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7 Truths for Stopping Teen Self-Destructive Behaviors
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About the Author
Hi, I’m Katie K. May (she/her),
LPC, DBT-LBC
Today, as a counselor, DBT-Linehan Board of Certification Clinician™ and owner and executive director of Creative Healing, Teen Support Centers – I've helped thousands of teens in Pennsylvania cope with their emotions and understand their feelings of depression, anxiety, and self-harm.
But once upon a time… I was a teen on fire.
As a teen, I numbed the feelings I had inside with self-harm, drug use, shoplifting, sneaking out– anything to extinguish the pain I felt every day.
An unexpected pregnancy in my 20s finally brought my pain into perspective…
It began my journey to break a generational cycle of hurt and fight my way back to a life I could fully embrace as my own.
And in the process? I found my life’s calling.
My mission is to help your teen know they aren't weird, bad, wrong, or different for feeling the way they do. And I'm here to help you create an environment where they deeply understand and are fully acceptedfor who they are.
My dream is to provide MORE parents and teenagers with the support, community, and understanding I so desperately needed as a teen.