According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), “About 1 in 4 adolescents experience mental disorders that result in severe impairment...[and] almost half of adolescents with mental health issues do not receive any mental health services.”

Youth Prevention Mentors (YPM) today announced an innovative mentorship program that teaches struggling youth critical life skills. The growing success of its innovative proprietary EF12™ Executive Functioning Mentorship Program teaches struggling adolescents and young adults the crucial skills needed to thrive in school, work, and life. By working one-on-one with a professional EF Mentor, teens and young adults see dramatic improvements in skills such as time management, organization, focus, metacognition, and other crucial executive functions.

“Our secret sauce comes down to a few things,” says Maks. “One – we make sure that every mentor and mentee are going to be the best fit possible. With over 100 mentors on our roster, this is almost always possible. Two – no two clients are ever treated the same. We design programming to uniquely fit each client and their family. Three – our mentors are steeped in training from the frontier of today’s wellness field and bring years of expertise to the table.”

Ezrin says, “Performance anxiety, depression, substance use disorder, and executive dysfunction are often outward manifestations of unresolved internal issues.” It is through Youth Prevention Mentor’s customized and robust approach that they are able to help young adults and adolescents navigate these issues. They use several science-backed techniques to help their young adult clients struggling with performance anxiety. Those are listed below along with ways you can take advantage of these yourself.

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