What is Emotional Validation?
Emotional validation is the process of acknowledging, accepting, and understanding another person’s feelings, even if you don’t agree with their perspective or the cause of their emotions. It’s about recognizing that their emotions are genuine and valid, rather than dismissing, minimizing, or judging them. Key aspects of emotional validation: Acknowledgment: Recognize the person’s emotions and…
Losing a Loved One
Losing a loved one can be one of the most difficult experiences in life. Grief can be overwhelming and affect various aspects of your life. It’s essential to acknowledge that grief is a natural response to loss and that everyone experiences it differently. Grief counseling is an effective way to cope with loss because it:…
Divorce Recovery Counseling
Divorce Recovery Counseling in Long Island, New York with the Huntington Relationship Center Dealing with the grief of a broken marriage is a turbulent time where the very foundation of your life is being uprooted, finances are diminishing, social pressures abound, and everything feels completely disoriented. Depression is a common side-effect and comes with the…
Imago Relationship Therapy for Individuals Long Island, NY
The Huntington Relationship Center offers Imago Relationship Therapy for Individuals, Couples & Families in Long Island, New York ROBIN NEWMAN, LCSW-R, PC offers Imago relationship therapy for individuals. Part of our problem is in how we may have been brought up. We don’t always know better, but when equipped with the right knowledge, we can…
Are therapists paid to agree with you?
Robin Newman, Imago relationship therapist: Are therapists paid to agree with you? I often get the question if I ever ‘agree’ with my clients. So, here’s my answer to that: I will always agree with blatant injustice. But, I feel that if I agree completely, I’m letting the person off the hook of looking at…
How we feed into our depression / anxiety
Another question that is often asked to me when people are calling me up to sort of screen me to see if I’m the right fit is they’ll ask me, how I work with their depression / anxiety? I try to approach it as a relational model. I do Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as well. Most…
How do you teach empathy?
Robin Newman, how do you teach empathy? Empathy is the ability to emotionally understand what other people feel, see things from their point of view, and imagine yourself in their place. Essentially, it is putting yourself in someone else’s position and feeling what they must be feeling. I like to explain empathy as looking at…
Therapy for Better Mental Health
Therapy for better mental health with Robin Newman, licensed social worker in Long Island, NY So, somebody said to me, “ugh, 2020.. it sucked..” Yeah, it did. But I’ll tell you something really great that came out of 2020. More people now, than ever before, are finally looking at mental health / therapy as a…
Anger Management: Symptoms & Triggers
Anger is a natural response humans have to certain situations, and it should in no way be something we’re ashamed of. However, having troubles controlling your anger can be an issue. Problems with anger management, often called having “anger issues,” only becomes a problem when you can no longer control it. Anger shows itself as…
Counseling for low self-esteem.
Self-esteem determines the value we put on ourselves: our talents, abilities, and personal existence. In other words, it is an opinion about oneself of being worthy or unworthy of something in life. Self-esteem affects how we think and feel about our everyday life experiences. Low Self Esteem vs High Self Esteem A person with low…
