BLAME: Preserving Power and Self-Esteem
Blame is different from holding someone responsible. Blame has a punitive quality, designed to do more than identify and hold someone responsible. Blame looks to inflict pain. BLAME vs. RESPONSIBILITY: Blaming someone very often carries with it the wish to make them feel bad. As I wrote above, this added component distinguishes blame from simply…
MEDITATION & ANXIETY: How to Approach It?
Learning to bring the anxious, chaotic mind under control with mindfulness training may be a large part of successful anxiety treatment and a large part of any therapy for anxiety. A good anxiety therapist should have a solid working knowledge of mindfulness training. DOES THE IDEA OF MINDFULNESS MAKE YOU ANXIOUS? You may feel even…
ANXIETY: Bringing the Chaotic Mind Under Control
Are you living with anxiety? Do you fear what’s around the next corner? Is anxiety affecting your quality of life, your sleep, work, or your relationships? MEDICATION? Do you take medication to manage your anxiety? Xanax? Klonopin? Buspar? Zoloft? Paxil? Lexapro? Anafranil? Are they wreaking havoc with your libido—killing your sex drive? Do they impact…
PREMARITAL COUPLES COUNSELING: Nassau County
Are you looking for professional counseling here on Long Island? Are you planning to marry but hoping to work out some issues in your relationship beforehand? PREMARITAL COUNSELING: The smartest thing you and your partner can do for the health and longevity of your relationship is to engage in a brief course of short-term couples…
COUPLES THERAPY LONG ISLAND: Love & Sex
Are you looking for a marriage counselor? Are you looking to talk with a marriage counselor who can also provide sex therapy? My work with couples embraces both traditional marriage counseling as well as sex therapy. We focus on both the emotional connection and on the erotic or sexual connection. EMOTIONAL INTIMACY AND SEXUAL INTIMACY…
INFIDELITY: Discussing the Details
The important question: How much do you want to know, and why? If your partner has had an affair—if there’s been infidelity in your relationship—how much do you want to know? Obviously, infidelity violates the bond of trust that healthy relationships require. And, when one partner has an affair, the marriage or relationship is severely…
ONLINE THERAPY: Right For You?
What is Online Therapy? Therapy online is any therapy conducted outside of the traditional face-to-face arrangement. This includes therapy using the following platforms or modalities: -Telephone -Skype -FaceTime -Any other platform that permits two people to speak with one another. DIFFERENT PLATFORMS: On some of the platforms or modalities mentioned here, visual contact is available. …
WELCOME: Serving All With Dignity
Welcome to all communities. Long Island Counseling proudly celebrates all of our neighbors and serves all who reach out to us with dignity and respect. We warmly welcome the Asian and South Asian communities, the African American Communities, the Greek and Middle-Eastern Communities, the Christian, Jewish and Muslim Communities into its growing and diverse practice….
THERAPY: Time To Heal
People complain that therapy goes on “forever”. Freud himself wrote about the lengthy nature of psychoanalysis. He pointed out that a person needs time in treatment before becoming free of his or her symptoms of mental distress like depression, anxiety, fears, sexual issues, anger and so forth. Why does it take time to heal? REPETITION…
COUPLES COMMUNICATION: Do You Feel Understood?
HAS THIS EVER HAPPENED TO YOU? It’s Saturday morning. You and your partner have plans! You’ve decided to spend the day running some fun errands and catching up together. You’ve discussed getting breakfast then stopping at the car dealership to see that SUV you were considering, then lunch in your favorite bistro, perhaps a walk…