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I am warm, open, and informal. People feel safe and comfortable enough to trust me with their secrets, fears, and intimacies. I am aware that by the time you call a therapist, you want some relief! So, I work from the "Top Down" -- giving stress-relief, relaxation, new perspectives, and ways to help you to feel better quickly --as well as from the "Bottom Up", so you understand why you are the way you are, and how you might change what you want to...

Are you struggling with relationship issues, loss of a loved one, or challenges with family members? Are you or your loved ones struggling with addiction? Together, we can explore your current behaviors and beliefs and begin to unpack how your experiences from the past may be impeding your ability to live peacefully and purposefully in the present. I will help you relieve your distress, strengthen your inner resources and sense of self, and develop more authentic ways of communicating in order to enrich the relationships in your life (including the one with yourself).

My passion is helping people adjust to significant transitions in their lives. Often when we experience changes in our lives, we lose our sense of balance and identity. These changes may be caused by the death of a loved one, shifts in family roles, adjustment to an illness, or new demands at school or work. In our work, you will gain a deeper understanding of how these transitions are impacting your mood, quality of life, and overall happiness. I work with clients to set and achieve realistic goals, while using one's values and strengths to help achieve these goals.

The decision to engage in therapy takes courage. I view therapy as the first step in exploring our experiences– really trying to understand the dynamics within our relationships whether it is with family, friends, intimate partners, or colleagues. You may be feeling sad, anxious, lonely & not sure of a way to move forward. Together we can help you understand your feelings better, so that you can gain insight into your fears & frustrations, past emotional wounds, & your hopes & wishes for greater life satisfaction. My specialties include: depression, parenting, grief/loss, relationships & caring/coping with sick family members.

Welcome! My virtual teletherapy space supports adults, teens, and families living in New York. I specialize in working with clients impacted by trauma and other adverse childhood experiences. As a trauma survivor myself, I have taken my own self-healing journey that has led to the development of my whole-person approach to health. I aim to provide my clients with tools that can support self-healing and building a more authentic relationship with the authentic self.

I am a licensed clinical social worker with over a decade of experience working with adolescents and adults. I have extensive experience with survivors of trauma, and often use a trauma-informed lens. I focus on issues that impact the life cycle, including relationship stressors, parenting challenges, career choices, managing the effects of chronic illness, and dealing with aging parents. In addition, I am skilled at helping clients and families deal with end of life issues, grief and bereavement.

Yidong will engage with what you just said, try to read between lines and listen for the emotional experience behind what you speak of. Yidong will gather many stories from you, and its underlying experiences, like little beads on a necklace; we will find the thread to connect all the beads together. Through differentiating and clarifying, your understanding towards what has happened to you might start shifting, new room will be created, and relief will follow. You will know self-containment is possible, and develop capacity to observe your "inner theater." These developments will help you make fitting decisions in what you do.

When you feel stuck or experience anxiety, insecurity, sadness, a loss of meaning, or complex feelings that are not easy to explain and to understand - it helps to talk about it and to process emotions in a safe, respectful, and supportive co-created environment. You know intrinsically that there’s a way out of painful experiences, but you don’t know which path to take, or sometimes life is going well, but you feel that it has much more to offer. Whatever the obstacle to your desired life: transition, loss, trauma, stress, identity crisis, or difficult relationship, there is always a way forward.

I am accepting new clients. I combine compassionate care with evidence-based therapies to enable you to set and meet goals, feel better, and live the life you want and deserve. My goal is to provide you with a caring, comfortable, and supportive environment to discuss your concerns and help you develop new skills to improve your quality of life. Some of my clients only require a few sessions while others may benefit from longer-term counseling. I am exclusively a tele therapist. This allows you to see a therapist from the comfort and convenience of your own home. When I'm not seeing patients, I am a professor at Rutgers.

