Let’s get to understand love addiction — the pull toward emotionally unavailable men, the fear of abandonment, and the repeating cycle of almost-love. Learn how somatic and EMDR therapy in NYC can help you heal love addiction and find real, lasting connection.
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Read MoreWhen love ends, the pain isn’t just emotional — it’s physical. Your chest tightens, your breath shortens, and your body forgets how to rest.
In this reflection, Esther Goldstein, LCSW, shares what’s really happening in your nervous system and how somatic therapy and attachment healing can help you survive heartbreak with compassion instead of collapse.
If you’ve ever whispered “I can’t do this” in the dark — this is for you.
When someone you love goes silent, your whole body feels it.
This piece unpacks the quiet heartbreak of stonewalling—why it makes you question your sanity, how your nervous system is trying to protect you, and what healing looks like through somatic therapy in NYC.
Learn to turn confusion into clarity, and silence into safety.
If you are glued to your phone, your work or something else, just to avoid being present, you may find some wisdom and helpful words here. Being present can be gruesome when there is a history of emotional neglect or when there is no template for connection - and instead, busyness takes over. Read more.
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Read More“Happy Father’s Day”
You’re one of those people who does a pretty good job at pretending it isn’t Father’s Day, that fathers aren’t really important and that your relationship with him didn’t really matter all that much.
But deep inside, you know you’re not being fully truthful to yourself. You’re not being fully real because that comes with a risk. A risk of deep searing grief. A risk of untamed anger. A risk of relentless sadness. A risk of tears that will not be contained. A risk that you’ll fall apart, when all you’ve had to do is pull yourself together, one bit at a time.
Read more to heal your daddy issues. Counseling in New York.
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