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Bayport NY 11705

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LONG ISLAND, NYC, NY,
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SPECIALIZED THERAPY FOR
TRAUMA, PTSD & GRIEF
EMDR, Flash, EFT, PC, IFS, Trauma Intensives, & Holistic Therapy

"I can't believe this!  It's like the problem I was struggling with is just gone now..."

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If You’re Living With Trauma, PTSD, or Grief — You’re Not Alone

Many people come to counseling because something inside doesn’t feel right anymore.
You may not have words for it yet — just a sense that life feels heavier, harder, or unfamiliar.

Below are some experiences clients often share. If any of this sounds like you, you’re not broken — and help is possible.

 

🧠 When Trauma Is Still Showing Up

Trauma can come from many experiences — abuse or neglect, accidents, medical events, violence, loss, or long-term stress. No matter the cause, its effects can linger in ways that feel confusing or overwhelming.

You might notice:

  • Feeling stuck in survival mode, always on edge or easily startled

  • Difficulty relaxing or feeling safe in your own body

  • Intrusive memories, flashbacks, or nightmares

  • Feeling emotionally numb or disconnected from yourself or others

  • Avoiding places, people, or situations that remind you of what happened

  • Physical symptoms like a tight chest, stomach issues, headaches, or panic sensations

  • Shame or self-blame, even when you know it wasn’t your fault

  • Struggling with trust, closeness, or relationships

  • Feeling like you don’t recognize who you are anymore
     

If this sounds familiar, contact us to see how we can help:

  • “I can’t move on.”

  • “I’m exhausted from being on guard all the time.”

  • “I want my life back.”

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😰 When PTSD Is Running the Show
PTSD can feel overwhelming, consuming, and hard to escape. It’s not just about the past — it’s how your body and mind stay stuck in survival mode.

You may be experiencing:

  • Intrusive memories, flashbacks, or distressing reminders

  • Nightmares or trouble sleeping through the night

  • Feeling constantly on edge, alert, or easily startled

  • Avoiding people, places, or situations that trigger memories

  • Emotional numbness or feeling disconnected from yourself or others

  • Sudden anger, irritability, or emotional outbursts

  • Physical symptoms like a racing heart, shortness of breath, tension, or nausea

  • Guilt, shame, or self-blame related to what happened

  • Difficulty relaxing or feeling safe, even in calm environments

  • Periods of dissociation — feeling unreal, detached, or “checked out”
     

If this sounds familiar, contact us to see how we can help:

  • “I can’t escape what happened.”

  • “My past is controlling my present.”

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🕊️ When You’re Carrying Grief

Grief doesn’t follow a timeline — and it doesn’t only come from death. It can stem from miscarriage, divorce, illness, estrangement, or major life changes.

You might notice:

  • Deep sadness, emptiness, or waves of grief that come out of nowhere

  • Feeling numb or stuck, even though time has passed

  • Loneliness or feeling misunderstood

  • Guilt or regret about what was said — or left unsaid

  • Anger toward others, yourself, or even God

  • A loss of identity or meaning

  • Physical exhaustion, brain fog, or changes in appetite

  • Strong emotional reactions around anniversaries or milestones
     

If this sounds familiar, contact us to see how we can help:

  • “I feel alone in this.”

  • “I don’t know how to carry this.”

  • “Everyone else moved on, but I can’t.”

     

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🔁 When Trauma, PTSD, and Grief Overlap

These experiences often intersect. You might feel:

  • Out of control or afraid of your emotions

  • Isolated or withdrawn

  • Ashamed for struggling

  • Disconnected from yourself or others

  • Like something inside you is “broken” or permanently changed

  • Unable to function the way you used to at work, school, or in relationships


     

🚪 The moment you decide you're ready to feel better

People often seek counseling when:

  • Their usual coping strategies stop working

  • Symptoms begin interfering with daily life

  • An event reactivates old wounds

  • They’re exhausted from “holding it together”

  • Someone they trust encourages them to get help

  • They’re afraid of what might happen if things continue this way


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🌱 How Specialized Trauma, PTSD, & Grief Therapy Can Help

You may not know how it will work, but specialized counseling can help you  

  • Feel safe again — in your body and in your life

  • Understand your patterns and reactions instead of fearing them

  • Learn tools to manage overwhelming emotions

  • Process painful experiences at a pace that feels right

  • Reconnect with yourself and others

  • Find meaning, peace, or a sense of grounding again

  • Eliminate triggering, feeling more neutral, become more emotionally even and grounded

  • Experience life in the moment and not through the lens of past experiences 
     

You don’t have to carry this alone.
Specialized counseling makes healing and relief possible, in a safe, compassionate, and effective way. 

