Therapists for Teens and Adolescents in Jacksonville, TX
Providing treatment and Parent Facilitation for Adults, Families and Teens, with additional expertise in Post Traumatic Stress, Depression, Anxiety, and Bipolar symptoms.
My specialty began with Child and Adolescent concerns - ADHD, Behavior Problems, and Parenting - but quickly developed to involve Couples and Families (including Step- and Foster families), as well as Individuals struggling with Depression, Anxiety, Anger, or Losing a Loved One.
Providing treatment and Parent Facilitation for Adults, Families and Teens, with additional expertise in Post Traumatic Stress, Depression, Anxiety, and Bipolar symptoms.
My specialty began with Child and Adolescent concerns - ADHD, Behavior Problems, and Parenting - but quickly developed to involve Couples and Families (including Step- and Foster families), as well as Individuals struggling with Depression, Anxiety, Anger, or Losing a Loved One.
Seeking help for life’s struggles is not an easy task especially when it requires our emotional exposure. I believe it takes a very courageous person to seek help and be vulnerable. If this is you, I want to congratulate you! I consider it an honor and a big privilege to walk beside my clients who are facing hardships in life. I believe therapy can be extremely helpful when the client is approached with welcoming, comforting and the nonjudgmental heart of a therapist.
Seeking help for life’s struggles is not an easy task especially when it requires our emotional exposure. I believe it takes a very courageous person to seek help and be vulnerable. If this is you, I want to congratulate you! I consider it an honor and a big privilege to walk beside my clients who are facing hardships in life. I believe therapy can be extremely helpful when the client is approached with welcoming, comforting and the nonjudgmental heart of a therapist.
I love helping people who are struggling with issues that feel overwhelming. I can't solve your problems, but I work to help you find your way through them and to try to help you find your strength when you feel like it is gone.
I love helping people who are struggling with issues that feel overwhelming. I can't solve your problems, but I work to help you find your way through them and to try to help you find your strength when you feel like it is gone.
You may feel overwhelmed, scattered, or stuck in cycles of self-doubt. You are a woman navigating ADHD, Anxiety, Trauma, Depression, Eating Disorders, or other challenges with food. On the outside, you might appear capable, but internally you are exhausted. I specialize in working with adult women who want to better understand how their mind works, manage daily challenges, and feel more stead and in control of their lives. We will work together to help you reconnect to yourself and cultivate confidence grounded in autonomy rather than expectations!
You may feel overwhelmed, scattered, or stuck in cycles of self-doubt. You are a woman navigating ADHD, Anxiety, Trauma, Depression, Eating Disorders, or other challenges with food. On the outside, you might appear capable, but internally you are exhausted. I specialize in working with adult women who want to better understand how their mind works, manage daily challenges, and feel more stead and in control of their lives. We will work together to help you reconnect to yourself and cultivate confidence grounded in autonomy rather than expectations!
Heather Sudduth
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
2 Endorsed
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
I believe that the best way to help children and adolescents heal is to work together with parents and caregivers to provide tools and resources for strengthening connection and encouraging positive coping.
I specialize in working with children, adolescents, and parents to help families grow and heal through a variety of stressful life events and behavioral struggles.
I believe that the best way to help children and adolescents heal is to work together with parents and caregivers to provide tools and resources for strengthening connection and encouraging positive coping.
I specialize in working with children, adolescents, and parents to help families grow and heal through a variety of stressful life events and behavioral struggles.
Seeking help and finding the right therapist for you can be a daunting and challenging process. The key to positive, lasting change is finding a therapist who will tailor your treatment based on your individual needs and strengths, and help you overcome the behaviors and thoughts that are getting in your way. You need someone who will listen and understand you without judgment, support you through these changes, be honest with you, and challenge you when needed. I have been a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas for 10 years.
Seeking help and finding the right therapist for you can be a daunting and challenging process. The key to positive, lasting change is finding a therapist who will tailor your treatment based on your individual needs and strengths, and help you overcome the behaviors and thoughts that are getting in your way. You need someone who will listen and understand you without judgment, support you through these changes, be honest with you, and challenge you when needed. I have been a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas for 10 years.
My name is Carlton Pridgen, and I’m a licensed professional counselor with seven years of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in a variety of settings.
I use an eclectic mix of therapeutic approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). These approaches are grounded in research and provide effective tools to help you understand and overcome the obstacles you face.
My name is Carlton Pridgen, and I’m a licensed professional counselor with seven years of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in a variety of settings.
I use an eclectic mix of therapeutic approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). These approaches are grounded in research and provide effective tools to help you understand and overcome the obstacles you face.
I believe that change happens in relationships, not in isolation. When you sit across from me, you will be met with honesty, compassion, and a genuine desire to understand your story. I am not here to judge you or tell you what to do. I am here to walk with you as you make sense of where you are and where you want to go.
I work with individuals and couples who feel stuck, disconnected, or overwhelmed. Whether you are navigating conflict, rebuilding trust, or simply trying to communicate more clearly, I help you slow things down and understand what is really happening beneath the surface.
