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Your Guide To Emotional Wellness - 9 Facts to Know Before Starting Therapy
Your Guide To Emotional Wellness - 9 Facts to Know Before Starting Therapy

Therapy can sound like an exciting thing to start, right?

After all, it's all about getting you to a better place and feeling better. Uh, maybe not. Many express that making the decision to go to therapy as being a scary one. It's scary because it's hard to know what to expect before you actually begin your therapy sessions.

I'm going to take some of the confusion out of the process for you and give you an idea about what to expect in your first session, though, understandably, every therapist is different and may structure their sessions somewhat differently.

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Anxiety, Depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)Esther Goldsteinanxiety specialist long island, psychology long island EMDR, best psychologist long island, nassau county psychotherapy, Five Towns Emotional Wellness, Wellness and CounselingComment
Supporting the Trauma Survivor: Why Family Support Matters
Supporting the Trauma Survivor: Why Family Support Matters

I've been approached by gentle, caring parents, family members and siblings of someone who has been through a trauma. They've been asking how to care for their loved one who has been through A big trauma or a small trauma.

 

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Coping Skills, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), TraumaEsther Goldsteinanxiety specialist long island, nassau anxiety specialist, trauma expert five towns, psychology long island EMDR, EMDR Nassau County, EMDR Five TownsComment
What does EMDR therapy look like?
What does EMDR therapy look like?

Seeking EMDR therapy in Five Towns, Nassau or in Long Island, NY? Book your session with trauma and anxiety expert Esther Goldstein LCSW today!

When you go through a tough experience and feel overwhelmed, your brain cannot process information as it ordinarily does. Because the memory isn't  properly "digested" in your memory  network, when you're reminded of the event, you might feel as if it's happening, because the sounds, smells, images and feelings were frozen in time and haven't been sorted.

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Trauma: the big T and the little t
Trauma: the big T and the little t

At the beginning of therapy I often ask individuals about their trauma history. Some people are very clear about what it is they have experienced and know it has been a trauma; be it child abuse, domestic abuse, terrorism, war or rape. However, others are quick to saying "I haven't been through anything traumatic" in a heartbeat.

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Anxiety, Emotional Neglect, DepressionEsther Goldsteintrauma treatment, trauma counseling nassau county, five towns anxiety counseling, EMDR five towns, psychology long island EMDR, trauma recovery