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CONTACT US NOW TO GET STARTED
with one of our Holistic Therapists that specialize in Trauma, Anxiety, & Grief
631-533-0708     info@positivecounselingli.com
We offer Virtual AND In-Person Sessions

Our Specialized Services For Anxiety, Trauma, PTSD & Grief
We are trained in the most advanced techniques to not only help you through your challenges, but to also help you transform into relief, freedom, and thriving. 
 

Life Can Be Extremely Hard At Times.
Here at POSITIVE ENERGY Holistic Counseling & Institute, we recognize that most people have had a mixture of life experiences, positive and negative.  We are also aware that MOST people have had several very hard experiences, even traumatic ones, in their lives.  And, sometimes people are not aware of the impact these hard things have made on their choices, behaviors, addictions, world view, self-perception, beliefs, goals, or ability to achieve them. 


What Therapies Help Trauma, PTSD & Grief The Most?
We are equipped with the most advanced, empirical tools to help people with more than just everyday challenges.  We are trained in the best-of-the-best , most advanced techniques that harness the power of neuroscience and psychology to soothe anxiety, release stored trauma, and relieve the grip that hard experiences have made on our lives. 


You're In Good Hands. We Are Skillfully Effective In: 
CBT,  EMDR, EMDR Intensives & EMDR Mini-Intensives, Flash Technique,  EFT,  DBT, IFS,  Somatic Release & Polyvagal Techniques,   Advanced Holistic Counseling & Coaching,  the most effective holistic therapies (including meditation, visualization, breathwork, spirituality, manifestation and life coaching).
 
We bring ALL of the best modalities to session and will use the approaches that will be most effective for your specific needs.  In other words, we bring all the best swords to the fight, and may use all or some of these modalities at any time to make sure your treatment is effective.
 


MEET OUR THERAPISTS WHO SPECIALIZE IN TRAUMA, PTSD & GRIEF:
 
 
 
 
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HOW DO EACH OF THESE SPECIALIZED MODALITIES HELP?:

  • Below you will find a description of each specialized therapy and how it helps.

  • But you don't have to pick one or know which one will help you the most-  that's our job :)   ​

  • Your therapist will your needs, past experiences, your current coping strategies, & you goals, so that they can design a treatment plan with you. 

  • They will discuss which modalities are likely to get you the best results and you will decide together on therapies, frequency, and length of sessions. 

  • We are your teammates in your well-being and success, in your healing and thriving. 

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EMDR:  EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING

What It Helps With: 
 

​How it works: 
EMDR helps the brain process distressing memories so they are no longer disruptive. During a session, you'll briefly focus on a memory while your therapist guides you through a type of bilateral stimulation, like eye movements or tapping, to help the brain re-file the memory as it would any other past event. This allows you to remember the event without the same intense emotions, stress, or physical sensations, helping you heal and move forward
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EMDR & TRAUMA INTENSIVES:

We are especially trained in helping clients heal and resolve their challenges more efficiently with Trauma Intensives and Mini Trauma Intensives.  This approach allows clients to make rapid progress on resolving difficult issues, trauma, anxiety, and past challenges. 
 
Mini-EMDR & Trauma Intensives: 2-4 hours concentrated therapy with clients using EMDR, Flash, EFT, PC, IFS, DBT Skills and other modalities to bring you to resolution and thriving. This is highly focused therapy and allows for more efficiency and enables us to "get more done" at one time. 
 
EMDR & Trauma Intensives:  3-5 days of concentrated therapy with clients using EMDR, Flash, EFT, PC, IFS, DBT Skills and other modalities to bring you to resolution and thriving. This is highly focused trauma therapy and allows for more efficiency and enables us to "get more done" at one time.  Some clients will require up to 2 weeks of Trauma Intensive therapy. 
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FLASH TECHNIQUE

What it helps with:
-Flash is technique that offers extremely rapid resolution of distressing issues and memories without having to talk about or focus on the problem much
-Within minutes, clients often report that the memory has faded, become less vivid or distressing

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  • Trauma and PTSD

  • Anxiety and phobias

  • Guilt, shame, and other complex emotions 

  • Depression

  • Intrusive thoughts and emotions

  • Being easily overwhelmed

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How it works: The Flash Technique is a trauma-processing method that helps resolve disturbing memories by minimizing conscious engagement with the trauma itself. It works by having a client focus on a positive or neutral image or activity while briefly and repeatedly "checking in" on a traumatic memory, often prompted by rapid blinking. This allows for distress reduction with minimal emotional discomfort and can be used as a standalone therapy or as a preparation for therapies. Preliminary research has found Flash to be non-distressing, safe, rapid, effective, and extremely efficient.  

