Alexa needs help. She is depressed. The alcohol she is consuming is probably not helping. The family could benefit from family therapy. But more importantly Alexa needs professional help so that she is no longer using alcohol to treat her depression. Lynn is a good mother. But she unfortunately does not realize that her daughter's issues go beyond the family dynamics and simple teen rebellion. The teen expert is not a professional psychologist and unfortunately has only offered the family-pop psychology, which will do little to help this girl. One of the problems with a community like this is that parents are led to believe that alcohol is just part of normal teen life. But some teens have a biology that makes them vulnerable to the effects of alcohol it's effects quickly lead to a series of worse problems as a result.

Alexa needs to be sent to boot camp-she is quite the spoiled little princess. She cries and cries to get out of really talking. Lynne!!! Wake up!Manipulation-your daughter is all about herself and she doesn't respect you. If I would have EVER called my mom that or talked to her like that my DAD would have been all over that. She may need to go to a group home for girls who need to be shown the door because if it wouldn't change she would be OUT of my house and YES,I am a mom......