For more than 20 years Roy Petitfils, LPC has worked with teenagers as an educator, youth minister and today as a counselor in private practice specializing in adolescent and family therapy. He offers insight to help you understand today's teens with practical tips, tools and strategies to help you communicate with, discipline and positively influence the teens in your life.
In this episode, Roy offers insight and strategies into caring for and managing teens during the COVID19 epidemic. Roy has established Today's Teenag...
In the final installment of a three-part series on teens and trauma, Roy offers practical and effective strategies adults can use to help teens who ha...
In the second installment of a three-part series on teens and trauma, Roy focuses on the variety of ways that trauma affects the adolescent brain. Ro...
In this first of a three-part series on teens and trauma, Roy defines and explains trauma, how it effects teens, and how adults can identify and help ...
In this third of a three - part series of micro episodes, Roy offers strategies and insights that will help you to discuss the importance of setting a...
In this first of a three - part series of micro episodes, Roy defines and explores what the term "boundaries" means for relationships and its importan...
In this episode, Roy discusses the dangers teen athletes faced when suffering a concussion and the best practices for treatment. Dr. Joshua Couvillon...
In the second part of Roy's three-part look at the importance of helping teens set and respect boundaries, he explores the reasons helping teens with ...
In this episode, Roy explains the phenomenon of emotional forecasting, its importance in emotional and psychological development, and how adults can h...
In this episode, Roy explores the psychological and emotional dynamics of teen romantic relationships and offers strategies for discussing them with y...