Acacia Collaborative Psychological Services:
Supportive Teen Therapy in North Carolina
Teen Therapy Specialists
Our therapists specialize in working with adolescents in a way that is engaging, respectful, and supportive. We help teens build emotional awareness, coping skills, confidence, and healthier ways to navigate relationships and stress. We also collaborate with parents when helpful, while honoring teens’ need for privacy and autonomy in the therapeutic process. Get started today to support your teen.
In-Person & Online Sessions Available
The offices of Acacia Collaborative are warm and welcoming, providing a safe and comfortable environment where teens can feel at ease opening up. Our secure online therapy platform also allows teens anywhere in North Carolina to access care from a familiar and comfortable space.
Making Getting Started Easy
We know that starting therapy can feel intimidating for teens and parents alike. That is why Acacia makes the process as simple and supportive as possible. You can begin with a free 15-minute consultation to ask questions, learn about our approach, and make sure the therapist feels like a good fit before scheduling the first session.
Quick Facts
- Who It’s For: Teens and adolescents in North Carolina experiencing emotional, social, behavioral, academic, or mental health challenges
- Conditions Treated: Anxiety, depression, stress, emotional dysregulation, self-esteem concerns, identity exploration, family conflict, social struggles, school pressure, and relationship difficulties
- Modalities Offered: Teen-focused talk therapy, CBT, DBT-informed skills, mindfulness, trauma-informed therapy, emotional regulation support, and strengths-based counseling
- Sessions: Individual therapy sessions typically lasting 50–60 minutes with collaboration from parents when clinically appropriate
- Supportive Approach: Therapy is designed to feel engaging, respectful, and supportive while honoring teens’ need for privacy, autonomy, and emotional safety
- Telehealth: Secure online teen therapy available statewide across North Carolina
Will parents be involved in therapy?
Parent involvement depends on the teen’s age, goals, and clinical needs. Therapists often collaborate with parents when helpful while still respecting the teen’s privacy and autonomy.
Sources: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) — Child and adolescent mental health information
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/child-and-adolescent-mental-health
About Acacia Collaborative
If you are experiencing pain or discomfort, you don't have to continue suffering forever or find solutions alone. We understand the confusion and pain that come along with life's challenges and have the knowledge to help you. Together, we can find a new way of living that brings you more consistent comfort and peace.
Pursuing therapy can be challening, especially when mental suffering can make it hard to do anything at all. Our team makes it simple. Our collaborative & supportive approach to therapy begins before you ever have your first appointment. At Acacia you can speak with our providers prior to even conducting your first appointment to see if they're the right personal fit for you. Our team also assists you in communicating with your insurance company. Now accepting North Carolina State Health Plan, Aetna & Blue Cross Blue Shield (not UNC Health Alliance).
Contact us to discuss how Acacia Collaborative can help you today.
What if my teen is hesitant about therapy?
It’s common for teens to feel nervous or unsure about starting therapy. Acacia’s approach focuses on building trust, creating emotional safety, and meeting teens where they are without pressure or judgment.
How Teen Therapy Works
1. Reach Out: Parents or teens can contact Acacia Collaborative with questions at any point in the process. A free 15-minute consultation may be available to learn more about therapy and determine whether the therapist feels like a good fit.
2. Intake: Once an appointment is scheduled, intake paperwork is completed electronically before the first session. Information about emotional concerns, family dynamics, stressors, and goals for therapy is gathered during this stage.
3. First Session: The first appointment focuses on helping the teen feel comfortable while discussing current challenges, emotional experiences, relationships, and goals for therapy. Together, the therapist and teen begin creating a personalized treatment plan.
4. Building Emotional Awareness: Therapy helps teens better understand emotions, stress responses, relationship patterns, and behaviors that may be impacting daily life or mental health.
5. Developing Coping Skills: Using evidence-based approaches such as CBT, DBT-informed skills, mindfulness, and supportive counseling, therapy focuses on emotional regulation, communication, confidence, and healthy coping strategies.
6. Supporting Independence & Growth: As therapy progresses, teens build self-awareness, resilience, confidence, and healthier ways of navigating relationships, identity, school stress, and life transitions.
