While living in the Five Towns, Nassau County or anywhere on Long Island comes with all the “new-yawk” stressors and struggles, there are some fun and beautiful aspects of living on the south shore. We have some of the nicest beaches, coffee houses and have more greenery than center of the city life.
Read MoreTherapy 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.
Read MoreBegin therapy with trauma + anxiety expert Esther Goldstein LCSW. Somatic, EMDR and Cognitive Therapies in Five Towns, Long Island.
Wonder if you’re progressing in your therapy goals? How do you know if you’re moving through phases of change?
Read about developmental phases and areas you may be stuck.
Read MoreTrauma 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.
Read MoreDo I have run-of-the mill-anxiety or do I suffer from a generalized anxiety disorder, also called GAD? Here’s a simple self-test with 11 questions to ask yourself.
Counseling for anxiety in long island, new york.
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