Trauma and PTSD Therapists in Salt Point, NY

Let's just sit and talk; help me understand where you are and how I might best assist you. I use a person-centered approach to create a safe, therapeutic environment and an empathic, genuine relationship in order to help you and your family to heal, connect, and grow. Together, we can help you to enhance well-being, insight, self-awareness, self-esteem, and healthy relationships that are congruent with your unique values, needs, and meanings.

Trauma isn’t what happens to us. It’s what happens inside of us. If I have learned anything from my own pain, my clients' pain, and the failures of our current system of mental health treatment, it’s that we are constantly misunderstanding the role of traumatic experience. Together we will find a therapeutic approach that works for you and your unique experience. In order to create lasting change in our lives, we need more from therapy than a verbal exchange. Over the last ten years, I have studied and employed a variety of experiential methods to address the root causes of trauma and help individuals invite lasting personal growth.

Hi there, I am so glad you are exploring my page! My name is Lori and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing Telehealth in both New York & Florida. I admire your willingness to explore therapy, this is a courageous first step and not always easy for one to do! I specialize in working with children (6+), teens, and young adults. I am trained in a variety of best practices to treat various symptoms. I utilize a collaborative, person centered approach. I honor the therapy space we share in order to support one's path to healing, coping, and change. I am a strong advocate and believe that everyone has a voice!

You worry all the time about being judged by other people. You feel disconnected from your body and, at the same time, feel like it’s all you think about. You question what you say, how your body looks, if you’re doing things “right,” and there are so many times where your mind feels like it’s on a hamster wheel that you can’t stop. You feel on edge all day and sometimes even feel like you may be having a heart attack. You don’t feel like you fit in anywhere. You’ve been made fun of before for so many different parts of who you are. You’ve been called weird or have been misunderstood at work, in your family, and even in some of your dating relationships. You’ve struggled to find someone who feels like a good fit romantically, and you’re worried there’s something wrong with you. You want to feel more connected to yourself again…

As a psychotherapist and a doctor in counseling, I provide services in English and Spanish myself and with a group of counselors at the group practice Rivas Psychotherapy. I find clients who want to heal and overcome emotional hurt, pain, and trauma. I assist my clients in finding a way back to themselves, their heart, and their resilience. I believe people can recover, learn, grow, and solve their issues through genuine connection and collaboration with others.

I provide Body/Mind/Spirit Trauma Resolution tx that facilitates emotional & physiological healing, empowering clients to learn self compassion as they rewrite their life narrative. We often move through our old stories that influence our present. As an experienced practitioner of Somatic Experiencing (SE), and Psychodrama, I use body based action methods to bring clients into the heart of their stories. SE brings awareness to the connection between sensations and affect to free up the tangles in the nervous system caused by traumatic events that can result in living out of alignment with our true nature.