Many of us struggle to be social. We struggle feeling positive. We struggle to be someone that we’re not. In many cases, we can end up putting up a mask that hides how we really feel, trying our best to show the world a person – a happy, friendly person – even if we don’t feel that way inside.
That can be a problem. It can be a problem for us to live and hide who we are. Still, that type of emotional masking tends to happen subconsciously due to external pressures. What if that positivity and social personality is something we’re doing *on purpose*?
Contrary to what you might think, “faking it” – at least when it’s a positive choice that we’re doing as an exercise in mental health – can have benefits:
People that fake positivity may start to see the world in a more positive way.
People that fake social confidence may start to develop social confidence.
People that fake higher self esteem may start to experience better self esteem.
What we often find is that, when used as an exercise, faking the way that we want to feel and the person that we want to be can create psychological changes that help us adapt to be that person.
How Behaviors Can Affect Emotion
One of the foundational insights in psychology is that behavior and emotion do not flow in only one direction. It is not just that a person feels happy and therefore smiles — it is also possible for the act of smiling to influence how that person feels.
Several psychological theories help explain this relationship. One framework often referenced is Self-Perception Theory, which proposes that people sometimes infer their own emotional state by observing their behavior and the context in which it occurs. In this model, behaving in a positive or socially engaged way can gradually shape a person’s internal experience to align more closely with those actions.
Other processes may also play a role. In some situations, the mismatch between how a person feels internally and how they are behaving externally may create a form of cognitive dissonance, which the mind resolves by adjusting the emotional state. In structured treatment settings, similar principles are used in behavioral activation, where individuals are encouraged to re-engage in meaningful or rewarding activities to interrupt cycles of withdrawal and low mood. In any event, what we find is that:
Acting a Certain Way Can Change How You Feel – When you engage in behaviors associated with a particular emotion (like smiling, speaking confidently, or engaging socially), your brain can start to align your internal state with that external behavior.
Movement Creates Momentum – Depression and anxiety often create inertia. You don’t feel like doing anything, so you don’t do anything, which makes you feel worse. Faking engagement – going through the motions even when you don’t feel like it – can break that cycle and create forward movement.
Social Interaction Reinforces Connection – Even if you’re forcing yourself to engage in conversation or act interested, the act of connecting with others can reduce isolation and provide genuine moments of connection, which improves mood over time.
This doesn’t mean that faking positivity magically cures depression or that performing social skills eliminates anxiety. But it does mean that the performance itself can be therapeutic, and potentially create real, lasting change into your feelings and behaviors.
When Intentional “Faking It” Can Be Helpful
There are specific contexts where deliberately practicing positivity or using learned social behaviors – even when they don’t feel natural in the moment – can serve as a valuable tool for mental health:
Breaking the Cycle of Depression
Depression creates a vicious cycle. You feel bad, so you withdraw from activities and people. That withdrawal reinforces the depression, which makes you feel worse, which makes you withdraw more. Waiting until you “feel like” engaging with life often means waiting indefinitely.
Intentionally faking engagement – showing up to an event even when you don’t want to, having a conversation even when you feel flat, acting interested in something even when nothing feels interesting – can interrupt that cycle. The behavior comes first, and the feeling sometimes follows. Not always, and not immediately, but often enough that the exercise is worth doing.
Creating Positivity in a Seemingly Negative World
If you follow the news these days, or you’ve experienced a lot of hardships, the idea that the world can be a positive and happy place may sound foreign – so much so that you may find yourself saying, feeling, thinking, and acting negatively in ways that are harmful for your mental health.
Pretending to be positive – indeed, acting as you envision a positive person would act – may have the potential to teach you to think and see things more positively. This can be a great way to break the cycle of negativity, and eventually experience much needed positive emotions.
Building Social Confidence Through Practice
Social anxiety and social awkwardness often stem from a lack of experience and practice. If you’ve spent years avoiding social situations, you haven’t had the opportunity to develop the skills that make social interaction easier.
Intentionally practicing social behaviors – making eye contact even when it feels uncomfortable, initiating small talk even when you’re not sure what to say, acting confident even when you’re nervous – builds competence over time. What starts as performance can gradually become more natural as you accumulate evidence that you can handle social situations and as the skills themselves become more automatic.
Developing Self-Esteem Through Action
Low self-esteem often comes with a belief that you’re not capable, not likable, or not worthy. Waiting until you believe in yourself to take action means you never take action, which reinforces the belief that you’re not capable.
Acting as if you have higher self-esteem – speaking up even when you doubt yourself, setting boundaries even when you’re afraid of rejection, trying new things even when you’re not sure you’ll succeed – creates experiences that challenge the negative beliefs. Over time, those experiences can shift how you see yourself, not because you convinced yourself to think differently, but because you proved through action that the negative beliefs weren’t accurate.
The Difference Between Helpful “Faking It” and Harmful Masking
It’s important to distinguish between intentionally practicing behaviors as a mental health exercise and compulsively hiding your true self out of fear or shame. Helpful faking it is intentional, goal oriented, and self-compassionate – where you recognize that the behavior may not feel authentic yet, and that’s okay. You’re giving yourself permission to practice without judgment.
Masking, on the other hand, is:
Compulsive and Fear-Driven – You feel like you have no choice but to hide how you really feel because showing your true self would lead to rejection, judgment, or harm.
Chronic and Exhausting – You’re performing constantly, in every context, with no space to let the mask drop. The performance is draining you.
