I am a licensed Mental Health Counselor in private practice located in the town of Lynbrook. I treat Adults, Adolescents, and Children. I provide Individual Therapy, and Family Therapy. In Addition, to the many clinical issues I treat; I specialize in the treatment of Children/Adolescents with Learning Disabilities and Emotional Disturbances, Work Place Issues, Relationship Issues, and Family Counseling.

Grieving is a process, and it is unique to you. The way you go through the cycles of anger, frustration, regret, shame, fear, longing, sadness, despair, forgetting, remembering, and accepting is up to you, and you can take your time. Whether you want to make a change, are dealing with changes thrown at you, are waking up to changes that need to happen, or are waiting for changes that are not happening, you are likely to be facing a range of emotions. Leaving space for feelings is healthy, and it's possible that learning how to do this is a change you can make in order to support all the other changes our world needs.

Thank you for your interest in my practice. I am a Licensed Certified Social Worker with many years of clinical experience. My goal is to provide a comfortable, trusting environment in which to meet the individual needs of my clients. I work with children, adolescents & adults to help foster positive relationships and productive outcomes- helping people move forward in their lives, no matter the challenges.

Life is full of ups and downs. While we strive for happiness, we are bound to be faced with challenges along the way. Are you ready to make a change? Do you want to live a satisfying and fulfilling life? I am a passionate Licensed Mental Health Counselor who values providing individualized care in order to help you change your life. I believe in using a person-centered approach to support, collaborate, and empower you to reach your goals.

I invite you to take a journey on a "therapeutic pathway" to promote personal health and wellness. Feelings of being overwhelmed, anxious and depressed often present with the many obstacles one faces in every day life. Taking care of one's self both physically and emotionally is essential for healing. I can guide you in a nurturing, empathetic environment by giving you coping skills to reduce negative feelings and provide insight into the challenges you are experiencing. I will help you focus on living a life that is less reactive and more directed.

The world right now is a scary place. It might feel hard to feel safe. It might feel hard to be anything other than angry or sad or hopeless. I understand these feelings, and I am with you. I aim to be someone around whom you feel safe to feel whatever it is you are feeling. As your counselor, I aim to create a space where you are welcome to discuss all your thoughts and feelings and take an honest look at how you want to transform these to effective actions, healthy relationships, and healing choices. I aim to support you and guide you towards feeling empowered, centered, and strong.

My goal as a Clinical Psychologist is to provide a safe and comfortable environment which helps people discuss and evaluate their dilemmas, gain insight and resolve problematic ways of functioning.

For me, psychotherapy is offering patience, understanding, insight, acceptance, compassion, relationship, and a secure base to persons suffering from burdens too heavy to carry alone. I compare myself to a container into which my patients pour their unbearable feelings. My task is to detoxify these feelings and make them easier to understand and tolerate. I help my patients to use healthy relationships with others to meet their emotional needs and the emotional needs of others. To establish and maintain healthy relationships, we work in session on understanding our own and others’ mental states (wishes, feelings, intentions) and how these are connected to how we behave toward each other. Relationships tend to work better when we are able to understand our own and others’ minds and how our minds influence how we behave toward each other.

Does life feel overwhelming and not how you imagined it would be? Do you feel like you are a human "doing" instead of a human "being"? Do you feel anxious or depressed, hoping that happiness will come when people or circumstances change? Ultimately, you are the only person who has the ability to make the changes necessary to find inner peace and balance in your life. Let's work together to identify your personal strengths and use them to move you toward the life you want to live. You do not have to feel "stuck" forever.

I am a New York State Licensed Counselor and Mental Health Practitioner practicing in New York City since 1981, trained in talk therapy and clinical hypnotherapy, specializing in short term therapy focusing on solutions and goal directed outcomes. Experience includes counseling couples, individuals grieving loss or illness, as well as struggling with low self-esteem, depression or anxiety. I believe therapy does not have to go on forever and that you are in charge of the process. I am simply there to guide you to your strengths.

