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Parent–Teen Reset Program

Rebuilding Respect, Reducing Conflict, Restoring Leadership at Home

An 8-week structured program for families with adolescents (13–17).

Grounded in Structural Family Therapy:

If your home feels tense, reactive, or out of control, you’re not alone. Many families today are stuck in cycles where:

 

  • Conversations escalate quickly—or don’t happen at all

  • Limits feel impossible to enforce

  • Teens are either explosive… or completely shut down

  • Parents feel like they’re losing influence

What Makes This Different

Most programs work with one piece of the problem.

 

A teen goes to therapy.
A parent reads a book.

 

Everyone tries harder… and the same patterns quietly continue at home.

This program was built to do something fundamentally different.

With over 20 years in the field of family therapy, Cristina doesn’t approach adolescents as “the identified problem”—she sees what’s actually happening: a system under strain. And more importantly, she knows how to shift it.

 

Trained in Structural Family Therapy, Cristina brings a level of precision that most individual therapy simply cannot offer.

 

Because real change doesn’t happen in isolation.

It happens:

  • In how a parent sets a limit—and what happens next

  • In how a teen reacts—and how that reaction is received

  • In the invisible, repetitive patterns that shape daily life

 

Cristina’s two decades of experience allow her to see those patterns quickly and clearly—and step in, in real time, to help families do something different.

 

Not just talk about it.

 

Actually do it.

 

This creates a unique opportunity:

 

Instead of treating one person and hoping it translates at home, this program supports the entire family system at once—restoring structure, strengthening connection, and shifting dynamics where they actually live.

 

The result is not just insight.

 

It’s a different experience of each other.

 

And that’s where real, lasting change begins.

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How the Program Works

Duration

Group Size

Teen Participation

Parent Participation

8-week program

Small group (limited spots to maintain quality)

Adolescents meet in a structured group setting

Parents participate in a parallel or integrated component

Each Week Focuses On:

 

  • Interrupting conflict cycles

  • Strengthening parent authority (without shame or harshness)

  • Reducing emotional reactivity

  • Building more effective communication patterns

  • Practicing new interactions in real time

 

Between Sessions:

 

You’ll apply specific, practical strategies at home—not vague advice.

Program Details

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Duration

8 Weeks

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Location

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Group Size

New Jersey (in-person or telehealth options available.

Serving families in Ocean County, Monmouth County, and surrounding areas

Limited to maintain a high level of support

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Investment

$1,400 for the full 8-week program
(Equivalent to $175 per session)

Families often spend months—or years—in weekly therapy without seeing meaningful shifts in daily interactions. This program is designed to target those patterns directly, in an efficient way.

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Next Steps

Step 1: Schedule a brief consultation
We’ll determine if this program is the right fit for your family. This is an important step to ensure the right alignment: 

 

Step 2: Complete intake + secure your spot
Ensure your family's place in the upcoming cohort. We will share the required documentation here: Parent–Teen Reset Program: Structural Intake Screening

 

Step 3: Begin the program and start shifting patterns immediately

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