and family). 

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Therapy with adolescents can be complex as there needs to be a safe and confidential space for the young person to express themselves and make sense of their experiences and feelings, while parental feedback needs to be considered at the same time. 

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Parental guidance is often very valuable to enable the different significant individuals in the young person's life to support them optimally.

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While every relationship goes through ups and downs, toxic relationships are consistently unpleasant and emotionally taxing for the people in it.