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Trauma Therapy Demystified - part 2
Trauma Therapy Demystified - part 2

 Seeking relief from your anxiety and trauma? Reach out to Esther Goldstein LCSW and Trauma Expert to being healing today. Book at her Cedarhurst Office in Long Island, NY.

Continuing upward on the stairwell of trauma healing is Phase Two, referred to by Herman as Remembrance and Mourning. This phase often involves treating the traumatic memory, by form of narrative processing or by working through secondary side effects that have been left on the mind, body or soul. Somatic psychotherapy, EMDR, expressive arts, IFS, TF-CBT and Ego State work, amongst other modalities, have been scientifically proven effective in treating memories without diving too deeply into the narrative, avoiding the risk of re-traumatization.


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Learning to Love after Trauma
Learning to Love after Trauma

Survivors of trauma, just like anyone else, deserve to be able to have meaningful love relationships. Yet, just like a traveler needs to plan ahead and pack their "kit for the road", trauma survivors may hit some tricky steps in building relationships and may gain from knowing possible worries, bumps or confusion that may come up along the way. 

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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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How-To Stop Ruminating - Skills for Relief
How-To Stop Ruminating - Skills for Relief

Do you ever feel like your mind is taking you down a slippery path of old, upsetting memories? Tough stuff you just can't seem to "get over" and keep ruminating? Your brain does this because of how the memory of the experience was stored. Some memories, feelings, thought patterns and sensations are arranged in a specific way in your brain, making it so incredibly challenging to end the ruminating. 

 

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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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