Your teen won't tell you everything. They might tell someone who just lived it.
TeenSide pairs teens with TeenSide-certified coaches who are close enough to remember 16, and trained enough to actually help. Being able to find someone you both trust to help truly changes everything.
Are you a teen? This is for you →
For parents
Teens don't always open up to adults 20 years older than them. A coach who's 24 can help bridge those tricky years.
A 24-year-old coach graduated not that long ago. The group chat drama, the college pressure, the anxiety that shows up as irritability. They lived all of it recently enough to actually remember how it felt. Teens talk to them differently than they talk to you.
30-50 minutes, virtual, once a week. No waiting room. No clipboards. You pick your coach from our directory. If it's not a good fit, your teen chooses someone else. No questions asked.
Virtual 1:1 coaching for teens
What can my teen actually work on with a coach?
TeenSide is virtual 1:1 coaching for teens who want to get better at real, everyday things: starting work, speaking up, or figuring out a friendship. Sessions run 30–50 minutes with a TeenSide-certified coach. It's skill-building, not therapy, and is not a substitute for licensed mental health care.
Certified, background-checked, and two years out from everything your teen is dealing with.
Every TeenSide coach is 21-39, certified in the BRIDGE Method, and close enough to their own teen years to actually remember how it felt.
30–50 min sessions
Hi, I’m Lexi! 🌞🌿 Growing up is weird. One minute you feel like you’ve got life figured out, and the next you’re overthinking a text from three days ago. 😂 I’m here to be a safe, judgment-free person in your corner—someone you can talk to about friendships, confidence, stress, goals, family, relationships, or just figuring out who you are. Life doesn’t have to be perfect to be really, really good. We’ll work together to help you trust yourself, feel more confident in who you are, and build a life that actually feels like you. Think less “serious life coaching,” more supportive big-sister energy—with actual tools to help you through the hard stuff.
30–50 min sessions
I didn’t originally want to be a coach, because it’s what my parents are, and I wanted to blaze my own trail. And yet over the past few years, ive found myself leaning into that! Working on inspiring others to be their best selves, and what better way to do that than coaching?! Over my life, while attempting to avoid becoming my parents (which eventually made me become them) ive picked up a lot of tools that help me every day! They’ve helped me face my own inner demons, my own hypocrisy, and step into my shadow. I’ve learned to be the master of my own mind, how to come into harmony with the needs of my body, I have the strength to heal my own heart, and how to have grace for everybody else on their own journeys. My goal is to help you to find the tools that work best, and feel most harmonious in your own world!
30–50 min sessions
Hello, I'm Justina! I come from a small town in Utah, I learned early that growth comes from perseverance, hard work, believing in yourself, and much more. With over fifteen years of competing in rodeo, rodeo queening, and 4-H have shaped me into who I am and taught me lessons I'll carry for life. I know how hard it can be in these times of discovering you're true self. I believe everyone has the ability to grow with the right support, encouragement, and mindset. My goal is to help you overcome obstacles, believe in yourself, and celebrate every victory along the way!
For coaches
Get paid to be the person you needed at 16.
The anxiety, the pressure to figure out your whole future, the friend drama nobody had good answers to. You lived all of it recently enough to remember how it felt. We certify you in the BRIDGE Method so when you sit down with a teen, the conversation actually goes somewhere.
$40+ per session. Set your own schedule. 100% virtual. If you're 21-39 and want work that means something, this is worth a look.
$40+
per session
Your hours
you set the schedule
100% remote
no commute, ever
50 min
per session
The founders
Built by two women who saw the gap firsthand, and couldn't leave it unfilled.
Elizabeth is a licensed therapist and mother of six. Merideth is an educator and mother of four. Both have worked directly with teens in crisis. They founded TeenSide because the gap between what teens needed and what existed was too obvious to ignore.
Elizabeth Crapo, CSW
Founder & Associate Therapist
“I guide and support our coaches in understanding their vital role while ensuring clients are connected to licensed mental health professionals when appropriate. Real help means knowing the difference.”
Mother of six. Background in clinical social work, life coaching, and curriculum development. She built the training frameworks every TeenSide coach learns. With a Master of Social Work and years in medical and clinical settings, Elizabeth brings both the warmth of a mother and the rigor of a licensed professional.
Merideth Maynes
Founder & Educator
“I believe the TeenSide coaches are the Genius Generation, mentors uniquely equipped with emotional awareness and lived experience that help BRIDGE the growing gap between today's teens and the world they're navigating.”
Single mother of four. Educator and life coach who understands both sides: the parent carrying quiet worry and the teen navigating it alone. Merideth built TeenSide to bridge exactly that gap, through coaches who feel less like authority figures and more like a trusted older friend.
Life Coach Coordinator Support
Collaborative Life Coaching Community for Every Coach
TeenSide-certified
Every coach completes TeenSide's certification program
Background Checked
Required before any coach sees a client
“I really appreciated the value of having a mentor who could encourage my son to think about his future. I would absolutely recommend.”
Parent of a TeenSide client
Parents
Your teen deserves someone who actually gets it.
Browse coaches, pick a time, and you're done. Sessions start at $85. No subscription, no commitment. If it doesn't click, we'll find them someone else.
Coaches
Get certified. Get clients. Keep $40+ a session.
You need to be 21-39, pass a background check, and complete our certification program. After that, TeenSide handles the clients, the scheduling, and the payments. You do the coaching.
TeenSide is skill-based coaching, not therapy or emergency care. In the United States, call or text 988 in a crisis.