Brittany Fella, LMFT

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Brittany Fella, LMFT

Teen therapist, group facilitator, parent coach

12/09/2025

Reserve your spot for your teen today! In person, pop up therapeutic event.

Games
Crafts
Discussion
Goal Setting
Vitality!

12/27- 3-5 Laguna Niguel Regional Park

12/07/2025

Teens are reporting that they can’t give simple feedback to one another.

This is concerning for their long term development in the adult world.

Teen relationships shouldn’t have to be this fragile.

5 things you can work with your teen on:

1. How to understand someone else’s perspective
2. How to see relationships as a place to grow, evolve and adjust
3. How to not assume other teens are mind readers
4. How to be ok with speaking their truth even if it doesn’t get them the result they want

12/04/2025

Teens are craving changes in the ways they experience interpersonal relationships.

I’ll never forget one of the lines from group this week, a member commented, “literally no one talks to each other, and if they do, they don’t know how.”

The opportunity to guide teens in this area is endless and the desire is really there.

12/01/2025

After 18 years it still feels hard somedays to feel.

But the satisfaction of walking thru an emotion clear minded is incredible.

I’ve tried very hard to “learn myself”, from what I need to function optimally, to what burnout looks like and what my non-negotiable habits and relationships are.

The most important relationship you will have your entire life is the one with yourself. How well you understand yourself, will be a determining factor in every facet of your life.

11/20/2025

Even if it is clinical depression, the question is then, now what?

Teaching teenagers to name, observe, tolerate and navigate emotions is critical.

Before your teenager heads off to college be sure they are learning how to increase their capacity to tolerate emotions.

When they are sad, can they be patient with themselves as they grieve. Can they apply strategies that allow them to feel the feelings, and also move thru them.

When they experience joy, can they fully step into that aliveness, knowing that it too will pass.

Beyond diagnosis, a teens understanding of what they do when feelings arise is a far greater factor towards their long term growth and development.

10/23/2025

Teens that walk thru the world with a high degree of self respect and confidence, seem to also have a high degree of self compassion.

Self compassion is how we relate to ourselves, when we notice our imperfection’s.

Teens that master this, are respectful, curious, neutral and fair with themselves. They try to have an inner monologue that refuses to “shred themselves.” Instead they hold themselves accountable, in an objective way.

Many of my teen athletes have learned to workout, without neglecting their limits. They try for PRs, versus comparing themselves to others. They skate the line of their thresholds, in a mindful way.

This self-acceptance allows them to accept others more, and allows them to walk thru life lighter, and with greater freedom.

Having a bad sporting event allows them data to advance their game, but self rejecting is not an option when it goes bad.

Loosing objectivity on oneself is not an option, if you want to walk thru this world confident.

10/21/2025

Teenagers don’t have to take 1000 wrong turns in life to figure things out.

Yes experience brings wisdom, but what if they learned their value earlier on? What if they exited unhealthy dynamics sooner?

What if adolescence wasn’t marked by chaos, but every challenge lead to greater and greater clarity. A lot happens in adolescence, but the change can be deliberate and remarkable.

It is absolutely possible that we can expect more of what teens want to learn.

If your uncertain as a parent how to do this in a relatable and empowering way, I’d love to help you. You don’t have to have the answers, we can create a unique path for your family together.

10/18/2025

I started running teen groups to provide spaces for teens to speak on a deeper level with one another, and with themselves.

Teens desperately need our help in learning how relationships work, both the relationship they have with themselves, and the world around them.

09/25/2025

One of the most important things parents can learn in guiding their teen is what behavior is “normal” in order to leave the teen years, and be ready for young adulthood.

Education is key and every parenting stage and can remove the emotion and shame in thinking you are doing something “wrong”.

If they don’t do this now, how do they get to the next stage successfully?

If you need support as a parent I am launching a 10 week private parent community. You need a team, just as much as your teen does.

07/12/2025

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07/01/2025

In tonight’s group the teens learned a great life skill.

How to provide generosity and hospitality thru shared food.

They can use this in business, when they move into college or a new neighborhood. We discussed the value in this, and how it can open doors.

I’m super excited they came up with the idea. They voted next to watch “Life is Beautiful”, and discuss the film.

They are a joy to engage with!

06/28/2025

Wonder and imagination have returned among teens. Gone are the days of scrolling to live in someone else’s life.

But to full embody living in your own, is scary, confronting and who wants to do that? As teens have had enough time with the alternative, they are coming forward- hopeful, full of wonder.

Summer always has a way of doing this for teens. Throwing them into their natural environment at beaches, parks and the pool and their energy returns.

If you are a teen and you have stopped feeling hopeful, we should chat. I’ve developed communities to help teens come together. This week we are having a potluck. Last week we took a walk.

Being seen, heard and understood among people your age is possible.

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Laguna Hills, CA
92653

Telephone

+13105082753

Website

http://Brittanyfella.com/

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