We have a host of accommodations for the adolescents and families we serve! In addition to our usual compilation of age-appropriate therapeutic games and activities, we now have: a game room with a pool table; a media room; and a campus with outdoor therapy space and walking trails. Our team is highly experienced in connecting with adolescents to make therapy useful. While adult-style talk therapy in an office works very well for some teens, we recognize some teens need a different approach. The media room is useful for teens who can better express how they feel using media resources, such as DVDs, CDs, and the computer. We can watch a movie clip that is meaningful to them, or we can show a movie clip we think might help them better express how they feel or gain a deeper understanding of a topic. Similarly we can incorporate listening to a teen’s favorite song into therapy, as adolescents often connect to songs that have meaning in their own lives. We also sometimes invite our teens to sit outside on the lawn and talk versus staying in the office, and, with parent’s permission, we back up to the American Tobacco Trail and can take teens for a walk while we talk. (Some of our parents take advantage of the Trail and get their own exercise while their teen is in session!) Our facilities and campus are as good as it gets!


Description of Our Expertise Specific to Adolescents & Families

All of the psychologists at Lepage Associates have expertise helping teenagers and families. Click here for more information on our expertise specific to teens and families.

Therapy for Teenagers

Self-Exploration & Self-Improvement:
  Who Am I & Who Do I Want To Be?
Setting Goals for Personal Growth
Building Self-Esteem, Motivation & Confidence
Understanding My Role In Actions, Reactions & Consequences
Taking Personal Responsibility

Developing & Maintaining Healthy Friendships
Understanding Oneself in Relationships
Boyfriends & Girlfriends
Making Decisions About Sex
Dealing With Drugs & Alcohol

Getting Along With Family Members
Navigating Family Politics
Dealing With Sibling Rivalry
Balancing Independence & Parents
Coping With Separation or Divorce
Living With Parents Who Always Fight
Finding A Way To Be Happy In An Unhappy Home

Figuring Out Feelings:
  What Is This Feeling? What Can I Do About It?
Working Through Painful Emotions:
  Anger, Confusion, Sadness, Anxiety
Aggression Isn’t The Answer:
  Learning to Work Things Through Without Yelling or Hitting
Developing Healthy Ways To Cope With Stress

Adjusting to High School
Adjusting to Junior High
Setting Goals for Academic Success
Handling Academic Pressure
Preparing for College
Career Counseling


Time-Limited Drug & Alcohol Diversion Group for Juveniles

"High" On Life


Couples & Family Issues

Couples Therapy

Strengthening the Family Foundation
Negotiating Differences in Parenting Styles

Family Therapy

There Must Be A Way To Get Along
Dealing with A Difficult Teenager
Coping with Teenage Illness: Physical Illness,
   Mental Health Diagnoses, Learning Disabilities


Time-Limited Parenting Group
Parenting Teenagers


Separation & Divorce

The Center for Separating with Civility & Divorcing with Dignity^® (Click here for information    on our unique divorce services center; the only Center in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill    area. Page contains a wealth of information regarding all facets of divorce: choosing the    right process for you and your family; child issues; financial issues.)
Mediation for Separation, Divorce & Custody (click here.)
Developing a Parenting Plan (click here.)
Coaching for Cooperative Co-Parenting (click here.)
Individual Therapy: Single Parenting
Individual Therapy: Reworking Your Life Plan


Family Court Matters

For Separating & Divorcing Couples

 The Center for Separating with Civility & Divorcing with Dignity^® (Click here for information on our unique divorce services center; the only Center in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area. Page contains a wealth of information regarding all facets of divorce: choosing the right process for you and your family; child issues; financial issues.)

Custody & Visitation Evaluations
   (Click here for our expertise in this area as well as a list of commonly asked questions.)
Click here for information on Services for Separation & Divorce/Collaborative Divorce


For Juvenile Delinquency

Individual & Family Therapy
Psychological Evaluations
  To assist with diagnostic clarification & treatment recommendations
Competency to Stand Trial Evaluations
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Educational Evaluations

IQ Testing
   To determine academic strengths and weaknesses of all teens;
   also identifies giftedness and mental retardation
Achievement Testing
   To determine mastery of specific subjects
AD/HD Testing
   To determine the presence of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
LD Testing
   To determine the presence of a Learning Disorder
Full Psycho educational Testing
   All of the above plus ruling out the influence of mental health conditions
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Psychological Evaluations

Testing to help understand what your teen is
   thinking & feeling, & why he or she acts out
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