Supporting your teen

[Saxon14]

Any advice?
dd really struggled with social anxiety a few years ago and saw a counsellor then a psychologist. A few years down the track things are better. She is happy, has a small group of friends, boyfriend and much more confidence.
however I feel like I’m still on the constant alert to her mood swings. I’m not like this with my other daughter. I seem to want to jump in to avoid a downward spiral.
she’s now decided she ‘hates’ one of her a level choices. I am trying to give helpful feedback eg you need it for your career, not everything in life is there to be loved. She is indecisive and prone to changing her mind. I’ve suggested she speak to her tutor at college. I think it’s fine and then she subtly tells me she hates it.
how can I support her?

Can she define what she hates about it?
A levels are a big step up from GSCE so just because she has enjoyed it previously doesn't necessarily mean that the A level will be the same.
You say she needs it for her career, but if she's not enjoying it, then may be the career isn't the right choice. Or there may be another subject that she could do, that would still help with the career.
If she is aiming for uni, it is important to get the best grades she can, and if she is not liking a subject she won't be motivated to work hard at it.
I think to support her you need to listen to her views.
Definitely get her to chat to her tutor, subject teacher, head of year etc. It might be just the initial topic she is finding boring, or a specific method of teaching. It might be possible to swap to a different subject, although most places won't allow that after the first half term of Y12 (some sooner) so she needs to address it now.

What is the subject and what career does she want? Is she in Yr12? What does she hate about the subject? Is she finding it hard?

The subject is maths and she would like a career in psychology.
she is managing well with the content just finding it a bit ‘dry’ and uninspiring. It doesn’t help that she hasn’t ‘clicked’ with the teacher who sounds like he’s a little power hungry! She also finds it hard being in a class of all boys with only one other girl (this girl is really struggling and relies upon my daughter to tutor here which is an added stress.)

I don’t actually think it’s the subject just everything around it if that makes sense. She loved gcse maths but had an exceptional teacher.