From Fear to Fun: How to support teenagers
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From Fear to Fun: How to support teenagers
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This episode explores how to connect with teenagers — a group who are neither children nor adults, and who require a completely different approach in the consultation room. Their brains are rewiring, their emotions feel overwhelming, and their deepest need is to appear independent and in control.
We cover:
- Why teenagers experience internal instability and protect themselves by acting “cool”
- How their craving for independence makes needing a doctor feel like an insult
- Why suppressing emotions is their default coping strategy
- How to break the ice using humour, honesty, and the “Just be Odd” greeting
- Why undermining your own authority helps them relax
- How a painted facemask (or any playful oddness) can open the door to connection
- How to use the first smile — or the absence of one — to build rapport
- How to apply the SCARF model (Status, Certainty, Autonomy, Relatedness, Fairness) specifically for teenagers
- Why giving them the upper hand stabilises their self‑image and increases cooperation
Key takeaway:
Teenagers need connection, autonomy, and dignity. When we meet them with humour, honesty, and the SCARF approach, their defensiveness softens — and the consultation shifts from tension to trust, from fear to fun.
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