by Atara Wertentheil | Jul 16, 2022 | Resilience
Anger is a draining emotion. When you experience anger, and do not have a way to make an immediate change to fix the thing that is making you angry, the anger serves little point. Yet it requires intense energy. It is easy to hang on to anger and continue recalling...
by Atara Wertentheil | Jun 29, 2022 | Anxiety and Stress
Life is filled with “what if” questions This is one of our brains’ survival tactics. By asking, “What if?”, we get a chance to brainstorm all the available outcomes and choose the one that will have the best results. But too often, the what if questions we end up...
by Atara Wertentheil | Jun 15, 2022 | Self Esteem and Confidence
Change is hard. Behavioral change is even harder. Your behaviors are habitual responses, many of which have been in development for as long as you have been alive. Changing that habitual response can be an extreme challenge even when you consciously want to make...
by Atara Wertentheil | May 31, 2022 | Anxiety, Anxiety and Stress
Many things are frightening when we are children. With a lack of understanding and a lack of experience, any new ideas can be alarming. But these fears often fade away naturally as we get older and learn more about the world around us. Other fears that develop from...
by Atara Wertentheil | May 17, 2022 | Long Island Therapy
As psychotherapists, most of our daily work involves identifying the places where my clients want something different, and then helping them determine the positive change they need to make to get there. The phrase “but change is hard” is relatively common to hear. It...