Family Matters: Working with Troubled Teens in Generation Z

Family Matters: Working with Troubled Teens in Generation Z is organized by Florida Mental Health Counselors Association (FMHCA) and will be held on Feb 27, 2023.

Description:  
Teens today are more stressed and less resilient than at any time in recent history. The pandemic has made worse issues of anxiety, depression, peer pressure and substance abuse. Families can reel and fail under the burden of teens who fail to thrive. This presentation will give a detailed and thorough overview of mental health trouble, substance abuse, complex trauma, and dysfunctional family patterns found in struggling adolescents that signal the need for higher, more restrictive levels of care.

Learning Objectives:
• Family Matters: Working with Troubled Teens in Generation Z.
• Participants will describe elements of a specific healing process for families of adolescents in recovery.
• Participants will describe unique psychological and biological capacities of teens that struggle with substance abuse, complex trauma, and family dysfunction.