I believe that change happens in relationships, not in isolation. When you sit across from me, you will be met with honesty, compassion, and a genuine desire to understand your story. I am not here to judge you or tell you what to do. I am here to walk with you as you make sense of where you are and where you want to go.
I work with individuals and couples who feel stuck, disconnected, or overwhelmed. Whether you are navigating conflict, rebuilding trust, or simply trying to communicate more clearly, I help you slow things down and understand what is really happening beneath the surface.
I work with children and teens to navigate challenges, with a focus on supporting neurodivergent individuals in ways that honor their unique strengths.
I strive to create a warm, safe, and supportive space where clients feel comfortable being themselves. I believe that trust and connection are essential to the counseling process, and I work collaboratively with each person to honor their autonomy and unique experiences.
I work with children and teens to navigate challenges, with a focus on supporting neurodivergent individuals in ways that honor their unique strengths.
I strive to create a warm, safe, and supportive space where clients feel comfortable being themselves. I believe that trust and connection are essential to the counseling process, and I work collaboratively with each person to honor their autonomy and unique experiences.
I see clients both virtually and in person; and in our work together, you will create or reconnect with a life worth living. You will come to see emotions - even the painful emotions of anger, sadness and guilt - as signals that something needs your attention rather than something to be avoided. You will gain an understanding of who you are and how you are, which will facilitate personal changes you may want to make or help you navigate challenges you are facing. And maybe, most importantly, you will strengthen your relationship with yourself and with others.
I see clients both virtually and in person; and in our work together, you will create or reconnect with a life worth living. You will come to see emotions - even the painful emotions of anger, sadness and guilt - as signals that something needs your attention rather than something to be avoided. You will gain an understanding of who you are and how you are, which will facilitate personal changes you may want to make or help you navigate challenges you are facing. And maybe, most importantly, you will strengthen your relationship with yourself and with others.
I enjoy working with children, teens, adults, and couples specializing in anxiety issues, stress management, relationship issues, and trauma support, using many different counseling techniques to help each client feel heard and understood to begin healing.
My approach to counseling varies based on my client's needs. I believe that through a sense of belonging, we learn who we are and who we can become; we learn our true identity. I offer a unique and authentic counseling approach listening to and supporting you without judgement.
I enjoy working with children, teens, adults, and couples specializing in anxiety issues, stress management, relationship issues, and trauma support, using many different counseling techniques to help each client feel heard and understood to begin healing.
My approach to counseling varies based on my client's needs. I believe that through a sense of belonging, we learn who we are and who we can become; we learn our true identity. I offer a unique and authentic counseling approach listening to and supporting you without judgement.
If you’re like me, you know what the right thing is. After all, you’re the expert on you. But that’s just the problem, isn’t it? You know the right thing, you know what’s true, and yet still you struggle with self-criticism and doubt. You know you can’t be perfect, and yet you feel shame for not being enough. And you don’t know how to reconcile what you know with what you feel. Truthfully, this is a common problem. But just because it’s common, doesn’t mean you have to go along with it.
If you’re like me, you know what the right thing is. After all, you’re the expert on you. But that’s just the problem, isn’t it? You know the right thing, you know what’s true, and yet still you struggle with self-criticism and doubt. You know you can’t be perfect, and yet you feel shame for not being enough. And you don’t know how to reconcile what you know with what you feel. Truthfully, this is a common problem. But just because it’s common, doesn’t mean you have to go along with it.
When a significant event happens how do you cope, who do you turn to? Talking about these things can be difficult, but the emotions and all that comes with it will continue to grow if left unresolved. Your struggles might look different than anyone else's, they might have happened recently or even years ago. These struggles can affect your relationships with others and most importantly yourself. It can consume our life and add more weight than you need to carry. You might feel alone and overcome by memories or emotions, so you work through it as best you can. Just know that you're not alone and this is normal.
When a significant event happens how do you cope, who do you turn to? Talking about these things can be difficult, but the emotions and all that comes with it will continue to grow if left unresolved. Your struggles might look different than anyone else's, they might have happened recently or even years ago. These struggles can affect your relationships with others and most importantly yourself. It can consume our life and add more weight than you need to carry. You might feel alone and overcome by memories or emotions, so you work through it as best you can. Just know that you're not alone and this is normal.
I have worked as a counselor in the school system and am well acquainted with the struggles that pre- teens and teenagers face.
I am a Liscenced Professional Counselor Associate and I practice under the supervision of Kendra Bennett PhD, LPC-S. I have daytime availability during the summer and once school starts I will have availability after school.
I have worked as a counselor in the school system and am well acquainted with the struggles that pre- teens and teenagers face.
I am a Liscenced Professional Counselor Associate and I practice under the supervision of Kendra Bennett PhD, LPC-S. I have daytime availability during the summer and once school starts I will have availability after school.
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My ideal clients are children, teens, and members of the Deaf community who are navigating challenges such as anxiety, grief, trauma, or life transitions.
I specialize in working with children, teens, and young women. My approach helps clients express emotions, build resilience, and develop coping strategies. Together, we’ll tackle challenges, set goals, and have fun along the way to create a positive and engaging experience.
