What is “emerging adulthood?”
In recent years, young adults have faced an unstable, rapidly shifting, vocational and residential landscape. Confronted with a bewildering range of choices and dilemmas, many in this age group have been marking time, confused, sometimes to the point of paralysis while they seek to find themselves. The term emerging adulthood has been current since Jeffrey Arnett used it in his 2006 article in The American Psychologist, titled Emerging Adulthood: A Theory of Development from the Late Teens to the Early Twenties. He describes the increasing instability young people have with respect to vocation and residence. Faced with a clientele of young adults as they face these conditions, we launched the Center for Emerging Adulthood, to help people find their way through this unstable landscape, while at the same time touching base from where they came. We strive to help young people construct a sense of self as they cope with these unprecedented challenges.
Why we created the center
The psychological needs of people ranging from late adolescence through the 30s and beyond, derive from the increasing prevalence and complexity of familial difficulties, including marriage and divorce, social and vocational and instability, and the increasing awareness of trauma related to sex, race, immigration, and other factors. Young adults are thrown into this demanding and disorienting world; clinical work with them equips us with the tools and experience needed to help people to cope with the challenges of life at any age. Noticing the acute need felt by many people for help orienting themselves to a quickly changing and disorienting world, we decided to mobilize the skills gathered through years of intensive and wide-ranging training for the benefit of a new generation.
At the Center for Emerging Adulthood we are well positioned to bring innovative approaches to bear on this fast-evolving stage of life with its unprecedented challenges for young people and the therapists to whom they turn for guidance and help.
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