Many people get nervous when they have body reactions to feelings because they never learned the language that the nervous system speaks. Perhaps their caregivers taught them that there was something wrong with intense emotions. When we become averse to feeling strong feelings, then its no wonder that attunement, mindfulness and body awareness would signals danger inside!

But in order to live a balanced and healthy life, we need to become fluent in the language our body uses to speak to us. This is essentially what Somatic Psychotherapy is.

Anxious In Love: 9 Ways to Reduce Relationship Anxiety

Relationships are not easy and can be a source of pain as much as it can be a source of wonderment and joy.

When two people get together, it is inevitable that there will be bumps along the journey. When we encounter challenges that make us feel worried that we made a mistake or that we are doomed to be miserable forever, we might start to experience relationship anxiety. Here are 9 skills to help you!

Love and Relationships, Anxiety, Attachment Theory, Codependence, BoundariesEsther GoldsteinFebruary 12, 2021love and relationshipsComment

What is "Parts" Therapy? Internal Family Systems Explained

Showing up for to life, goals, and maybe even in therapy, but keep hitting the same brick wall? You may have an inner conflict that is beneath all of that. Want to understand common conflicts and tips to resolving them so you can live a more wholesome life? Read on for more!

Counseling for Anxiety, Trauma and Relationship Issues in Long Island, Nassau County in Five Towns with expert Esther Goldstein.

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Covid Convos with Kids

You’re a good parent and you’re searching for the right words to use when preparing your child how to navigate covid. Well, if you’re honest, you’re trying to get your own footing- how can you help your little (or not-so-little) ones with the new worldwide pandemic?

We have some tips for you. Read full blog below.

And if you’re needing counseling, reach out today to book with one of our expert counselors in Long Island, New York where we treat anxiety, trauma, depression and family struggles.

6 Somatic Experience Exercises to Find Calm during Covid-19

Are you feeling irritated, agitated and just not in sync? You may be feeling out of touch or disoriented to the world, and even, to your own body. Somatic experience is a method that helps you reconnect to your mind and body.

I’ve provided some easy to use somatic tools to help you find calm and ease during coronavirus, and during any time in your life when you’re needing some tools to help you lessen the panic, the fear and the worry, and find calm again.

For more, read full blog. And to schedule your first session with expert EMDR and somatic therapists, reach out today. Esther Goldstein is an anxiety and trauma expert and treats clients in New York and Long Island, in her office in Cedarhurst in the Five Towns of New York.

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Online Counseling- A guide for the Skeptical.

You live in New York and you’ve switched over to online counseling. Due to coronavirus, we are all needing to adjust. And a big one is how therapy is now telehealth counseling, and that can feel like a huge shift. And it is.

You can adjust, and do your best to make the most out of your virtual therapy sessions right now. Here’s a blog written for you by anxiety and trauma expert to help you make the most of your therapy experience online.

Schedule your first session with one of our expert therapists in our office in Long Island, New York. Esther Goldstein LCSW is an expert trauma therapist and can help you heal.

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