My ideal clients are children, teens, and members of the Deaf community who are navigating challenges such as anxiety, grief, trauma, or life transitions.
I specialize in working with children, teens, and young women. My approach helps clients express emotions, build resilience, and develop coping strategies. Together, we’ll tackle challenges, set goals, and have fun along the way to create a positive and engaging experience.
I also specialize in Marital and Family issues including those involving adolescents, children and extended family.
With over two decades of experience treating individuals, couples and families in community mental health, non-profits, military bases, psychiatric hospitals and private practice, you can be assured that your mental health issues will be empathically and skillfully treated and resolved.
I also specialize in Marital and Family issues including those involving adolescents, children and extended family.
With over two decades of experience treating individuals, couples and families in community mental health, non-profits, military bases, psychiatric hospitals and private practice, you can be assured that your mental health issues will be empathically and skillfully treated and resolved.
I am a LCSW and enjoy helping adolescents, adults and seniors.
You are functioning, but barely. The to-do list resets before you finish it, you are running on caffeine and momentum, and somewhere along the way you stopped noticing what you actually want. I work with individuals, and especially women, who are carrying far more than they let on. Burnout, anxiety, depression, chronic stress, and ADHD that often went unnoticed until adulthood are what I see most. My goal is not just getting you through the week. It is helping you handle life with more room to breathe and feel like yourself again in the middle of it.
I am a LCSW and enjoy helping adolescents, adults and seniors.
You are functioning, but barely. The to-do list resets before you finish it, you are running on caffeine and momentum, and somewhere along the way you stopped noticing what you actually want. I work with individuals, and especially women, who are carrying far more than they let on. Burnout, anxiety, depression, chronic stress, and ADHD that often went unnoticed until adulthood are what I see most. My goal is not just getting you through the week. It is helping you handle life with more room to breathe and feel like yourself again in the middle of it.
I cannot say that I have an ideal client; I am more than happy to work with anyone who is ready to move forward in their mental health journey. If you are looking for someone who will sit down with you to help you work through your issues, listen to you vent, or just be a sounding board for the problems in your life, then I would love the chance to work with you.
I cannot say that I have an ideal client; I am more than happy to work with anyone who is ready to move forward in their mental health journey. If you are looking for someone who will sit down with you to help you work through your issues, listen to you vent, or just be a sounding board for the problems in your life, then I would love the chance to work with you.
You didn't end up here by accident. Something in you knows there's more: more clarity, more peace, more purpose, and you're tired of the gap between who you are and who you know you could be.
For many people, the real struggle isn't out there in the world. It's the voice inside — the one that says you're not enough, that your past defines you, that change isn't really possible for someone like you. That internal narrative shapes everything: your relationships, your confidence, your ability to move forward. And when those stories go unexamined, they quietly run the show.
You didn't end up here by accident. Something in you knows there's more: more clarity, more peace, more purpose, and you're tired of the gap between who you are and who you know you could be.
For many people, the real struggle isn't out there in the world. It's the voice inside — the one that says you're not enough, that your past defines you, that change isn't really possible for someone like you. That internal narrative shapes everything: your relationships, your confidence, your ability to move forward. And when those stories go unexamined, they quietly run the show.
My goal is to collaborate with children, teens, and adults to break down unhealthy habits, increase resilience and coping skills, and maximize the emotional health of you and your family.
If you resonate with this, I am sure you are ready for a change. I offer compassionate and zealous care for you, your child or your teen. I utilize person-centered and solution-focused approaches to balance deep care and practical changes.
My goal is to collaborate with children, teens, and adults to break down unhealthy habits, increase resilience and coping skills, and maximize the emotional health of you and your family.
If you resonate with this, I am sure you are ready for a change. I offer compassionate and zealous care for you, your child or your teen. I utilize person-centered and solution-focused approaches to balance deep care and practical changes.
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What does therapy for teenagers look like?
When a therapist works with a teenager, the pair will talk about what the teen is struggling with and explore solutions, which may involve interpersonal skills, coping strategies, medication, or lifestyle changes related to sleep, diet, and exercise. Different therapists employ different modalities, but most involve a combination of conversation and skill building.
How long does therapy for teenagers generally take to work?
There’s variability in teenagers’ experiences and challenges; some may begin to improve from therapy within a few weeks while others may take several months or longer. Teens can discuss their progress with their therapist periodically to assess how they’re improving and any changes to the treatment plan that could potentially accelerate that progress.
How do you encourage a teenager to go to therapy?
It’s helpful to express your concern and love while framing therapy as an opportunity to explore a tool that could help improve their life; just like they practice baseball or dance, now they can practice their emotional skills. Give your teen control over the process where you can—maybe by weighing in on choice of therapist and signaling that therapy involves confidentiality, so a parent need not know all that is discussed in sessions.
How do you prepare teens for therapy?
You can prepare your teenager for therapy by describing what the process will look like and setting expectations for timeline, if requested. You can explain that the first session may begin with an assessment phase, that they can describe their experiences but that the therapist will ask questions too, and that it may take time to feel comfortable opening up. Ask how they’re feeling about the process and answer any questions calmly and supportively.