NexStep Teen Academy

  • Teen covers face in distress as adult points aggressively, portraying emotional abuse and control in a family setting.

    Teen Family Emotional Abuse and Control

    Family environment, including conflicts and abuse, can impact your teen’s emotional, physical, and mental health. Family emotional abuse and control happen when unhealthy behavioral patterns affect your teen’s well-being. Unlike normal family conflicts caused by common disagreements, emotional abuse is more consistent and entails excessive control, manipulation, humiliation, and guilt. Emotional abuse can easily go …

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  • Support session for teen emotional abuse recovery, showing a caring adult comforting a distressed teenager.

    Teen Emotional Abuse Recovery Support

    Emotional abuse involves the use of threatening language to humiliate, isolate, or mistreat a teen deliberately. Although it does not leave physical scars, emotional abuse is just as bad as physical abuse. It leaves your child traumatized and damaged.  Teens who have experienced emotional abuse need a strong emotional support network for them to recover. …

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