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EFT or "TAPPING":  EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE

What it helps with: 

  • Pain management

  • Phobias and fears

  • Addictions

  • Sleep problems

  • Anxiety and stress

  • Trauma and PTSD 

  • Depression

  • Removing Success blocks &  reprogramming limiting beliefs

 

How it works:
EFT is a is a holistic therapy that involves tapping on specific meridian points on the body while focusing on negative emotions or experiences to reprogram or relieve them.  ​This effective technique involves tapping on a sequence of nine specific points on the body, known as meridian points, while repeating phrases related to the issue.  EFT can have an immediate effect in changing negative thinking and reprogramming it with positive, successful thoughts. 

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AHC:  ADVANCED HOLISTIC COUNSELING & COACHING tm 

What it helps with and how it works:
 

  • ​AHC is a trademarked model of therapy created by Beth Miller, LCSW-R, CEC, CAHCC that combines the best of traditional psychotherapy with the most effective holistic modalities.

  • This model includes the best aspects of traditional CBT, DBT, IFS, EFT Tapping, neuroscience, brain and body reprogramming, Energy Healing, Spiritual Counseling, meditation, mindfulness, intuition development, chakra healing, and more  

  • This approach enables therapists to approach all client issues from a holistic perspective

  • This model is organized around the central concept of "Alignment", where the therapist helps the client to align "every layer of their being" 

  • This model enables therapists to "show up" to each therapy session with a huge tool bag of techniques so that they can help the client align mentally, emotionally, physically, behaviorally, energetically, and spiritually  

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DBT:  DIALECTICAL BEHAVIORAL THERAPY

What it helps with: 

 

How it works: 

DBT is a specialized therapy that teaches the skills of how to emotionally regulate, tolerate distress, be more effective interpersonally, and become more mindful and self aware​
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IFS OR PARTS WORK:  INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS
What it helps with

  • Substance use disorders

  • Anxiety disorders

  • Depression

  • Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 

  • Relationship problems: Such as interpersonal conflicts, communication difficulties, and intimacy issues 

  • Eating Disorders

  • People pleasing, performance issues, feeling stuck, high achieving challenges, gaps between what you want to do and what you actually do

 

How it works:

IFS, or Internal Family Systems therapy, works by viewing the mind as a system of "parts" or sub-personalities, each with its own role and perspective. The therapy helps individuals connect with their core "Self" to heal wounded parts and balance protective parts like managers and firefighters. This is done by identifying parts, fostering a relationship between the Self and each part, and transforming extreme roles to achieve internal harmony

CONTACT US NOW TO GET STARTED
with one of our Holistic Therapists that specialize in Trauma, Anxiety, & Grief
631-533-0708     info@positivecounselingli.com

TREATMENT OPTIONS & SESSION FREQUENCY
There are several approaches to treating anxiety, trauma, and how life challenges have impacted our lives.  We are uniquely trained in providing both standard-length sessions  and longer trauma intensives to meet our clients needs and goals. 

You don't need to have to know which of these will be best for you. 
Simply contact us and we will help you schedule the right appointment for you. 


Weekly 50-minute sessions:   On a weekly basis, we will assess your challenges and goals, assess your symptoms and life events/trauma history, establish coping resources, and then use EMDR, Flash, EFT, PC, and other modalities to bring you to resolution and thriving.  We hold 50-minute sessions (longer than the typical 45 minutes).  

 
Weekly or bi-weekly 100-minute sessions:  On a weekly or bi-weekly basis, we will assess your challenges and goals, assess your symptoms and life events/trauma history, establish coping resources, and then use EMDR, Flash, EFT, PC, IFS, DBT Skills, and other modalities to bring you to resolution and thriving.  These 100-minute sessions allow us to be more efficient, more thoroughly resolve issues without as many interruptions of opening and closing sessions, and "get more done" at a faster pace. 


EMDR and Trauma Intensives
We are especially trained in helping clients heal and resolve their challenges more efficiently with Trauma Intensives and Mini Trauma Intensives.  This approach allows clients to make rapid progress on resolving difficult issues, trauma, anxiety, and past challenges.  

Mini-EMDR & Trauma Intensives: 2-4 hours concentrated therapy with clients using EMDR, Flash, EFT, PC, IFS, DBT Skills and other modalities to bring you to resolution and thriving. This is highly focused therapy and allows for more efficiency and enables us to "get more done" at one time.  

EMDR & Trauma Intensives:  3-5 days of concentrated therapy with clients using EMDR, Flash, EFT, PC, IFS, DBT Skills and other modalities to bring you to resolution and thriving. This is highly focused trauma therapy and allows for more efficiency and enables us to "get more done" at one time.  Some clients will require up to 2 weeks of Trauma Intensive therapy. 

CONTACT US NOW TO GET STARTED
with one of our Holistic Therapists that specialize in Trauma, Anxiety, & Grief
631-533-0708     info@positivecounselingli.com

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