Helping Students & Families
Our specialty is working with adolescents, young adults and their families. Many of our students come to us with complexities affecting their lives both in and out of the classroom. Some may be having difficulties with learning or educational achievement, while others may be struggling with their families, with peers or with the negative influences in their lives. Others may even be having problems with the law or with drugs and alcohol. Often times their struggles are not easily compartmentalized and consequently many aspects of their lives become affected. Making the maze for getting help that much more complicated to navigate.
Who might benefit from working with TAG Counseling?
Many of our clients exhibit varying degrees and combinations of the following behaviors:
- declining academic performance
- low self-esteem
- increased aggressiveness or anger
- poor impulse control
- lack of motivation, underachievement
- poor social skills
- difficulty making or keeping friends
- negative peer group
- difficulty making transitions or adapting
- erratic moods
- relational or adoptive struggles
- rebellion against authority
- opposition or defiance
- substance abuse/chemical dependency
- process abuse/addiction (internet, gaming, gambling, pornography)
- struggles with loss or grief
- running away
- trouble with the law
- self-harm or suicidal/homicidal
- previous acute psychiatric care
Some students may have one or more of the following diagnoses:
- Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD)
- Learning Disability (LD, NLD/NVLD)
- Sensory Integration Disorder
- Anxiety Disorder
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
- Personality Disorder (Borderline, Dependent, Conduct, etc)
- Substance Abuse/Chemical Dependency
- Eating Disorder (Anorexia, Bulimia, Obesity,etc)
- Thought Disorder (Psychosis, Schizoid, etc)
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Mood Disorder (Depression, Bipolar, etc)
- Brain trauma/injury
- Asperger’s, Autism, or other Pervasive Development Disorders (PDD)
- Adjustment Disorder
Our young adult clients typically are developmentally struggling to make that transition from adolescence to young adulthood. They may be having difficulties with the following:
- self-identity
- interest development
- self-esteem
- completion of tasks or goals
- sense of focus/direction in life
- work ethic/occupational skills
- underutilization of strengths and talents
- self-reliance and autonomy
- independent living skills
- motivation
- accountability and responsibility for self
- immature coping skills
- substance use
- educational performance
- friendships and type of peers
- setting healthy boundaries for self and others
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