Welcome to Inlight Psychological Services
Supporting Adolescent Mental Health

UPCOMING

I am honored to have Dr. Scott Poland present with me at APA 2025, in Denver, CO on August 8, 2025. Our session, School-based Suicide Risk Assessment as a Process, will focus on understanding drivers to suicide in adolescents.
Register at convention.apa.org

Marina Niznik, PhD

Scott Poland, EdD

Inlight Psychological Services provides therapy for adolescents and supports professionals that serve adolescents.

Adolescents
When you are ready—help is here.

Individual therapy for adolescents for a continuum of issues centered on: anxiety, depression, social issues, self-harm, ADHD, and difficulties stemming from home and school demands.

Start where you are.

Being human. Many of us feel intense emotions at times. Most of us get overwhelmed in the face of certain stressors. And once in a while, we are not functioning the way we usually do—signaling that it’s something more.

Wanting things to be better. When our usual coping skills are not enough to manage the day-to-day, it’s time to try something different. Before things spiral downward, adding support can help you feel like yourself quicker. It is possible to make positive change in your own life by taking an active approach to improve coping. Check out Micro-interventions and Adolescent Mental Health Resources, as a start, to help you get yourself on a better path.

Engaging in the solution. When it’s time for more support, getting the right kind of help is essential. We want that for you, too. At INLIGHT Psychological Services, we offer therapy exclusively for adolescents. During sessions, we strengthen what works, replace things that don’t, and develop new skills so you can get back on track. (And if we are not a good match, we will help you find someone that is). In our first meeting, we sort out what’s going on and develop a treatment plan or recommendations. Sessions are focused on reframing thoughts, changing behaviors, and gaining a broader perspective to improve your way of thinking, feeling, and functioning. You have already started.

  • Coping with Anxiety

    Coping with Anxiety

    This 12-page full-color intervention guide contains over 30 strategies for helping adolescents cope with anxious feelings. Aimed at helping adolescents discover different options to prevent anxious feelings from escalating, these strategies are introduced in an accessible way to encourage adolescents to take an active approach to improve functioning.

    Micro-interventions are routine yet focused strategies that can be used in everyday life to make a positive difference. This strategy guide can be helpful to teens ready to discover ways to change their thinking and behavior.

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  • Coping with Depression

    Coping with Depression

    This 12-page full-color intervention guide is written with adolescents in mind and contains 25 strategies for managing depressive feelings before they spiral downward to something more serious.

    Micro-interventions, routine yet focused strategies that can be used in everyday life that can make a positive difference, are introduced in a manner to encourage adolescents to take an active approach to feeling better.

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  • Coping with Self-injury

    This 16-page full-color intervention guide offers an evidence-based framework and over 40 strategies for coping with self-injury. Specifically aimed at adolescents, these coping skills are suggested tools to de-escalate emotional overload.

    Micro-interventions are coping strategies to explore, refine, and add to a daily routine. Despite their simplicity, they require effort and action to work. They are brief, practical methods that can be used to improve emotional regulation and manage psychological distress.

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