Youth Services

Ages 13 to 17

Individual Therapy

Adolescence is an exciting stage of development filled with significant changes in physical, emotional and cognitive growth. Teens are managing new responsibilities, developing their identity, and taking significant steps toward independence. The journey through adolescence is an exciting adventure of emotional highs and lows. All of these changes can make frequent mood swings and psychological challenges common.

Our therapy services are designed to help and support youth who are struggling with life’s demands as well as mental health issues. We can offer support to adolescents who are struggling with family stressors, school challenges, grief and loss, anger management, relationship problems, identity issues, and life transitions. Specialized training also equips us to treat neurodevelopmental and clinical diagnoses, including ADHD, mood and anxiety disorders, personality disorders, PTSD, and substance misuse.

The goal of therapy is to help adolescents understand themselves better and resolve problematic beliefs, behaviours, feelings, sensations, thinking, or relationships. Therapy with youth can take various forms but will ultimately be guided by the youth and their preferred approach to treatment. Some youth prefer to have their parents highly involved in treatment and some prefer to be more independent. This will be negotiated between the therapist and the youth and parents. Several factors may determine the best approach, such as level of maturity, the severity of the problem, and a consensus among parents and teens. Together, we will develop a treatment plan that suits the adolescent’s goals and motivation, that is also acceptable to parents.

Parenting support can be provided as part of individual therapy with youth if appropriate. If parents are looking for their own mental health support, without their youth receiving services, it would be preferable to then access adult services.

Assessment

Youth assessment services are offered to help adolescents gain a deeper understanding of themselves and to guide treatment. Specialized training offers us the opportunity to assess and diagnose a variety of disorders.

** We currently offer psychoeducational assessments only at this time.

Psychoeducational
This assessment can help better understand how a youth learns, problem solves, and understands information. Interviews, observations, rating forms, and testing take place. Testing for intelligence, memory, academic achievement are common. The goal for a psychoeducational assessment is to help someone be a successful learner.
General Mental Health/Personality
This provides a brief overview of youth’s emotional well-being and functioning and helps refine clinical diagnoses and inform psychological treatment
Psychodiagnostic
This type of assessment seeks to determine whether a youth is experiencing enough symptoms to meet diagnostic criteria for a mental health or neurodevelopmental disorder. Examples include ADHD, ASD, Major Depressive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety, PTSD, etc.
Forensic
This can include both forensic risk assessments and medical-legal assessments. Risk assessments are conducted with youth who have come into contact with the law. This assessment aims to answer the question of what risk a certain individual poses to commit further general, violent, or sexual crimes.

Medical legal assessments are psychodiagnostic assessments requested by third parties such as the courts or HR departments. These assessments help to shed light on whether a youth is struggling with a mental disorder, its origins, and provide recommendations for treatment.

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Regina, SK S4V 3A3

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Land Acknowledgement

In the spirit of truth and reconciliation, the clinicians at Elements Psychology want to participate in building respectful relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. This includes acknowledging that our work and space takes place on the ancestral land of Indigenous people, that we are on Treaty land, and that we are all Treaty people. Since we can offer services to anyone living within Saskatchewan using Telehealth, this includes Treaties 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, & 10. For more information, please consider visiting the Office of the Treaty Commissioner website.