Therapists in Massapequa, NY

I am an experienced Bilingual (Spanish) Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-R) I work with children, adolescents, and adults. My experience and training help me to provide a rich, fulfilling, and effective therapeutic experience for individuals in treatment. My therapy style is based on the principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). CBT theorizes that the way we think affects the way we feel and behave. My practice of CBT encourages you to examine the present, to be in the moment, and to practice new ways of thinking. Your decision to seek professional mental health care may change your life forever.

As a solution-focused therapist, my goal is to help you uncover your true potential and to live a life that is worth celebrating. While we can't change difficult situations of the past, we can work together to better understand and resolves challenges in your life. By applying complimentary therapy approaches and techniques, we will unearth long-standing behavior patterns or negative perceptions that may be holding you back form experiencing a more fulfilling and meaningful life.

I want to get to know you. I want to get to know you so that I can help you to get to know yourself--your original self, the self you are today, the self you want to be tomorrow. I want you to get to know me. I have more than twenty years of experience helping people help themselves. I have an M.Div. degree (Master of Divinity), an MSW degree, and I am a NYS Licensed Clinical Social Worker. If I cannot help you, I will refer you to someone I think can.

I am compassionate clinician who enjoys working with those looking to uncover whats preventing them from reaching their full potential. Somewhere along the way we can find ourselves struggling to communicate or handle life in an effective way. I help enable clients to recognize their strengths and capabilities to face life's challenges. I work alongside clients in processing what barriers are in the way of reaching their goals and develop with them techniques to overcome them. My hope is that during the course of treatment clients walk away feeling that they've gained skills to walk through life with confidence and self acceptace.

When roadblocks, difficult emotions or major transitions present themselves in life, we have an opportunity to grow. Therapy is a space to gain perspective, examine our lives, and engage in purposeful movement forward. My passion as a therapist is to see individuals tap into their own unique gifts and strengths as they create a life that brings them meaning. I believe that one of the most essential parts of the therapy process is a sense of safety to be oneself while working with someone who genuinely cares. This creates a backdrop from which you can explore thoughts and emotions and thrive in the uncertainty of change.

Do you experience depression and anxiety? Maybe you’ve experienced trauma and don’t know where to turn for help coping with memories and daily reminders of what happened to you? Maybe you struggle with disordered eating? Do you want to heal your relationship with food?

Hello and thank you for viewing my profile! I enjoy treating a diversity of clients, from teenagers through seniors. Most have issues of anxiety, depression, stress-management, identity, ADHD, bipolar disorder, relationships, life changes, family, grief, school, or career. I am very LGBTQIA+ allied. I am easy to talk to and non-judgmental. I love helping people uncover their untapped strengths and resources, and to assist in guiding them through life's many difficulties. I consider my practice style to be Eclectic, meaning that I draw from several theoretical orientations, and utilize what best fits each client's particular needs.

Ever wonder why you end up falling into the same patterns of behavior over and over? Why you battle the same worries again and again? Why you are stuck in the same discontent? I believe I can help you find the answers to these questions, and finally break the cycle.

Join me as you embark on a new experience in your life. I will provide you with a safe space to be your authentic self. Together we will explore who you are and any challenges you may face. I will help you learn to manage life as we know it and set achievable goals. I look forward to supporting and empowering you on your journey.

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 life's challenges.

Picture yourself standing in an empty room, all of your insecurities, fears, loneliness and sadness are present. Imagine you could strip away all of these things and everything that has ever held you back from feeling alive and present. As barriers are removed, your true self can emerge. Give yourself permission to be seen just as you are today. " Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen."

Are you having problems in your relationships with others or feeling disconnected from your partner, family members, friends or coworkers? I specialize in connections, our connections to each other, which I believe are critical to our health, sense of security and our ability to experience happiness. We need each other to thrive in all stages of our lives. I can guide you in strengthening these connections and making choices in relationships that support your mental, emotional and physical health and growth.

Hi there! I'm here to guide, support, and listen to you in the process of change and personal growth. I do my best to provide a warm, safe, and encouraging therapeutic environment to all my clients, while building a strong relationship. I take an open and honest approach while utilizing various therapeutic techniques so that you can reach your fullest potential.

I know how important the early years are for both caregivers and their babies. Helping clients build strong relationships throughout the lifespan using a strengths-based perspective is the foundation of my work. When times get difficult, I work with clients to get them back on track using their proven strengths and talents while utilizing a collaborative approach to facilitate healing.

Life is a series of challenges. Sometimes coping comes easily. Other times, managing can be a complex cycle of anxiety, depression and isolation leaving us feeling weary and emotionally fatigued. The development of a safe trusting therapeutic relationship is where we start to develop strategies to address your own unique needs. I am a licensed clinical social worker with 29 years experience working with individuals, families, couples and adolescents. I have deep respect for any person who makes the decision to explore treatment, and view the client/therapist as members of a 'team', with shared visions, goals and hoped for outcomes.

As life moves forward with its many demands of time and energy, therapy is a place to slow down and reconnect with who you are and where you are right now. Together we can explore your experience both internally and externally, and process any hardships which may disrupt your sense of peace and ability to move towards the person and life you wish to embody. Words and emotions can carry deep meanings, so as a therapist, my priority is not only to listen, but to truly hear you. In that, I aim to support your path of discovering and becoming more aligned with what fulfills you most in your life.

I believe life experiences are the greatest teacher. We go through many life challenges, difficulties, heartaches, but we should never forget the smiles, laughter, joy that come before or after those challenges. I am more a half glass full kind of person but I am pragmatic. I believe that the hard times can be really hard and if we need to cry, we should cry, be angry, be hurt, allow all the emotions to occur and feel them. The trick is to come out of those emotions with a new perspective so that we can grow and find our true self.

If you’ve made it here it’s likely your life and relationships are not offering you all they are meant to. Perhaps you feel stuck, disconnected, overwhelmed. Maybe you’re struggling with a lIfe that doesn’t feel purposeful or a relationship in which you don’t feel honored or understood. For many, our unresolved past pains and disappointments cause chronic heartache and confusion. Making your way out of this entails embarking on a journey of self-discovery. Honoring your truest self is an essential piece in reaching your potential, having rich intimate relationships and experiencing the joy, purpose & passion of being fully alive.