Letters From Our Teens

I want to say thank you for everything you have done for me. You never gave up on me. And you never stopped believing in me. Your bluntness and your advice really helped me. I see how much you care about each and every patient that comes here. I have this trust in you that I don’t have in many people. I admire your confidence and your zero B.S tolerance. Someday I hope to be as confident as you. Thank you for making me sit in multi family I went from crying each time to appreciating it and learning from it. It made me a lot stronger and taught me how to handle something uncomfortable in the right way. Our paths may have crossed for just a short moment, but I will be carrying the gratitude for a lifetime. You go above and beyond your call of duty to help us. I know I won’t be perfect when I go home but you taught me its all about getting back up when I fall. And not acting like a victim anymore. I’m going to miss you so much! THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!

Simple words don’t express properly my appreciation to you. With a loving hand you guided me. From a place of disgust, misery, and pain you pulled me out. Your strong words penetrated. You let me share with you my true feelings so they didn’t have to sit around and hurt me but rather move forward. On strong and gave me strength to not give up! You are so powerful and best of all your kindness constantly underlies within the things you say. I am forever grateful for everything you’ve put in for my treatment. Keep being an amazing person!

I want to thank you for everything. You have really helped me and my family. You especially put up with my stubbornness, which I know was hard for you. I will admit I didn’t like your strategy in the beginning, but in the end it is what made me heal and become better. We’ve had our ups and downs but through it all you stuck with me. Heck you even rewarded me by calling …, which made my day, every day. I wish we had more therapies with you, I feel I would have gotten better faster, but oh well. Anyways, thank you.

Hey, I just wanted to check in with you! I graduated high school on Tuesday! I’m 107 days clean today! Me and my mom are closer than ever! I started working full time! I got a sponsor and have been working my steps I’m on my step 4! I really just wanted to say thankyou so much for pushing me to strive to better myself, I am so very great full! 😊

I want to start by saying sorry for any drama and misbehavior, I meant no harm but it is still inexcusable so I am deeply sorry. I also want to thank you for everything you have done for me, you are such a strong woman that I admire so damn much. You have worked your ass off and are now using it to help people, that is an amazing thing. I would go on the whole “I hope you do great in life”, but I already know you are and will continue to do amazing things. So I wish you the very best in life, and for your kids life, but you’re an amazing mom so there isn’t a doubt in my mind that they will do amazing. I will miss you very much and I will check up and let you know how I am doing. Much love.

In the beginning of my treatment you were there for me and always did anything you could to help through my tough times. I am truly grateful for everything you have done for me and my family. Even though there were times when I would get annoyed you never lost the faith in me. Thank you for that.

The first time I met you face to face was when I was hunched over and unresponsive in the pool. Clearly I wasn’t to pleased with you at that moment but I decided that for my own good I had to keep an open mind. Otherwise, why was I here? I am glad I did, even at times when I didn’t want to, because I learnt so much from you. Besides the therapy side, you gave me a clear idea on how I want to carry myself. One day I am going to give off the same energy that you do I will be a force to be reckoned with. Thank you for all the things you have done for me here, whether I knew about it or not. Even if I didn’t recognize it, it was what I needed. I hope I can stay in touch and let you see when I am working for my dreams. Thank you for everything!

I am going to miss you! Your groups were my favorite! I got soo much out of your groups! You’re an amazing therapist and you do your job very well! Blessed to have gotten to know you!

Thank you so much for changing my life. I have been struggling so hard with all of the stuff that my parents went furious. You are such a fantastic woman that when I first saw you I wish I could hug you forever. My brother and I love you so much and before I came to you I felt like my life was done with but it wasn’t because of you. Thanks so much for changing my life. I love you and I feel happy and so much better now. Thank you so much. You have saved my life.

Hey Nugget, I am going to miss your goofy self! You have grown on me so much! I love that we always played the piano together and we learnt it together, we have been through so much together! I am happy I have gained your trust but thanks for the cooking for my hungry ass. You did the impossible and did so much for my taste buds, I remember me spitting in your hair! And when we even danced in the kitchen in front of … and he just looked at us funny. But Te amo Nina!

Although I have only been here for a short amount of time, I have still learned so much from being here. Your honestly one of the best therapists I have ever had. You push us all to do what is best for us and you don’t give up on anyone. I’m so glad that you pushed my to do multi family, even though it was scary and hard in the beginning. Now I see why you wanted me to participate. You are such a cool person and you are a blessing to others. I hope you continue to do what you are doing because you truly make a difference in others lives. I’m going to miss you so much! I wish you all the good in the world. I will never forget what you taught me AKA Don’t shit on what you have and don’t live in the past. Thank you for everything and more!

I’m going to miss hearing your beautiful singing in the kitchen. Your laughter lights up the whole room and I can’t help but smile when I’m with you. Thank you for putting up with all of my inconvenient food allergies. At the same time, I’m the easiest person to cook for because all I eat is bagel, cereal and of course my favorite, plain pasta. I’m going to miss you so much!

Thank you so much for helping shape me into a man. I appreciate all your hard work. It may gave been rough in the beginning but I know now how much I needed to be called out! Now I’m also wishing I had you as a therapist at home. You have an amazing team. I’m going to actually miss multifamily! Thanks again.