I want to see a therapist. How do I tell my parents?

If you are too nervous to tell them, I would suggest bringing in a third party or writing them a letter. I have a hard time talking to my mom about the deep stuff so I write her letters and we have a special notebook for it.

Talking to your parents about most things can be nerve-racking. The best way to go about it is being straight forward. Ask your parents to sit down with you so you can tell them how you feel and tell them that you would like help for your well being. I hope this helps!

The best thing to do is just be completely honest sit down woth your parents/ guardian and just come clean about what has been going on and how you are feeling they might have ooptions you perhaps havent been open to yet but if therapy is what you want then just tell them and be honest.

You can tell you're parents you want to see a therapist because of your struggles and you want help to overcome it more than your family can support and it can help you overcome and instead facing them rather than shutting your emotions away.

If you think therapy will help how you feel explain to your parents that it's about bettering yourself and that you want to do it for you and they should be understanding of this. If you are unsure how to ask them to seek therapy talk to a doctor first and they can talk to your parents with you.

It is very hard, but be honest with them and let them know what is going on in your life and I am sure they will understand. If you ever need to talk please let me know.

Set a time with your parent to have the conversation. Find a time that allows for few distractions and a lot of privacy. Let your parent know you wish to talk with an adult about some things you have going on, and that you want this person to be completely objective to your situation (in other words, the adult/counselor doesn’t love you like your parent(s) do, so they will be able to guide you with basic, non-influenced decision-making in a way that family members generally cannot).

Just in normal way, ask them to company you while having dinner/ for a jog.. and then start with the problems you're facing. After that, tell them that you're about to consult a therapist followed by the reason why you need to consult therapist.

They love you, you should just tell them but be ready to tell them why. Some parents might think you want attention but if you tell them why they will understand.

I will pick a time that is good for everyone to talk. I would explain to my parents that I have not been feeling so well and I would try my best to explain all the emotions and feelings that I'm having at the time and why I feel seeing a therapist would be a good option for me.