My Approach Transitions in our lives can bring up a lot of different emotions. Some of these emotions can be conflicting if the transition “should” be happy. My work focuses on individuals and couples as they navigate through these transitions. There are ways to process it, work through it and allow you to show up authentically for yourself and your relationships. Your emotions are valid and your reactions are safety mechanisms learned through your survival of your experiences. My goal is to he...
Hi! I'm Grace Polanco, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. I specialize in working with adults and young adults experiencing depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship issues, life transitions, eating disorders, and addictions. I integrate a variety of therapeutic approaches and techniques based on your particular needs to help you feel empowered to guide your own healing and life goals. My therapy technique is based on a humanistic approach, which is a focus on seeing the world throu...
Are you a student who is struggling with many of the adjustments that come with attending college? Maybe you are homesick, lonely, attempting to make new friends, or have symptoms of anxiety. Many students coming into college feel the need to get all A's or procrastinate and have time management issues. You might have relationship difficulties, or family expectations that are too high to meet or unreasonable. Feeling sad, depressed, and overwhelmed can be isolating. I hope to be able to cre...
I believe that supportive therapy using a cognitive behavior approach allows people to open up and try new approaches to their problems. Trauma informed care is a major component part of my practice, there are many issues that are rooted in trauma. Understanding your past helps you to face your tomorrows. I have been practicing for over 40 years and still feel passionate about helping people be everything they dream to be. Working on issues that are stopping you from feeling happiness, successf...
Sometimes life's challenges require additional tools. I am a board certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with a Master's Degree from Molloy University. I have over a decade of experience in this field and over two decades as a Nurse Practitioner in Adult Health. As a teammate in your wellness journey, I work closely with your counselor and health care providers to optimize mental and physical health outcomes. I see you as a whole person and incorporate your whole social, physic...
College is a time of growth, self-exploration, and transformation, but it can also be overwhelming, stressful, and emotionally intense. As a dance/movement psychotherapist, I offer a unique and holistic approach to help college students navigate the challenges they face—whether it’s dealing with anxiety, stress, academic pressure, identity exploration, or relationship issues. In my work, I combine talk therapy with somatic practices, using movement to help you connect to your emotions, gain c...
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New View Psychology group consists of a team of experienced professionals who deliver warm and compassionate therapy services. Melissa A. Tillman, Ph.D. founded the practice in 2017 to provide cognitive behavioral and mindfulness treatment to adults and children suffering with social-emotional difficulties. New View Psychology Group is dedicated to helping our clients improve the quality of their lives. We provide a practical, insightful, and present-focused approach to help clients overcom...
We provide telehealth and in-home therapy services throughout New York state to people of any age. Our name is both a call to action and an acronym for our specialty: Stress, Trauma, and Anxiety Restorative Treatment. Our mission is to explore your narrative, assist you in adopting new coping methods, and honor the mind-body connection. We extend our therapeutic services to individuals, groups, couples and families. Our licensed clinicians use cognitive-behavioral therapies, creative arts therap...
All are welcome here. I am humbled you chose me as your witness! I am a trauma alchemist, transformative life coach and consultant whose client population mostly consists of (but is not limited to) Latinx and Black powerful cycle breakers. I engage in transformational work with survivors of childhood trauma, toxic friendships, mother-daughter dysfunction, father wound, poverty trauma, spiritual abuse, and imposter syndrome, immigration/acculturation & gaslighting. Trauma manifests in many fo...
If you are ready to make positive changes in your life, challenge your thinking, develop new coping strategies, break negative patterns and increase your self-confidence... I am here to support your journey. My typical areas of focus include anxiety, depression, stress, life transitions, interpersonal conflicts, perfectionism, people-pleasing tendencies, codependency and conflict-resolution. If you are currently looking at this page then you have already taken a first step towards healing. You a...
Esther’s warm and gentle presence provides a welcoming space for her clients to feel understood from their first meeting onward. Her direct, collaborative, and solution focused style invites clients to share and broaden their perspectives, and navigate challenges. Esther strives to provide clients with the means to identify and recognize concerns, and manage the good habits of self-empowerment. Esther emphasizes confidentiality, safety, honesty, and transparency in her therapeutic approach. She ...
Therapy should not only focus on relieving your symptoms and distress but is also about building greater capacities for dealing with life's inevitable stresses and anxieties. I believe it is important to actively collaborate with you to find out what it is you want from therapy and to periodically evaluate the progress toward these goals. I look to tailor each person's therapy to their specific presenting problems and goals so that they will be able to feel better and feel more capable in facing...
SUNRISE COUNSELING CENTER is celebrating our 30th anniversary! We are a group collaboration of 60 clinicians serving over 3,000 people each month! We are one of the largest counseling agencies on Long Island and we offer a full range of counseling services, including individual, couple, group and family therapy. We now specialize in a new cutting edge therapy for combat, sexual and childhood trauma -Effective within 4 sessions 90 percent of the time! SUNRISE COUNSELING CENTER has locat...
I believe in hope, love, equality, equity, inclusion, and kindness. I also believe in science, accountability, and the impact that trauma has on our functioning. In my practice, I feel comfortable addressing any differences in gender, race, and ethnicity with my clients and the impact that these might have on the working relationship and overall treatment. Many of my clients come to me because they're starting to realize certain things they've experienced when they were younger, or even recen...
Whether you're struggling with a particular issue or just can't shake the feeling that there should be more to life, we can help by providing you with the insight and tools you need to move beyond current obstacles. Comprehensive Counseling LCSWs is a privately owned practice where a diverse New York State licensed mental health professionals draw from a variety of therapeutic techniques to assist clients in achieving their treatment goals. Accessibility, service and professionalism are the ke...
Offering quality psychotherapy and couples counseling in a beautiful private practice in Long Island, NY. A warm and welcoming setting that offers a safe place and a secure relationship to help you begin your process of healing. At SJT you will explore your inner life and begin to understand yourself, your life, and your relationships. Your therapist will balance listening and intervening, accepting and challenging, and nurturing and fostering autonomy. You will gain a new relationship to you...
I have had over 35 years experience providing goal oriented solution-based therapy. My philosophy is based upon the theory of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy. My primary goal is to help the client overcome resistance to experiencing true feelings about the present and past. I am able to do this in a relaxed non-confrontational atmosphere that allows the client free expression. My sessions, last well over one hour and my fee remains reasonable. I look forward to meeting you. Please cal...