What to tell your TEEN about the first visit with Dr. Grouell

What to tell your TEEN about the first visit with Dr. Grouell

1. Dr. Grouell ALWAYS needs to have at least one parent or legal guardian in the first visit with the teen. a. For a mental health visit, the parent has to sign a permission form to do the visit and evaluation. b. During the visit, Dr. Grouell asks about the mother’s pregnancy and labor and delivery, early childhood Development, health issues, and other things the teen would not be able to fully report about. c. Parent’s opinions and concerns about the current problems or issues are also very important to gather as part of the overall evaluation at the first visit. d. Because Dr. Grouell has a limited number of visits, most of the time the treatment plan relies on the teen and parent working as a team to be fully effective. The parent often acts much like the coach of a sports team. The parent helps the teen practice strategies recommended in the therapy and then try out the strategies once they have been learned. e. Sometimes Dr. Grouell will see the teen without the parent, but usually this needs to be discussed and agreed to during the first visit.

Dr. Grouell phone: 916-787-6434

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