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I love a challenging kid! Most likely because I was also a challenging kid. In middle school and high school, I made many poor decisions and had to visit the Principal’s office on a few occasions. I was stubborn. I relished proving a teacher wrong and that I was correct. I thought I knew everything. I enjoyed talking to all of my classmates whenever I could, regardless of whether the teacher approved. Best of all, I was a horrible driver which resulted in several embarrassing accidents that frustrated my parents, but they supported me through it – financially and emotionally.
I came to a realization that no matter how smart you are, or how great your family is, adolescence is just a hard time for teenagers to navigate.
From these experiences, I developed a strong desire to help others avoid the pitfalls that I look back upon today and pursued psychology in college and graduate school. After I graduated and started to work in the field, I realized that I had a lot to offer teens trying to find their way. I found that communicating with struggling teens was easy for me and I could provide a safe place for those teenagers to come and talk about their fears, worries, and frustrations, while also helping them to see things from a perspective other than their own.
THERE IS COURAGE IN CHANGE
