For most people, the holidays are a joyful time of the year filled with social gatherings, events, and celebrations with friends and family. For others, it’s a time filled with loneliness, sadness, and anxiety. When a feeling like hopelessness is at its peak, it’s challenging to be around others, especially at festive parties. If you…
Therapy and counselling programs are predominant when it comes to treatment for behaviour or substance abuse issues. Choosing recovery over prior matters may seem daunting for troubled youth; however, relating to others in a similar age group that share similar thoughts and feelings can make the process easier. A group therapy program can support teens…
As much as family members love each other and have strong relationships, conflict and discord are common and can occur between spouses, siblings, parents, and children. Although it can be challenging to reach solutions, professionals are available as mediators to offer guidance. If you want to work on improving specific aspects of your family’s interactions,…
The teen years present many challenges that can be either wonderfully life-affirming or destructive to the formation of a teen’s future self. This can mean that productively guiding teens through this time of growth can make all the difference to their future success. Mental health treatment is one of the ways that you can support…
Process addictions or addictions related to behaviours can be difficult to understand. Teens who struggle with strong impulses to reenact certain behaviours may be confused about this type of impulse but are unable to control it. Some behaviours can even engage the brain in the same ways that drugs might. Because these types of addictions…
One-on-one therapy is just one of the many ways Venture Academy can help with your troubled teen. Typically, these sessions are a part of a behavioural or drug and alcohol treatment program. Sessions usually last forty-five minutes to an hour and are a part of an individualized treatment plan. There are unique challenges to one-on-one…
As an adult, when you become frustrated by life’s stressors, you may have developed healthy coping strategies to calm your behaviour. These methods can develop over time, which means that many teens may not have learned the coping mechanisms needed to understand how to handle their anger. Venture Academy’s teen anger management program can help…
If you have encountered individuals in your life who are in the process of quitting smoking, you may have noticed them using electronic cigarettes or “vaping” as an alternative to traditional smoking. However, it’s important to remember that smoking is an addiction and causes real and lasting harm no matter the way in which you…
If you have a teen with ADHD, you may be aware that there are many different ADHD treatment options. However, it can be difficult to determine what’s best for your family. You may be confused about the differences between medications like Vyvanse vs. Adderall. Venture Academy can help you, and your teen determine which of…
As a parent, it may be difficult to breach the subject of trauma with your teen. However, it is crucial that you recognize the signs that your teen may be traumatized so that you can find them the care that they need to overcome trauma. Trauma in the teen years can follow an individual throughout…