Just Be Sad With Me: A Story About Love & the Courage to Let Go
Just Be Sad With Me: A Story About Love & the Courage to Let Go

She looked up at me for the first time in twelve minutes.
Her heart was breaking, but something in the silence began to shift — a moment of connection, of permission to simply be sad.
This story from the therapy room explores what happens when we stop trying to fix heartbreak and instead meet it with presence, attachment healing, and the gentle wisdom of somatic therapy in NYC.

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How to Survive the Pain of Heartbreak (When Your Whole Body Hurts)
How to Survive the Pain of Heartbreak (When Your Whole Body Hurts)

When love ends, the pain isn’t just emotional — it’s physical. Your chest tightens, your breath shortens, and your body forgets how to rest.
In this reflection, Esther Goldstein, LCSW, shares what’s really happening in your nervous system and how somatic therapy and attachment healing can help you survive heartbreak with compassion instead of collapse.
If you’ve ever whispered “I can’t do this” in the dark — this is for you.

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Stonewalling - And No, You’re Not Going “Crazy”.
Stonewalling - And No, You’re Not Going “Crazy”.

When someone you love goes silent, your whole body feels it.
This piece unpacks the quiet heartbreak of stonewalling—why it makes you question your sanity, how your nervous system is trying to protect you, and what healing looks like through somatic therapy in NYC.


Learn to turn confusion into clarity, and silence into safety.

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The 6 Best Somatic Therapy Practices in NYC (What Actually Helps Bodies Heal)
The 6 Best Somatic Therapy Practices in NYC (What Actually Helps Bodies Heal)

Somatic therapy is the tool that has allowed thousands to heal in a way that talk therapy has not. I’ve taken the 6 best somatic practices and shared them with you here. Go ahead and read them and avail yourself of these - to improve your emotional and mental health.

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20 Minutes On A Train Left Her Feeling Trapped | A Somatic Story
20 Minutes On A Train Left Her Feeling Trapped | A Somatic Story

She was sitting on a train, and suddenly she felt trapped. Like she couldn’t breath. She wasn’t going crazy, but she was having a body flashback. If you want to understand why your body can go into a panic spin, read more about somatic therapy. You can learn ways to calm the body- and the mind.

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With somatic expert Esther Goldstein. Call today.

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Why Therapy for the Therapist Matters: The Somatic Story No One Tells
Why Therapy for the Therapist Matters: The Somatic Story No One Tells

Her body was screaming. She just couldn’t hear it. Her schedule was full of helping others but when it came to her own life, she was disconnected. She landed up on my couch and her healing belong. Discover how somatic therapy NYC and therapy for the therapist bring the healer back home.

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