I specialize in helping women navigate the struggles of parenting, both in the transition to motherhood, and in the ongoing challenges of parenting and relationships. I help women build the support they need to take better care of themselves and their families. I integrate psychodynamic therapy with cognitive behavioral techniques (CBT) to treat perinatal anxiety and mood disorders, trauma and bereavement after pregnancy loss and help women navigating infertility. I also work with couples navigating the challenges of connection and intimacy, learning ways to better communicate and understand one another.

With over 25 years of experience, my specialty areas include couples therapy, infidelity, partners of sex addicts, substance abuse and recovery, sex addiction, individual therapy for anxiety, depression, EMDR trauma resolution DWI assessments, loss, bereavement and life coaching through difficult situations. I am extensively trained in a number of relationship therapy modalities and trauma resolution with the ability to use a wide range of therapy interventions to help you.

At the heart of my work, I collaborate with you in tending to your emotional life, helping you build resilience while cultivating sustainable happiness. I work with individuals, parents, couples, people searching for healthy relationships, anyone seeking to effect change, and people overwhelmed by maladaptive patterns in their lives. Drawing from my training and life experience, we'll work skillfully and compassionately, together, toward achieving your goals. With a profound belief in the capacity for people to transform themselves, I can create a safe place to heal and grow.

I take a highly interactive, supportive, and collaborative approach to therapy. My goal is to help you function and feel better in the present by addressing the frustrating or repetitive behaviors or cycles that have held you back, Together, we will develop greater insight about your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that undermine your relationships and productivity. My hope is that our work together will not only be enriching and meaningful, but that it will create the change you are looking for to live a fulfilling life.

Vitality, growth, love, empathy, and meaning are essential to healthy functioning and a sense of well-being. We often create these gratifying experiences through an authentic and positive connection with ourselves and others. However, sometimes these connections are hindered due to difficult life experiences, such as loss of a loved one, career and life transitions, addiction, divorce, or relationship concerns. These struggles can lead to feeling down, isolated, anxious and confused about how to move forward. I understand and am here to help.

Are you seeking therapy to find relief from issues that have become too overwhelming, limiting, or debilitating? Are you looking to improve your relationships or process a difficult diagnosis or loss? I will work collaboratively with you to gain a deeper understanding of your emotions by analyzing past experiences and current life circumstances to bring relief and resolution. I will help you to better understand yourself and your relationships by improving communication and emotional awareness. My goal as your counselor is to help you meet your therapeutic goals and enact the change you want to see in yourself and your life.

Stress, anxiety and traumatic experiences block us from living more freely and joyfully. If you're struggling to feel better, I'm glad you're here. I can help you suffer less and rewire some of your old thoughts, feelings and relationship patterns so you can feel more fully yourself. Patterns have their purpose but when we slow down and get curious about them, they can transform themselves. I use a mind-body approach with a relational lens. I create a safe space for you to explore your world more deeply. If you feel stuck after years of talk therapy, I can help. I see children, adolescents, adults, couples & families virtually.

I am deeply passionate about the power and benefit of therapy, and have seen it work countless times to bring comfort, stability, peace, and growth to so many, including myself. Through forming a trusting and collaborative relationship with a counselor, therapy can provide you with insight into how past events have shaped your present, with tools that help relieve you from negative patterns or emotions, and with confidence to move forward and live an empowered, healthy life.

Going through profiles, you may not be sure what you are looking for in a therapist. I offer clients a free consultation call to determine what they need from both therapy and their therapist in order to move forward in life. If I’m not a good fit, I’ll provide you with referrals accordingly.

Over the past 25 years, I have partnered as therapist, teacher, graduate professor, and learner with adults, children and their families, and couples. Most are within a transition, filled with angst, anticipation, conflicting emotions and thoughts. Many are navigating a loss relating to illness, relationship, academics, and often the ambiguous loss of expectations. There is suffering, sadness, anxiety, and often lack of trust in one's self and abilities. You have the resources, yet you may need a tool to assist accessing and building upon your strengths with a renewed sense of hope and confidence in varied future possibilities.