65: My Depressed Teen Refuses Therapy. How Do I Help?

Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting

Dr. Lisa Damour/Good Trouble Productions

Kids & Family, Mental Health, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

What are the signs a teen is suffering from depression and needs help? Dr. Lisa explains what you need to watch for. Reena asks what parents should do if their teen refuses help, and how parents can bring up therapy without making a teen feel worse. Lisa explains that teens often worry that they are broken - a narrative that needs to be considered when offering help. Dr. Lisa explains how she found inspiration from an unexpected reality star, Dog the Bounty Hunter, and also mentions a major change for licensed clinicians that might make it easier to find the right therapist. Dr. Lisa’s Resource Recommendation PSYPACT is an interstate compact that allows registered psychologists to practice across state boundaries: https://psypact.site-ym.com/page/About Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn @AskLisaPodcast, @LDamour, @ReenaNinan Additional resources: https://www.drlisadamour.com/ Ask Lisa is produced by: Www.GoodTroubleProductions.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0	This is Ask Lisa, a podcast to help people understand the psychology of parenting.
0:10.6	Psychologist Dr. Lisa DeMore, author of two New York Times best-selling parenting books, takes
0:15.9	your questions.
0:17.3	And I'm co-host, Rina Ninan, a journalist and mom of two.
0:21.4	Some of what we talk about comes from raising children ourselves.
0:24.9	Most of the time, I'll be getting answers to your parenting questions.
0:28.8	So send your questions to Ask Lisa at Dr.Lisademore.com.
0:34.0	Episode 65, my depressed teen refuses therapy.
0:37.2	How do I help?
0:42.9	I always remember you saying it's right around this time of year where you would get a lot more people showing up asking for help.
0:51.2	Yeah, no, it's interesting, you know, I've always done my billing by hand. I actually
0:55.4	keep a written ledger and, you know, it's a little old-fashioned. And so I can see how far down a
1:01.8	page each month goes. And I remember, especially when I was practicing a lot, that suddenly
1:08.3	January and then February, I would go so much further down the page than I did
1:13.1	in other months. It's tough. It's a hard point in the school year under normal conditions.
1:19.0	The weather's bad. The days are short. The light is rare. People feel it. I really feel it in
1:25.2	January and February. I think there are a lot of people struggling just to find somebody they could talk to, a medical professional that they could talk to.
1:32.7	And we got this letter that really caught our attention talking about a depressed teen who needs help.
1:37.8	My son is 17 and in the 12th grade.
1:40.5	His high school experience has been anything but normal due to heavy lockdowns in Ontario.
1:45.3	He's apathetic and spends all his time gaming or on his phone and has few connections in the
1:50.1	non-virtual world. He has very little motivation to prepare for college or to even think about
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