Teen Therapy · Online, in English

Your teenager is going through something, and you don't know how to reach them

Professional psychological support for teenagers, in English — from a psychologist who also thinks in Spanish. A space where your child can be heard in the language they actually live in, and where you get real tools to reconnect as a family, without translating your story first.

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When you don't know what to do anymore

You can see something is going on, but every attempt to talk ends in a closed door.

The hours locked in their room, the irritability that flares over nothing, grades slipping, friends who changed, the phone as a wall between you. You wonder if it's «just their age» or something more, and whether to push harder or give them space. For families living between two languages, it can get more tangled still — you speak to them in Spanish and they answer in English, or the world they navigate all day, school, friends, group chats, runs entirely in a language and a set of codes you didn't grow up with.

You're not failing as a parent for not having the answers. Adolescence reorganizes everything: identity, relationships, their place in the family — and for teens growing up bicultural, that reorganizing often includes figuring out which language, which country, which set of rules feels like home. Therapy gives your teenager a space of their own to understand themselves, and gives you a guide to stay close without every conversation turning into a fight.

Ricardo De Castro King — Clinical Psychologist

Who's with you

I'm Ricardo, and neither of you will go through this alone

I'm a clinical psychologist with more than 15 years working with teenagers and their families, trained in systemic family therapy. I'm Colombian, based in Barranquilla, and I see clients online in English. I know how to build a space where a teenager lowers their guard and starts talking — including teens who think in Spanish at home and live in English everywhere else, who've grown up translating for their parents, or who feel like the most «American» person in a Spanish-speaking household. Parents finally get concrete ways back in, in the same language their child uses to think.

Your son or daughter isn't «the problem» to fix — they're someone building who they are, sometimes in two languages and two worlds at once. If this feels like the moment, let's take the first step together, at their pace and with no pressure.

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

Evidence-based

Licensed Psychologist · Professional License 106127 (COLPSIC, Colombia)
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My approach

This is how I work with teenagers in therapy

I work from a systemic-relational approach: what a teenager is struggling with is almost never only theirs — it also speaks to what's happening in their relationships and in the family, including the cultural and linguistic bridge some families carry.

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A space of their own, and confidential

Your teenager needs a place that feels like theirs. I protect that trust: what's said in session stays in session, and parents get guidance without me handing over what your child confides.

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Working with the whole family

Change holds when home changes with it. That's why I include parents in the process — not to monitor, but to learn new ways of staying connected.

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From daily tug-of-war to reconnection

Screens, limits, silence, and sometimes two languages pulling in different directions. I help turn the power struggle into a relationship where setting limits and staying close stop being opposites.

What if you're the one who found this page?

If you're a teenager and you're reading this

Maybe you found this page yourself. I want you to know something: what you feel is valid, you're not overreacting, and asking for help isn't weak — it takes courage. You're not here to get «fixed,» and I'm not going to report everything back to your parents. This is your space, confidential, where we figure out what you're going through together, at your pace, in English if that's the language you think in.

If you want, you can show this page to your parents. We take the first step however feels right to you.

How we start

A clear first step, no pressure

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You book the assessment session

As the parent or guardian, message me on WhatsApp or leave your details in the form. We'll set up a first 60-minute video-call session, at a reduced rate (50% off).

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We get to know the situation

In that first session we understand what's going on and decide together who's part of it — your teenager, you as parents, or both. No rushed diagnoses: first, understanding.

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We shape the process together

We agree on a process built around your teenager and your family. You decide with real information, not blindly; if this isn't what you need, I'll still point you toward the right path.

Therapy with a minor always begins with a parent or guardian's consent.

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They don't need to be fixed. They need someone who can listen without flinching at what they feel, and parents who learn to do that too.

— Ricardo De Castro King · Psychologist

Your first step

Start with an assessment session

A first session to understand your teenager's situation and shape the process. Reduced rate, so you decide with real information, not out of obligation.

US$25US$49.9950%

60 minutes · Video call · 100% confidential

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A common worry

What if your teenager doesn't want to go to therapy?

That's completely normal. Plenty of teens show up reluctant, convinced no one's going to get them. They don't need to arrive convinced — one low-pressure first try is usually enough.

Knowing the space is theirs, and confidential, tends to change everything. If you're not sure how to bring it up, message me and we'll figure out that first step together.

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Other processes I can walk with your family through

Anxiety Grief Screen Habits Setting Boundaries

Prefer to talk first?

Message me and I'll answer personally

If you're not ready to book and would rather tell me a bit first, message me on WhatsApp or leave your details below. I answer personally within 24 hours, no obligation.

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📍 Online · Barranquilla, Colombia

🕑 Mon-Fri 8am - 7pm · Sat 9am - 1pm (Colombia time)

I answer within 24 hours · Your information is 100% confidential.

If your teenager is in emotional crisis or having thoughts of harming themselves, please seek help right away: in Colombia, call Line 106, or in the US call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), or reach your local mental health line. They are not alone, and help is available right now.

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