Adolescent Wellness
Adolescent Wellness
Overview
Family support is the foundation of healthy youth development. The Family Guidance Centre helps family members, including parents and grandparents, understand the evolving nature of their relationships with adolescents. Parents are supported in facilitating their role in nurturing their adolescents by understanding the normal physical emotional and psychosocial development which is different in each phase -early adolescence (10-13 yrs), middle adolescence ( 14-16 yrs) and late adolescence ( 17-19yrs) .With expert guidance and counselling, we assist you in supporting your adolescent's journey into adulthood and fostering positive family connections.
The anticipatory guidance and preventive counselling offered at our clinic assist your adolescent in growing into a happy, well-adjusted adult, ready to explore their full potential. The parental guidance provided by our expert team helps resolve parent-teen disagreements.
Adolescents often have many questions and concerns they may not feel comfortable discussing with family members or teachers. These seemingly simple issues can cause turmoil in their minds and affect their lives. For e.g Onset of puberty can lead to lot of unresolved questions which we scientifically answer in the clinic Our initial individualised psychosocial assessment provides a lot of insight into the mind of the adolescent.
Jehangir Wellness Centre features a state-of-the-art Family Guidance Centre and Adolescent Wellness programme. This centre is staffed by specially trained, well-known specialists in paediatrics and adolescent medicine, along with a multi-disciplinary team of mental health professionals, psychologists, counsellors, social workers, and educators. They collaborate to address the complex issues faced by today's families and adolescents. Guidance is provided not only to adolescents and young adults (ages 10-30) but also to parents and grandparents, promoting harmonious family relationships and positive physical and mental health. Complimentary group sessions for parents and adolescents are held every Wednesday from 12 to 1 pm on various topics. Our services include comprehensive physical check-ups with appropriate medical investigations, psychosocial assessments, immunisations, and guidance on various adolescent issues such as low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, academic challenges, managing romantic relationships, and comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education.
- Jehangir's Family Guidance Centre is headed by Dr Swati Y. Bhave, an internationally recognised and acclaimed Adolescent Medicine expert who has worked on adolescent programs and in committees in WHO and also held positions in many international paediatric and Adolescent professional associations.
- The centre is supported by a team of adolescent paediatricians, specially trained to guide and counsel parents and teens.
- As we are located within a multi-specialty hospital, your teen will have access to prompt referrals to any other specialty, if needed, all under the same roof.
- Our holistic approach dealing with mind and body medicine plays a crucial role in addressing family issues.