TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS

Adolescence | 13 - 19 years old

Teenage years is about change. They experience changes physically, mentally or socially towards maturity. However, the rational part of a teenager’s brain is not fully developed until around age 25.  

Recent research has found that adult and teenage brains work differently. Adults think with the prefrontal cortex, the brain’s rational part. This is the part of the brain that responds to situations with good judgment and an awareness of long-term consequences. Teens process information with the amygdala. This is the emotional part.  During this phase, teens are very sensitive to stress.

When teens are overloaded with stress, the chronic production of stress hormones will adversely affect their learning, memory and emotional processing. This induces significant changes in neural circuits and behaviors that might increase susceptibility for development of neuropsychiatric disorders.

Most commonly trained concerns

• Sleep issues

• Stress, Anger

• Anxiety/Depression

• Low self-esteem

• Eating disorder

• ADHD/ADD

• Learning challenges, Poor academic performance

The teenage phase is a vulnerable period for stress.  Dynamic changes occur in the brain throughout the course of development.

Just as this teenage phase represents a time of developmental neuroplasticity, wherein circuits are sculpted by the environment and are malleable to experience, NeuroFeedback and Physical training can intervene by mitigating the undesirable symptoms and change the direction of development to bring about recovery from stress without the use of medication.

We offer a complimentary 15-min phone consultation to answer your questions.