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Teen Suicide – How Adults Can See the Signs and Prevent the Sorrow
Episode 1 If you're reading this on your mobile device or blog update email, click here to listen to the podcast. In the first in a two-part series on teen suicide, Roy confronts [...]
Accompanying LGBTQ Teens
If you are reading this on your mobile device or blog post update, click here to listen to the podcast. In this episode Roy offers practical strategies for helping teens who identify on the LGBTQ [...]
Helping Teens Form a Healthy Relationship with Food
If you are reading this on your mobile device or in a blog update email, click here to listen to the podcast. In this episode Roy sits down with Yvette Quantz, RDN, a registered [...]
Helping Teenagers Who Self Injure
Part 1 If reading this on your mobile device, click here to listen to the podcast. Roy addresses a serious affliction facing many teens today: self-injurious behavior. In this first of a two-part [...]

WHO IS ROY PETITFILS?
Roy Petitfils is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Youngsville, LA. Roy studied ministry and spirituality at The Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas and holds a Masters in Mental Health Counseling from University of Louisiana. Roy has worked with youth and young adults for more than 25 years as minister, a teacher, school administrator, school counselor and now as a counselor in private practice. He specializes in counseling teens and young adults. Roy regularly consults with schools, publishers and organizations helping them more effectively reach and minister to youth and young adults. He is an expert at understanding and influencing teenagers.
Roy has published five books, including his most recent Helping Teens with Stress, Anxiety and Depression and What Teens Want You to Know (But Don’t Tell You). Roy’s blue collar roots, natural humor, contagious enthusiasm and diverse personal and professional background have made him an internationally sought after presenter, consultant and therapist. Roy lives with his wife Mindi of 19 years and their two sons Max and Benjamin in Youngsville, Louisiana.