If your emotional needs were ignored, dismissed, or minimized as a child, it can be difficult to identify the impacts on your mental health as an adult. The beliefs about yourself that you form when you’re young can seem like facts, but they’re not. Can emotional neglect you experienced as a child cause low self-esteem? […]
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Am I Too Sensitive? (Or Just A Highly Sensitive Person?)
You may have been told by others to stop “overreacting” or “being too sensitive”. Your family, friends, or community may tell you expressing emotions is a “sign of weakness”. You may identify as an empath and can’t help but connect with the feelings and emotions of those around you. You often feel like you don’t […]
5 Trauma Release Exercises You Can Try At Home
Trauma affects every aspect of your life, your body, and your mind. It manifests itself in both psychological, emotional and physical ways, but despite it’s deeply impacting effects, there are many ways to find relief. One of those ways is by practicing Trauma Release Exercises, or TREs. Stress causes the body to remain in “fight, […]
Healing from Childhood Emotional Neglect
Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN) may be a concept that you have heard of, but may never have identified with. We know that the word neglect often has a negative connotation and may not sit right with you. Some instances of CEN are a result of being raised by parents who were absent, abusive, narcissistic, or […]
4 Subtle Exercises to Calm Anxiety in Public
Anxiety is among one of the most common disorders that individuals face. And while there may be times that you feel like you can manage your anxiety, it can be challenging to cope with symptoms of anxiety when you are outside of the comfort and safety of your home. The therapists at Cohesive Therapy NYC […]
Therapy for Grief and Loss
Most of us will experience grief or loss in some form during our lives due to death, a relationship rupture, or some other circumstance. But how we experience loss and grief is unique. When dealing with a tragic loss, some people may experience feelings of deep sadness or anger. Others may feel nothing at all. Everyone […]
