How do you move forward when your life feels stuck?
It can be easy to get lost in your own mind. Stuck in an endless loop of negative thoughts and unpleasant feelings. Over time, you begin to wonder if a different life is even possible. How can you “feel better” when you don’t even remember what feeling better looks like?
Whether you are undergoing a significant transition in your life, struggling with a lack of trust and security as a result of unprocessed trauma, or simply looking for individualized mental health support, we create an open, nonjudgmental atmosphere where healing and new direction can take place. Working together, we can help you rise above the patterns and obstacles keeping you stuck.
We all have a unique set of circumstances that led us to where we are today. Online therapy in NYC helps you uncover your mental health origin story. By diving deep into why you feel this way, you can leave the past behind and consciously decide how to write the next chapter of your life.
At AleroCares, our psychotherapy specialties include:
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
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Anxiety
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Depression
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Couples Therapy
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Counseling for Active military personnel
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Low Self-Esteem
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
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Phobias
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Pre-Marital Counseling
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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Psychiatric Referrals for Medication management
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Sleep disorders
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Stress Management
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Trauma
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Relationship Issues
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Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs)
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Postpartum depression (PPD)
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Life Transitions & Adjustment disorders
Depression Counseling
Living with depression can feel like walking through mud. Even the simplest of tasks may seem difficult. Getting out of bed. Moving your body. Eating. Working. Motivating. Smiling.
Depression is a vicious circle. It slows you down mentally and physically. As a result, you feel worse. This leads you to do less, which actually increases the weight of depression.
As dark and heavy as life may seem, depression is NOT a state you’re stuck in forever.
Improvement is Possible
Ensuring the well-being of your body and mind is the crucial first step towards positive change. Our thoughts have the power to both harm and heal. Through our New York counseling and therapy services, you will gain access to practical exercises, tools, and methods designed to reignite the light in your life.
Anxiety Counseling
Like an unwanted houseguest, anxiety shows up in your mind and refuses to leave. It makes your brain gets stuck in a repetitive loop of “what if?” Fear and worry can paralyze you to the point where overwhelm kicks in and you completely shut down. Sound familiar?
In its purest form, anxiety is a powerful and natural motivator. It activates our primal flight or fright response and keeps us safe. However, when anxiety runs unchecked, it can consume our mind and body – making us feel awful both inside and out.
What would it be like to give your racing mind a rest?
Life without anxiety is relaxing. When your brain doesn’t have to sort through constant feelings of fear, worry, stress, shame, guilt, or embarrassment, it has space for other thoughts. This clarity helps propel you in all areas of your life … especially your relationships and career.
In therapy sessions, we use a mix of EMDR, EFT, and other techniques to help you overcome anxiety. Together, we will identify the source of your anxiety and develop a plan to stop those intrusive thoughts before they take over your mind.
Therapy for Phobias
Phobias come in all shapes and sizes. Elevators. Doctors. Dentists. Closed spaces. Open spaces. Public speaking. Planes. Trains. Automobiles. Blood. The list goes on. Fundamentally, you understand your fear is irrational. Yet, no amount of data or statistics can convince your brain to believe otherwise.
Instead, your heart beats against your chest like a caged animal trying to break free. Your mind screams at you to run away and never come back. It feels like death is just around the corner if you go through with it.
Your natural human instinct tells you to simply avoid the phobia. However, that just makes it stronger.
A phobia is a learned response. It is a story your brain created to keep you safe. Fortunately, anything that has been learned can be unlearned.
Imagine coming face to face with your phobia and trusting that everything will be OK. That’s where therapy comes in. Together, we will slowly build up your courage and confidence. Using a mix of TF-CBT, DBT, EMDR, EFT, and talk therapy, you will learn to overcome your fears and replace your paralyzing thoughts with positive ones. Learn more about our New York counseling services today.
Therapy for Trauma
You are safe … even if it does not feel that way. Your traumas exist in the past … even if it feels like they control your present. Terror. Nightmares. Flashbacks. Guilt. Shame. It’s easy to get stuck and lose the ability to differentiate between then and now.
When a trauma occurs, our mind does its best to make sense of it. “This happened. Am I safe? Will it happen again?” Often, your brain sends a signal to your body to tense up. This response is supposed to be temporary. But, what happens when the tension stays with you for weeks … or months … or years?
The key to recovering from trauma is retraining your brain to believe that you are safe in the now.
Flashbacks and nightmares are your mind’s way of sorting through the trauma. Your subconscious wants to come to terms with what happened. Your body wants to be free of the heavy weight it holds. Therapy can help you get unstuck.
Our Trauma Fast-Track program uses a mix of TF-CBT, CBP, DBT, Exposure therapy, Subconscious Reprogramming, and Somatic Therapy to help you learn how to overcome your trauma. We will focus on your body first and discover where your trauma is stored. Then, at a pace that feels right to you, we will unpack the trauma itself.
Low Self-Esteem Counseling
Everyone makes it sound so easy. “Just love yourself,” they say. But how? There’s a critic living inside your head and it keeps shouting at you. How can you possibly change your thoughts and beliefs when everything good feels like a lie?
When a trauma occurs, our mind does its best to make sense of it. “This happened. Am I safe? Will it happen again?” Often, your brain sends a signal to your body to tense up. This response is supposed to be temporary. But, what happens when the tension stays with you for weeks … or months … or years?
Low self-esteem trickles down to so many parts of your life. Do you ever:
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Have trouble accepting compliments?
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Need to achieve perfection to not feel like a failure?
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Quickly dismiss your positive qualities?
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Struggle with setting boundaries?
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Constantly criticize yourself?
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Criticize others in an attempt to take the spotlight off yourself?
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Wonder how others live such great lives while you are always struggling?
Self-compassion is the key to improving your self-esteem. A Brooklyn, Bronx, Queen and Manhattan therapist can help you learn how to acknowledge your feelings and thoughts, accept your imperfections, and soothe yourself with comfort and kindness.
Postpartum Depression
Postpartum depression might initially look like the baby blues in the early stages. However, depression symptoms are typically longer-lasting and more intense.
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Irritability or anger
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Severe mood swings
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Excessive crying
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Persistent low energy
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Desire to withdraw from others
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Challenges bonding with your baby
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Difficulty concentrating or making decisions
Without treatment, postpartum depression can lead to thoughts or actions of self-harm and suicide. If you’re thinking of harming yourself or someone else, seek immediate medical attention at the nearest hospital emergency room or call 988 for the suicide and crisis hotline
Postpartum depression is a serious mental health condition that can develop in women following pregnancy and childbirth.
While many women experience some level of sadness or anxiousness (known as the “baby blues”) soon after giving birth, some women continue to feel hopeless or worthless for weeks or months after delivering their child.
Your treatment plan for postpartum depression may include a combination of psychotherapy and antidepressant medications.
Relationship Counseling:
Bridge the Distance and Reconnect with Your Partner
Lately, have you started drifting apart and don’t know how to close the gap?
Even though you know how to coexist with each other, you may have stopped having intentional conversations about how you are each feeling in the relationship.
Couples therapy gives you simple everyday tools to increase trust and intimacy in your relationship.
These techniques are based on years of Attachment Theory and The Gottman Institute research.
Experience the joy of meaningful connection.
As we work together, you’ll develop unique tools for your partnership that allow you to navigate conflict in a way that brings you closer together.
This creates a sense of safety with each other and allows your love and intimacy to grow.
Many of my couples report feeling renewed compassion and understanding for one another.
All couples need support from time to time. Don’t let your connection suffer for lack of tools.
