There is also a section on this site that has hotline numbers in your state. In addition to direct advice and positive reinforcement, the site s trained clinicians are committed to empowering kids and providing them with their own tools to resolve internal conflict and develop into emotionally healthy, confident individuals. Any issue that a teen presents is taken seriously and addressed in detail. Questions are framed to help teens identify issues and generate their own solutions that will positively affect their own lives. Kids in serious turmoil are afforded resources and further directed to parents, counselors and hotline numbers for more immediate help.
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Unlike live chat rooms, all responses are screened by our editors for appropriateness, ensuring positive peer counseling. I just submitted a story, and I ve responded to others lots of times. Someone even put up a message thanking me and a couple others for our help. It made me feel good, and I hope this site is successful for a long time. The sensitivity teens show when addressing their peers struggling with sexual abuse, parental divorce, loss of a loved one, dating dilemmas or betrayal by a friend has been heartwarming.