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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
Trauma Therapy in Long Island? A 10 step Self Questionnaire
Trauma Therapy in Long Island? A 10 step Self Questionnaire

Do you need trauma therapy?

I’ve provided a 10 step self questionnaire that let you know if you’re ready for trauma therapy. Now, healing from any kind of trauma takes time and is dependent on your unique pace. However, if you’ve had some symptoms that you were hoping would go away and they just aren’t letting up, it may be time to reach out to an expert to help you heal.

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EMDR for Trauma, Anxiety, Boundaries, Coping Skills, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)Esther Goldsteintrauma therapy 11516, anxiety center five towns, anxiety treatment long island, trauma ptsd counseling nassauComment
Wise Mind Accepts- 7 Skills from DBT
Wise Mind Accepts- 7 Skills from DBT

When we are over-stressed, we feel out of control and hopeless. It’s normal to have an urge to do anything to make the distress just stop in its track. If you have a hard time handling stress, it might seem almost impossible to tolerate extreme emotions. Let’s help you put the breaks on the vicious cycle of negative behaviors which make things worse in the long run.

Here are 7 Easy DBTnSkills to practice for Stress Relief. Read on!

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Anxiety, Emotional WellnessEsther Goldsteinwoodmere counseling, hewlett therapist, stress reduction five towns nassau county, healing emotional issues, cedarhurst trauma expertComment
Forgiveness. Can I?
Forgiveness. Can I?

Carl Rogers wisely says, “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

Forgiveness is one of the hardest lessons to learn and even more difficult to implement. At the same time, forgiveness is one of the first steps necessary in order to create a shift, a change, steering towards a new direction for yourself.  How is it then, that we forgive ourselves for bad choices, habits, broken relationships, or having been stuck in the muck of "just getting-through-ness" for a while? 

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Boundaries, Anxiety, Anxiety in the Workplace, Abandonment TraumaEsther Goldsteinforgiveness, self care, relationship counseling new york, relationships counseling nassau countyComment
Heal You Inner Critic | IFS Therapy in New York
Heal You Inner Critic | IFS Therapy in New York

What is an inner critic, essentially?

It's a voice that is telling you to pause, and stop from whatever it is that you are attempting to do, think, feel or explore. The inner critic often has a worry that you won't be ok; "What if things go terribly horribly wrong?"

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Anxiety, Coping SkillsEsther Goldsteinprotective parts, inner critic, self esteem counseling nassau, therapy for self esteem, improve self confidence, reduce negative self talk five towns long island, build you confidence skills nassau county