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Help your teen learn to manage overwhelming emotions at creativehealingphilly.com

Self-expression, support and skill-building for teens 💜 teen support center ✨ teen groups and counseling 🌈 affirming space.

04/27/2026

Fire Feelers aren't trying to be difficult - they're trying to communicate something you haven't heard yet.

Their "attitude" is often dysregulation. Their "defiance" is often overwhelm. When you learn to see beyond the behavior to the need underneath, you become their translator instead of their adversary.

We teach parents how to decode their teen's communication at Creative Healing. We teach teens to communicate without self-destructive behaviors. Ready to understand what your teen is really trying to tell you?

04/25/2026

This is why parent skills are just as important as teen skills. You can't be your teen's co-regulator if you're dysregulated yourself.

The solution isn't becoming perfect - it's learning specific techniques to stay calm when they're in crisis.
When you can remain present and regulated during their storm, you become their anchor instead of another wave crashing over them.

We teach parents these exact regulation skills at Creative Healing. Link in bio to get started.

04/22/2026

You've been told your teen is "just doing it for attention" and you should ignore the behavior. But ignoring a drowning person doesn't teach them to swim.

Attention-seeking IS connection-seeking. When teens escalate, they're communicating: "I'm in pain and I don't know how else to show you." Instead of ignoring or punishing, get curious about the need underneath.

What are they trying to communicate? At Creative Healing, we teach parents how to decode their teen's behaviors and respond to the underlying needs.

Your teen learns healthier ways to get their needs met and starts asking for help directly instead of acting out.
Support for Teens + Parents. Link in bio.

04/21/2026

If you've heard all of these, you're definitely parenting a Fire Feeler. Traditional advice fails because it doesn't account for emotional sensitivity.

These teens need validation before they can regulate. Boundaries don't work when someone's nervous system is hijacked. First you co-regulate, then you teach, then you can implement boundaries.

We teach parents the specific order and skills that actually work. We teach teens the skills to cope. Creative Healing - where Fire Feeler families finally find answers.

04/18/2026

Most teen therapy involves coming in, complaining about parents, therapist saying "that sucks" every week for the rest of high school. Not here.

Our intention is that your teen is NOT in therapy forever. We use evidence-based strategies and include parents as partners in treatment.

When the whole system works together, you get lasting results. And you get your kid back. Creative Healing - where families finally find what works.

04/16/2026

Attitude = choosing to be disrespectful.
Dysregulation = nervous system hijacked by big emotions, can't access logic or coping skills.

Fire Feelers experience emotions 3x faster and take 3x longer to return to baseline. When you understand this difference, everything changes. Instead of consequences for "disrespect," you provide co-regulation and validation. Then teach skills when they're calm.

We help parents understand their teen's unique wiring and respond skillfully. Link in bio for free consultation.

04/14/2026

When teens feel overwhelmed by big emotions, their behavior can become confusing—and sometimes frightening—for parents. In this episode, we’re joined by therapist Katie May to unpack what’s really happening beneath high-risk behaviors like self-harm, emotional shutdown, and reactivity.

Together, we explore how these behaviors often serve as coping strategies, not attention-seeking, and why understanding the “why” behind them is key to helping your teen.

We also break down the difference between self-harm and suicidality, the role of validation in building trust, and practical ways parents can respond without making things worse.

If you’ve ever felt unsure how to support your struggling teen, this conversation with will give you clarity, language, and a path forward.

Episode #72 on your fav podcast app 🎧

04/14/2026

It’s the situation every parent dreads: Your child or teen is hurting themselves. Or, worse yet, wants to kill themselves.

What do you say? What do you do? And how do you not fall apart in the process?

This episode is for parents in the thick of it...and for the ones who want to be ready before they get there.

Licensed therapist and author Katie May joins Dr. Gila to talk about self-harm, suicidal thoughts, and high-risk behaviors in kids and teens: What’s driving them, how to respond, and what parents can start doing now.

In this episode:

✔ Why self-destructive behaviors aren’t what they seem, and what they’re actually communicating

✔ The one parenting skill Katie says could have prevented her own self-harm as a teen

✔ How to have the conversations you’re dreading...and what not to say

✔ What to do when your child tells you they want to die

This is a must listen episode with on the Single-Parenting with Connection (NOT Perfection) podcast!

04/14/2026

Controversial take: When teens and parents learn to create validating environments and regulate their emotions, hospitalization often becomes unnecessary.

Your teen learns to come to YOU before they reach crisis, not after. This doesn’t mean we accept dangerous behavior - it means understanding the biology of your teen's emotional system and working WITH it instead of against it.

That's our specialty at Creative Healing.

04/11/2026

“Fire Feeler” parents live in a different reality. While other parents use consequences that work, you're managing a teen whose emotions hit fast, hard, and last forever.

Traditional parenting advice fails because it doesn't account for biological emotional sensitivity.

When you learn validation and co-regulation skills, everything changes. Your teen stops escalating and starts communicating.

04/09/2026

If your teen has been called "too sensitive", "dramatic" or "difficult", they might be a Fire Feeler.

This isn't a disorder - it's biological emotional sensitivity that requires different approaches than traditional parenting advice.
Fire Feelers have incredible capacity for empathy, creativity, and intuition when their sensitivity is understood and supported.

At Creative Healing, we specialize in helping Fire Feeler teens and teaching parents how to work WITH their wiring instead of against it.

04/07/2026

If you're walking on eggshells around your own teen, this is for you. Fire Feelers (emotionally sensitive teens) need parents who understand their wiring. Traditional therapy treats the teen in isolation, then sends them back to an invalidating environment 24/7.

When parents learn to regulate their own emotions first and create validating spaces, teens transform in weeks, not years. That's exactly what we teach at Creative Healing.

Link in bio to book your free consultation.

Address

1811 Bethlehem Pike, B234
Flourtown, PA
19031

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 10pm
Tuesday	8am - 10pm
Wednesday	8am - 10pm
Thursday	8am - 10pm

Telephone

+12159483546

Website

http://www.creativehealingphilly.com/

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