Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people become more psychologically adaptable. ACT encourages you to be more fully in the present. Accepting your deep emotions, traumas, or negative coping mechanisms is key in this therapeutic approach.
ACT maintains that to adapt and grow, a person must fully accept themselves as they are. Therapists practicing ACT believe that suppressing or ignoring painful emotions or experiences is counter-productive to growth and change.
You must investigate your current patterns of thinking to change. After examining these patterns, you can better understand the way your thinking impacts you. This acceptance of your patterns and habits helps you change your behaviors.
Trying to stop ways of thinking can be detrimental to ACT. Your therapist will help you understand how and why you think a certain way. Your ACT therapist will encourage you to accept yourself within a given moment. This acceptance is ultimately the catalyst for change.
After fostering the acceptance of the present moment, with all its thoughts, beliefs, and experiences, your ACT therapist will encourage you to develop a new, more compassionate relationship with your experience.
Individuals experiencing a wide range of psychological issues can benefit from ACT because it emphasizes their unique relationship with their problems.
Welcome to Eastside Mental Wellness. Whether you are experiencing a long-standing issue or a sudden change in your life, you will find help and hope here. I have been a psychologist for 9 years, working with couples undergoing infertility or pregnancy loss, and individuals facing a new medical diagnosis, depression and anxiety. Together, we will infuse new hope into your life and better tools t...
Suffering can be emotional pain, physical pain, pain caused by love, death, or even loss. Sometimes our suffering can be more than we can bear and we need help to understand the source of our pain and how to move past it. Very often we are unaware of the thoughts that cause us pain. By becoming aware of the thoughts behind suffering, you can change the thoughts and promote peace. In other words...
Depression triggered by feeling hopeless and helpless, High anxiety triggered by work stress and feeling overwhelmed with projects , Anger issues because people don’t understand you and you don’t understand people, Trauma because your experience of abuse and neglect is currently affecting your life, Infidelity because you lack spontaneity and adventure in your relationship, Marital resolutions...
As founder and director of Perspectives Psychological Services, a team practice, I emphasize providing all clients with precise initial assessments to clarify their needs and specific diagnoses. My treatment style is built upon the assumption that you are the expert on you! Therefore, I focus on creating a collaborative, trusting and supportive environment, where we work together to tailor an...
My approach to therapy is "come as you are and let's get down to work” in an environment of acceptance, compassion, and kindness. I am able to get to the heart of complex problems, gently and creatively challenging old patterns of thought and behavior to collaboratively find simple solutions my clients can begin implementing that day. With nearly 30 years’ diverse experience spanning the fields...
My goal is to help you work through your trauma, anxiety and depression in the short term and implement practices that help you continue to thrive in the future. My mode of therapy includes traditional talk therapy, mind-body solutions, nutritional and holistic referrals/resources. As an avid researcher and practitioner, I incorporate a range of therapeutic techniques pulling from a variety of...
People come to me feeling disconnected from themselves and what matters most to them in life. For over a decade, I have helped people recover from upsetting experiences and toxic relationships that have shaken them to their core. Many of those I help also work in creative fields or are entrepreneurs, the work stresses of which can collide with traumatic pasts and lead to feeling unsettled and...
Maybe you find yourself at a crossroad in your life and don't know what path to take, or are feeling stuck, depressed or unsure what you are going. Or maybe you know where you want to go but can't see how to get there. You might be experiencing depression, anxiety, anger, hopelessness, or a lack of meaning in your life. Sometimes we need to talk to someone who listens and doesn't tell us what t...
Change, loss and trauma generate stress. Persistent stress can lead to the development of negative thoughts about oneself and the world. Unresolved stress is linked to disease, disturbance in behavior and emotions and diminished well-being. Through therapy one can identify personal strengths, enhance awareness, and create opportunity for change, growth and healing. I have 30 years of profession...
***As of 11/15/2020 I am not accepting new clients.*** Welcome! I'm Dr. Michael Miello and I am a New York State licensed clinical psychologist. My goal is to provide my clients with the most effective and compassionate psychotherapy possible. Painful emotions, unwanted, unhelpful thoughts, and stagnation in our goals-these can seem to take over our lives. At the same time we have a strong desi...
My job is to interpret and apply current theory and empirically validated treatments in an ethical manner with the goal of relieving your distress. I believe when working with clients, that it is important to attend to the affect, cognition, and behavior of the individual to identify any characteristics of psychopathology. The goal of therapy is to help you express, alter, and understand what i...
I am an Integrative Clinical Psychologist. You may initially come to me to get unstuck from an overextended problem, but stay because of the soul work we do in the sacred space we co-create. As a real person in the room, my clients experience a level of caring and compassion that opens the door to their healing and progress. I help my clients reclaim their inherent value to live out whole,...
I was drawn to practice therapy out of a desire to honor the inherent worthiness of people, provide empathy and space for our shared human vulnerabilities and to give encouragement in the process of finding wholeness. I am a licensed social worker and have been working in the mental health field since 2007 in a variety of settings including shelter, emergency, and clinical practices while gaini...
In the therapy room, I aim to create a safe & confidential space for self-exploration, emotional healing, personal transformation, & self-discovery. My counseling style is collaborative, empathetic, non-judgemental, warm & extremely supportive. I use an eclectic approach, blending evidence-based interventions. I am a results-driven, trauma-informed, solution-focused clinician that stays abreast...
Everyone deserves a safe space to process life's challenges. My goal is to help create that safe space so you can move past obstacles that are preventing you from reaching your full potential. I am most passionate about working with young adults around identity and relationship challenges. Many of us struggle with self image and identity and my desire is to help you work through those challenge...
