There is so much going on during the teen years. Academic pressure, social relationships, puberty, a need for greater independence all while managing the developmental tasks of the adolescent years. Adding type 1 diabetes to the mix can sometimes feel like the final straw. You want your teen to be as independent as possible with their type 1 management, but you worry about releasing that control. You want them to take it seriously but sometimes diabetes is the last thing they want to talk about. You see it’s putting a strain on your relationship and you feel your teen pulling away even more. You wish they would communicate with you but they tell you that you “don’t understand”.

We offer talk therapy specifically for type 1 diabetic teens. We recognize that teens go through the grief process in their own way and we offer specific tools to help teens manage these feelings. They have the opportunity to express all of their feelings with a therapist who lives with type 1 diabetes. Never again does your child have to wonder if the person across from them understands. We do. We live it. We help teens build resilience, improved self-esteem, and a better sense of self around their diabetes diagnosis.