Confidentiality & Trust · Online, in English

Wanting to know everything your teen says in therapy is normal. It's also the wall that can shut them down

Confidentiality isn't negotiable. Without it, the space your teenager needs to open up disappears. For families split between Spanish and English, that room is often the only place your kid gets to say things out loud — in whichever language actually feels safe.

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Systemic Approach

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First Assessment Session

A first session to talk through what's going on at home and how confidentiality with your teenager will work, so you know what to expect before their process begins.

US$25US$49.9950%

60 min · Video call

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3 signs this is happening to you

You're not doing anything wrong. You're doing what any parent who loves their kid would do.

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You want to know everything

It's natural to want to know what's happening in session. But that need, followed all the way, can break the space your teenager needs.

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You're scared

The fear of not knowing usually has more to do with you than with whatever your teen might be keeping to themselves.

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Your teen shut down

If they sense that what they say is going to reach your ears, they start censoring themselves. And therapy loses the reason it exists.

For a lot of families who live between two languages, there's an extra layer: your teenager may be building the words for what they feel in English, in a room where you — who think in Spanish — aren't present. That can feel like a second wall stacked on top of the first one. It's still the same rule.

Ricardo De Castro King — Clinical Psychologist

Who's with your family

I'm Ricardo, and I hold this wall so your teen's process can hold too

I'm a clinical psychologist with more than 15 years of clinical practice, trained in systemic family therapy. I'm Colombian, based in Barranquilla, and I see clients online. Many of the teenagers I work with in English were born or raised in the US or Canada — they reach for feelings in English first, while the parent on the other side of the conversation is still thinking in Spanish. I sit in the middle of that gap every week, and I don't ask your family to close it before we start.

You don't have to explain the language part to me first. What I do ask is that we agree on the frame — what stays inside the session, and what your role becomes outside of it — before your teenager and I ever speak.

Master's in Systemic Family Therapy

Universidad Simón Bolívar

Clinical Psychologist

15+ years of clinical experience

University Professor

16 years teaching psychology

Systemic-Relational Approach

Systemic-relational

Licensed Psychologist · Professional License 106127 (COLPSIC, Colombia)

Ricardo is licensed as a psychologist in Colombia (Professional License 106127) and works with international clients in private practice. He does not prescribe medication. Rules on cross-border online therapy vary by country and by state, so it's worth checking what applies where you live — and this never replaces local emergency care.

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How I work this

This is how I work with confidentiality in teen therapy

I'm not going to tell you not to worry about your teenager. But the rule that protects the process is clear, and it's the same rule that lets the process exist at all.

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Information moves one way

What your teenager says in session stays in session. If they feel there's a filter — that it might get back to you — they stop talking, and the space we built together closes.

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The frame comes first

Before I speak with your teen, I set the frame with you as the responsible adult. You'll know exactly what to expect, in English or in Spanish — what you'll hear from me, and what you won't.

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Your role doesn't end — it changes

Holding the bond at home, noticing changes, asking without demanding an answer. You stop supervising and start accompanying. For parents managing a teenager's therapy from another country, the pull toward asking for a report is even stronger — but the rule stays the same.

How we start

A clear first step, no pressure

You book your assessment session

Message me on WhatsApp or leave your details in the form. We'll set up a first 60-minute video-call session with you, at a reduced rate (50% off), before your teenager and I ever meet.

We talk through what's going on at home

In that first session I listen to what's worrying you about your teenager and what you're hoping therapy does. No rushed diagnoses, no jargon — just understanding, together, what the family needs.

We agree on the frame together

You'll know with real information — not blindly — what confidentiality means in practice, and what I'll come to you for if it's ever a matter of your teenager's safety.

Your first step

Start with an assessment session

If this part raises doubts, talking it through first helps. The US$25 assessment session is where we talk about the frame — before your teenager's process begins.