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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6 Skills-Your Trauma Toolkit

Trauma work goes beyond the walls of your warm, wise and skillful therapists office. You have your life before you walk into your therapy session, and your reality is with you as you walk out into the world, the world that you live in. I have provided six skills to help support your trauma therapy, in and outside of session.

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3 Main Trauma Diagnosis - PTS, PTSD & Complex PTSD Explained

Trauma, PTSD and Complex PTSD are words that have been thrown around a lot lately.

Trauma has been a hot topic because in the last 10 years the field of good trauma treatment has undergone a lot of changes. The world of treating trauma has made major gains in best treating trauma and helping individuals recover from traumatic experiences. However, it can be confusing to know which term refers to what, and so I've explained the three main trauma diagnosis below.

What is trauma? Simply put, trauma most often refers to an emotional or psychological response to an experience that is disturbing or deeply distressing.

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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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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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How To Find a Therapist In Nassau County

Are you in the Five Towns, Nassau County or Long Island and looking for a therapist who can help you?

I understand how hard it is to venture out and seek someone who you will open up to, and allow them in to help you with your innermost worries, hopes, fears and wishes. At the same time, I commend you for beginning this search as it takes one step to begin making the change you seek; and research proves that good therapy helps people committed to change.

In my many years as a therapist, and even before then, many individuals had shared with me that they'd been"therapy shopping" for a while and were feeling frustrated. They had either started and felt confused or misunderstood the process, or began seeing someone and weren't sure how to know if it was a right fit and if they were progressing as they had hoped.

I've delineated some basic pointers on how to be good consumer of psychotherapy.

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A Mental Health Blog in Long Island

Trauma, PTSD and Complex PTSD are words that have been thrown around a lot lately.

Are you in the Five Towns, Nassau County or Long Island and looking for a therapist who can help you?