A Quick Story of Realization with Counseling Teens When it comes to counseling teens, I remember early in my counseling career I was assisting a client through a break-up. While I was asking questions about the split, he smirked and said, "It's way harder breaking up these days. When you were in high school, it was easy." My first reaction was to wonder how old he thought I was. My second reaction was explaining that breaking up was still brutal back then. However, I soon realized he was spot on after we further explored his thoughts. High school breakups in 2020 are much more difficult to navigate. When I had conflict with anybody- friend, crush or significant other -I only had to awkwardly pass them in the hallway. Worst case, I had to choose a seat on the other side of the room. I didn't have to worry about blocking them on social media. I didn't have to worry about if they would find out that I blocked them. Nor did I worry about getting a "snap" or text from one of their friends Read more [...]