Course · 6 Lessons
The Breakthrough Method to Connect with Your Teen: Build Trust and Foster Growth
The teenage years are often turbulent, marked by mood swings, rebellion, and emotional distance. If your teen is withdrawing, acting out, or struggling to manage their emotions, it can leave you feeling frustrated, disconnected, and unsure how to help. Our transformative course equips you with the tools to confidently navigate this challenging stage, rebuild your relationship, and foster your teen’s growth.
Why the Teenage Years Matter
The teenage years are pivotal for personal development, independence, and identity formation. As a parent, you can guide your teen through these changes with love and understanding, which will help to:
Foster healthy growth: Support your teen through academic, social, or emotional struggles so they can move through this stage with resilience and self-awareness.
Break the cycle of conflict: Stop constant arguments, defiance, and disrespect before they spiral out of control.
Understand their world: Gain insights into the real reasons behind your teen’s moods, behaviors, and decision-making processes and help them forge personal development, independence, and identity formation.
What You’ll Learn
Breakthrough method to connect with your teen: Strengthen your relationship and foster deeper communication with proven strategies.
Understanding your teen’s behavior: Uncover the real reasons behind their actions—it’s often not what you think!
The role of neuroplasticity: Learn how brain development impacts your teen’s decision-making and behavior.
Stopping challenging behaviors: Discover how to manage difficult behaviors quickly without confrontation or power struggles.
How teens grow and connect: Explore little-known ways teens develop academically, spiritually, emotionally, and socially during this critical phase.
Course Format and Features
Self-paced, video-based learning
OT and trauma-informed lens
Printable scripts and resources
Lifetime access for caregivers
Foster a positive, meaningful relationship with your teenager. Take action today and support your teen with confidence.
Course videos
Introduction
2 mins
Neuroplasticity
3 mins
Accepting Relationships (Part 1)
10 mins
Accepting Relationships (Part 2)
14 mins
Reducing Levels of Stress
16 mins
Specific Cases
4 mins
This course is designed for those supporting preteens and teens, generally between ages 12 and 18.
Yes. The course includes tools to understand and respond to withdrawal, explosive behavior, and emotional dysregulation in teens.
The course is rooted in occupational therapy and informed by trauma-aware practices. It’s not therapy, but it complements therapeutic work well.
Yes. These tools support many neurodiverse teens and those experiencing anxiety, mood disorders, or emotional intensity.
The course is video-based, self-paced, and includes short modules you can watch anytime. You’ll have lifetime access.
This course was created by Miriam Manela Frankel, OTR/L CMLD TC. With over 20 years of clinical experience, Miriam integrates OT principles, trauma-informed care, and deep compassion to help families navigate the intensity of the teen years with clarity and calm.