7. Ongoing Support: Therapy continues at a pace that supports long-term emotional wellbeing, with flexible online and in-person scheduling options throughout North Carolina.
Getting Started is Easy
1. Contact Us
At any point in your decision to pursue therapy or assessment, feel free to contact us with questions. We will gladly talk with you over the phone to determine if one of us will be a good fit. Visit our Contact Page.
2. Intake
Once you have scheduled an appointment, you will be emailed forms to complete electronically prior to your first appointment. If you have Aetna, Blue Cross, or State Health Plan insurance benefits will be processed.
3. First Session
Your first appointment will be 60 minutes. In this first appointment, we will discuss what brought you in, your history, and will develop a “game plan” with you to work toward your goals.
More About Acacia Collaborative
“There’s A Lot In A Name” – Shakespeare
Why did we choose the name Acacia? The Acacia tree (pronounced Ah-KAY-shah) is a medicinal tree that looks quite different depending on the environment in which it has grown; leafy in more nutrient-rich environments and thorny in less supportive ones. This represents how people develop ways of coping with their circumstances or finding ways to overcome adversity in their lives.
Sometimes we may continue to think, feel, and behave in ways that once worked for us but now no longer provide the desired result. This is where Acacia Collaborative comes in. We can help you identify what may be causing more pain than joy in your life, introduce to you other, more effective options, and help eliminate roadblocks that are preventing you from experiencing a more fulfilled life. We chose a full leafy tree as our logo to convey the growth and enrichment possible through therapy.
Learn even more about us, our in-network insurances, fees, and more below!
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where are you located?
Acacia Collaborative Psychological Services provides in-person therapy in the triangle at our offices in Cary & Durham. We also provide online therapy to all residents and locations of North Carolina.
Cary Office Address:
570 New Waverly Pl #210, Cary, NC. 27518
NEW Durham Office Address:
3710 University Drive, Suite 302, Durham, NC. 27707
Are you in-network with my insurance?
We are in-network with Aetna, the North Carolina State Health Plan & Blue Cross Blue Shield (not UNC Health Alliance). We are credentialed with the following Medicaid plans: Healthy Blue, Carolina Complete, and Wellcare.
In addtion to those in-network partners, all of the providers at Acacia Collaborative are qualified as out-of-network providers for all major insurance carriers in the Triangle area; with the exception of Cigna and Tricare who do NOT qualify associate-licensed clinicians, . Most of our clients use their insurance benefits to be reimbursed a percentage of treatment fees (this percentage varies based on your plan’s benefits.) We provide everything you need to easily file with your insurance, including an insurance “super bill” or statement of services and a link to your claim form. We are also happy to reach out to your insurance company, with your permission, if you would find that helpful.
What are the session fees?
Session fees range from $115 to $185 based on provider and length of session. We also offer a limited number of reduced fee spots.
There are some things that are bothering me, but also some things I specifically don't want to talk about. Is that ok?
Absolutely. At Acacia Collaborative, we “meet you where you are.” This means that we do not force you to talk about topics you are not ready to discuss or do not feel are relevant. We are trained at various levels of “depth” of treatment and believe there is no one “right” way to be in therapy.
While most people do choose to have weekly sessions for the first few months, we are flexible about how often and how long you would like your sessions to be. We will offer suggestions, but ultimately, it is your decision about what you would like to get out of therapy.
I’m in the process of shopping for a therapist, is there a way for me to speak with one of you to see if we are a good fit before committing to working with you?
Yes! “Fit” with your therapist is the most important element that makes therapy work ( according to studies, even more important than training or length of experience!). Thus, we prioritize making this part very easy for you. Our providers are happy to speak with you over the phone prior to making an appointment (you can schedule a phone call HERE). Our providers can answer your questions and address specific conerns you have, all while getting to know each other a bit and getting a feel for what it is like to work with us.
In addition, we also offer a no-risk first appointment. If you do not feel like it is a good fit after your first appointment and do not wish to continue working with that provider, there is no charge for that appointment.