Teen Mental Health, Parenting, and Family Support | Turning Winds Podcast
The Turning Winds Podcast explores teen mental health, parenting, and family growth. Join us for expert advice and real stories on topics like anxiety, depression, communication, and building resilience. Discover tools and insights to help teens and parents navigate challenges, strengthen relationships, and create lasting positive change.
Teen Mental Health, Parenting, and Family Support | Turning Winds Podcast
The Identified Patient // An unexpected perspective into family systems and relationships
What if your teen’s struggles weren’t the whole story... but a signal from a larger system in need of change?
In this episode of the Turning Winds Podcast, host Kevin Zundl speaks with Clinical Director Jared Sartell about the powerful concept of the "identified patient" in family systems theory. Together, they unpack how teens often become the focus of concern in families, while deeper systemic dynamics go unexamined.
Discover how Turning Winds integrates family systems work into its treatment model, requiring participation and change from the whole family—not just the teen. Jared explains why many breakthroughs happen after months of consistent therapeutic engagement, and how real change sticks only when families are prepared to shift too.
Whether you're exploring treatment or already in the thick of it, this episode offers a grounding perspective on what it really takes for healing to last.
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