About Wake Teen

Our mission is simple: To improve the health and well-being of teens and young adults in Wake County by providing adolescent-focused medical and mental health care, community education and professional training.

Wake Teen’s primary goal is to provide adolescents and young adults with a comprehensive array of services that include preventive health care, mental health care, nutrition counseling and health education to help improve the quality of their lives. Wake Teen is unique from many other medical practices in three important ways:

1. We focus only on individuals ages 10-23 years.
2. We have a comprehensive team of providers that evaluate, discuss and provide adolescents and young adults the best care possible. They include: doctors, therapist, nutritionists, health educators, psychiatrists, nurses and support staff.
3. We center our services around three CORE actions that we believe are essential as youth transition from childhood to adolescence to adults – Educate, Encourage and Empower.

• Wake Teen Fact Sheet (PDF)

PARENTS

At Wake Teen, we understand how difficult it can be to a parent youth in today's world. We offer a unique teen centered perspective and can help you navigate the challenges of parenting!

If your child is a medical patient at Wake Teen, our physicians, nurses, nutritionist, and health educator are available to answer your questions.

If your teen is receiving counseling at Wake Teen, our therapist and psychiatrist are available to help you with your concerns.

We strongly encourage parental involvement in treatment We do provide confidential services in the following circumstances if requested: pregnancy prevention, testing and treatment of sexually transmitted disease, mental health concerns, and problems with alcohol or drugs. Many teens would not seek needed help unless they are assured of confidential treatment.

For more information, please view our Confidentiality Policy.

Our health educator is available for presentations on parenting issues, adolescent development issues, and many other topics. We can provide presentations to your faith group, your PTA, or civic group. For more information, please call us at (919) 828-0035.