You may have heard "the only person who can make you happy is you," but it's also true that you do not exist alone in this world. I strongly believe every person deserves to feel seen and heard and that this is essential for health. At the same time, understanding how you arrive at a feeling by tracking your inner thoughts and exploring past experiences will help you feel more in control. Instead of blaming others for your feelings or waiting for someone to rescue you from them, I want to empower you to be your own best emotional guide and healer. I offer a listening ear and safe space for exploration.

Worrying doesn't take away tomorrow's troubles, it takes away today's peace. If you've been struggling to manage stress or changes in mood or just feel you need a safe, comfortable place to talk about difficulties you are having then I can help you. I have over ten years experience working in a clinical outpatient setting primarily using a cognitive-behavioral approach. I have worked with people diagnosed with all forms of mood disorders, in particular with post-partum onset, anxiety, trauma, and relational struggles.

We believe in feelings. We believe emotions are powerful and important. Often times, feelings can feel dangerous, confusing, conflicting, distracting, annoying. You might want to try to shut off the feelings, or get away from them, drown them, or just transform them into something different, something manageable. We want to help you understand your emotions. What are they trying to tell you? What is it that you need? Sometimes our thoughts can get carried away and create all sorts of negative emotions, and that may lead us to destructive behaviors like drinking, overeating, isolating, fighting, resenting, disconnecting.

Jennifer Dorsey is a Limited Permit holding Mental Health Counselor. Jennifer believes psychotherapy should be client centered and integrates theory with practice as she strives to create treatment plans that fit the lifestyle of her clients. Jennifer is known as “The Therapist Next Door” because of her friendly and down to earth approach and strives to become the new face of therapy.

Welcome. Together you or your family and I, will resolve to build upon your strengths, and enhance your self-esteem, your happiness, and your relationships. Verbal therapy in combination with the creative process, can more easily help you access insight and self-expression, while reducing stress, anxiety, depression, loneliness and fear. I am your ally, with over 20 years of experience as a psychotherapist and Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, and a lifetime of using the creative arts to meet my own life's challenges. I have helped people ages 2 1/2 to 103 achieve balance, and emotional, social and cognitive growth.

I specialize in individualism, the principle of being independent and self-reliant. In session you will work to increase your insight, awareness and self-worth. We will look at the details of your life and discover patterns of behaviors to understand who you are and who you want to be. In session you will work towards attaining clarity and strength. You will work towards understand what is missing and fill in the blanks. I integrate psychotherapy, mindfulness, and art therapy to help clients access and process their emotions. There is no expectation that you make art in session, often talking is preferred.

There are so many situations in life that can spark troubling feelings and leave you overwhelmed. With everything you are juggling, you've been avoiding your worries and probably neglecting your needs. This can work well for a while; but now, something has to give. Together we will build a deeper understanding of your troubles, how they came to be, and how you can begin to shift away from them. Using an active, hands on approach you will begin to change patterns of thought and action that are leading to difficulties, limiting you or sabotaging your happiness.

I am a straightforward therapist with over 30 years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families. I work well with those who can be in touch with their feelings, but also want to make some straightforward practical changes in their lives. I use my many years of experience to quickly zero in on solutions that work. I intervene well with couples who are in conflict or who are dealing with divorce, infidelity, or financial struggles. If you feel sad, distraught, overwhelmed, keyed up, or on edge, I am ready to meet you where you're at and help you feel focused and clear on what you need to do next.

Do anxiety and depression hinder your life? Do you suffer from poor self esteem which effects your quality of life and your relationships? Are you nervous and fearful in social situations? Are you having marital conflict, dealing with infidelity or relationship issues? Is your workplace stressful and anxiety provoking? Have you experienced an acute or a chronic ongoing trauma? Are you having difficulty adjusting to or coping with college? If you answered yes to any of these questions I can provide the help that you are looking for.

Therapy is a gift you give yourself. A time and place to explore the things causing you strain or stress, things you may not be happy with in your life, or relationships causing you conflict. All of these can lead to depression and anxiety. Starting therapy can be the first step toward healthier coping and a happier more fulfilling life. Why not give yourself that gift? As former coach Lou Holtz wisely said "It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it”. A lesson that applies to everyday life ...