Looking for a teen therapist near Euless?
When parents search for a "teen therapist near me," they usually want two things: someone who truly understands adolescents, and someone their teen will actually agree to see. Distance matters less than fit. Dr. Audrey Kteily, PhD, LPC-S, LMHC, CFLE meets both needs for Euless families by bringing therapy to your home through secure online sessions.
Dr. Audrey has worked with teens and families across the DFW metroplex for more than two decades. Her doctorate is in Family Studies, and teen and adolescent counseling for ages 12 to 18 is one of the core parts of her practice. Because every session is online, there is no drive across Highway 183 or 121 after school, and your teen never has to sit in a waiting room.
What Euless teens are carrying
Euless sits in northeast Tarrant County, right next to DFW International Airport, and many local teens attend Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD schools. It is a diverse city, home to families from many cultural backgrounds. That diversity is a strength, and it can also mean teens are balancing family traditions and expectations with the pull of school, friends and social media.
Other pressures are familiar to teens everywhere: heavy course loads, competitive sports and activities, college and career worries, and social lives that never switch off. Some households run on early, late or rotating work shifts, which can make it harder for parents and teens to find time to talk. Any of this can show up as stress that a teen keeps to themselves.
Signs your teen may benefit from therapy
Moodiness is part of adolescence. These signs suggest something more may be going on:
- Pulling away from friends, family or activities they used to enjoy
- Changes in sleep, appetite or energy that last more than a couple of weeks
- Falling grades, skipping school or panic before tests
- Frequent anger, irritability or explosive arguments
- Talk of feeling hopeless, worthless or like a burden
- Cutting, burning or other self-harm, or finding hidden blades or bandages
- Struggling with identity, sexuality or gender and feeling unable to talk about it
- Ongoing effects of a frightening event, bullying, abuse or loss
The National Alliance on Mental Illness and the World Health Organization's mental health pages both offer helpful overviews of youth mental health warning signs.
If you are in crisis, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or 911. Dr. Audrey's practice is not a crisis service.
How Dr. Audrey works with teenagers
Teens can spot a lecture from a mile away. Dr. Audrey's sessions are conversations, not interrogations. She starts by getting to know your teen as a person, then works with them on what they want to change, which is often different from what parents expected. Concerns she commonly treats include anxiety and panic, depression, self-harm, ADHD, autism spectrum challenges, school stress, performance pressure, trauma and PTSD, and family conflict. Her adolescent issues page goes into more detail.
For teens with intense emotions or self-harm, she often uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills; she is C-DBT certified. DBT gives teens concrete tools for riding out urges, calming down and handling relationships. She also treats grief, sensory processing concerns and other issues listed on her other specialties page.
Her practice is LGBTQ+-friendly and LGBTQ+-owned and aligned with GLSEN and the Human Rights Campaign. LGBTQ+ teens can talk openly without having to educate their therapist.
Therapy does not have to stop at 18. Dr. Audrey also works with young adults ages 18 to 29, so a senior who starts with her can keep going through graduation, a first job or the first year at a Texas college. That continuity can matter a lot during a year full of change.
My teen refuses to go to therapy. What now?
This is one of the most common concerns parents raise, and it is workable. Teens often refuse because they assume therapy means being blamed or told what to do. A few things tend to help:
- Framing the first session as a chance to check out the therapist, not a commitment
- Letting your teen join from their own room, which online sessions make easy
- Letting them know Dr. Audrey will explain up front what stays private and what gets shared with parents
- Starting with parent sessions, so changes at home come first
Dr. Audrey's article on teen counseling for adolescents in the Coppell area explains how she approaches reluctant teens and keeps parents in the loop.
Where parents fit in
Parents are partners in teen therapy. Dr. Audrey checks in with parents, offers strategies for home and, when it helps, holds family sessions grounded in family systems counseling. Some parents benefit from sessions of their own; her post on how parent counseling improves parenting skills describes that option, and her article on what a family counselor does explains when the whole family gets involved.
For research-based background on adolescent development, the APA psychology topics library and the APA Monitor on Psychology are reliable sources.
Online teen therapy for Tarrant County families
Each session is a secure, HIPAA-compliant video call that opens in a browser on a laptop, tablet or phone. There is nothing to download and no office to visit.
- Dr. Audrey is a Texas Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor; your teen must be physically in Texas (or New Jersey or New York) during sessions.
- Texas sessions are in Central Time and scheduled flexibly around school, practices and work shifts.
- Parents can join family sessions from work or another location.
Many teens find video sessions more comfortable than an office. They are on familiar ground, they control the setting, and they do not risk running into a classmate in a lobby. A pair of headphones and a closed door are usually all it takes.
Online sessions also keep therapy going through busy stretches. A tournament weekend, a parent's late shift or a cold that keeps your teen home from school does not have to mean a missed week.
Dr. Audrey's qualifications
Dr. Audrey holds a PhD in Family Studies and a Bachelor's in Psychology from Texas Woman's University and a Master's in Counseling from Dallas Baptist University. She has been a Texas LPC since 2001 and a Supervisor since 2004, and is also licensed in New Jersey (LPC) and New York (LMHC). She is a Certified Family Life Educator through the National Council on Family Relations and a published author on family dynamics. Read her full biography, see the meet Dr. Audrey page or browse questions from parents on Ask Dr. Audrey.
Getting started from Euless
Reach out and Dr. Audrey will respond within one business day. She will ask a few questions about your teen and your family and find a first appointment time. The practice is out of network; you receive a superbill you can submit for possible out-of-network reimbursement, so check your plan's out-of-network mental health benefits.
The first session usually starts with a short conversation with you, then time with your teen. Dr. Audrey wants to hear what parents have noticed and what your teen thinks is going on, which are often two different stories. Nobody is expected to have the answers on day one. The goal is to leave with a shared sense of what to work on first.
Use the secure appointment request form on this page or the home page request form, or text or call (917) 905-3183. Texting is the easiest way to reach her; please keep health details out of the message.