Disconnecting – The masking is creating distance between you and your true self, making it harder to know what you actually feel or want.
Shame-Based – The performance is rooted in the belief that who you really are is unacceptable or broken, and that you must hide to be worthy of connection.
The key difference is agency. Are you choosing to practice behaviors that serve your growth, or are you trapped in a performance you can’t escape? If you feel like you have to fake it and hide yourself, that’s masking. If you’re performing it as an exercise to change how you think or feel, then it may be worth attempting.
You Can Choose Who You Want to Become
The idea that you have to wait until you feel a certain way to act a certain way is limiting. It traps you in patterns that reinforce the very feelings you want to change.
Intentionally practicing positivity, confidence, or social engagement – even when it feels like “faking it” – can be a powerful tool for growth. It’s not about being dishonest or hiding who you are. It’s about recognizing that behavior can shape emotion, that practice builds skills, and that you have more control over who you become than you might think.
If you’re ready to explore how behavioral practice can support your mental health, or if you need help navigating the balance between growth and authenticity, reach out to Flourish Psychology. Call (917) 737-9475 to schedule a consultation.
You don’t have to wait to feel better to start acting like the person you want to be. Sometimes, acting like that person is what helps you become them.
Therapy is a science. So is the process that creates mental health challenges. We often think about anxiety and depression as just a way that we feel, or even a part of our personality, but they’re actually changes in chemical balances and brain activities that are altered by some of the things going on in our lives.
These conditions alter our reality. They make us feel like what we’re thinking and feeling “is how it is,” and that it’s an accurate representation of the world and our place in it. Yet, what people are really experiencing is the way that chemicals in the body affect the way we think and feel.
That is why it is important to really understand both what is happening to create anxiety and depression, and also what therapy can do about it. While each person’s experience is different, these conditions tend to emerge through identifiable biological and psychological mechanisms that follow a predictable chain of events.
The Initial Stress Response
First, a note: Keep in mind that some conditions can occur without a clear cause, and some may be based on genetics more so than the process we will describe here. Still, it’s important to understand that even in cases where anxiety/depression are caused by genetics, it is still treatable with therapy.
Most cases of anxiety and depression begin with what we’ll call “sustained stress activation.” When a person encounters something that feels threatening – such as a demanding job, loss, or relationship conflict – the brain’s amygdala sends an alert to the hypothalamus. The hypothalamus then triggers the pituitary gland to release signals that activate the adrenal glands, producing stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol.
This is known as the “fight-or-flight” mode. Heart rate increases, attention narrows, and the body prepares for action as if you’re experiencing an actual, physical conflict rather than an emotional one.
In healthy situations, this system turns off when the stress passes. But when the stressor is ongoing – financial pressure, emotional trauma, or prolonged uncertainty – the body continues to release cortisol long after it’s needed.
This prolonged exposure begins to interfere with normal brain chemistry. Cortisol suppresses serotonin and dopamine production and damages neurons in the hippocampus, which regulates emotional memory. The longer the stress continues, the more the brain’s emotional regulation centers struggle to return to balance.
From Temporary Stress to Persistent Anxiety
When the body’s alarm system remains switched on, the amygdala becomes hypersensitive, meaning it begins to trigger the stress response even when no immediate threat exists. Everyday situations – emails, minor disagreements, or unfamiliar settings – start to feel tense or unsafe.
Meanwhile, the prefrontal cortex, which normally evaluates whether a threat is real, begins to lose efficiency. Its ability to override emotional impulses diminishes, allowing worry and tension to dominate thought.
As a result, anxiety develops as a learned biological habit: the brain associates ordinary experiences with danger, producing automatic fear or worry even when the logical mind knows there is no reason for alarm.
How Prolonged Stress Leads to Depression
If chronic stress continues without relief, the brain shifts from hyperarousal (anxiety) to fatigue and shutdown (depression). For some people, it may even skip the hyperarousal part altogether. After months or years of cortisol overproduction, the body begins to conserve energy. The stress system becomes blunted, reducing the release of both cortisol and the neurotransmitters responsible for motivation and pleasure – especially dopamine and norepinephrine.
This creates the physical foundation for depression. Activities that once brought enjoyment no longer produce reward responses in the brain. The dopaminergic pathways that signal satisfaction and purpose grow less active, while the default mode network – the part of the brain involved in self-referential thought – becomes more dominant. This shift increases rumination, self-doubt, and hopelessness.
At the same time, serotonin levels may fall, further reducing mood stability and increasing irritability. Sleep becomes disrupted as the body’s natural rhythm between alertness and rest loses coordination. Over time, this pattern reinforces itself: fatigue leads to reduced activity, which lowers dopamine and serotonin even further, deepening the depressive cycle.
The Role of Inflammation and Physical Health
Chronic stress also triggers inflammatory pathways. When cortisol remains high for long periods, immune cells release cytokines – chemical messengers that promote inflammation throughout the body. These cytokines can cross into the brain, altering neurotransmitter activity and reducing neuroplasticity.
Inflammation disrupts the function of serotonin-producing neurons and decreases the growth of new neural connections in the hippocampus. This helps explain why people experiencing ongoing physical illness, poor sleep, or poor nutrition often see increases in anxiety or depressive symptoms.
The body’s immune and stress systems are directly influencing brain chemistry, and vice versa.
When Brain Circuits Begin to Reinforce Each Other
As these chemical and structural changes take hold, the brain’s circuits begin to reinforce maladaptive patterns. The amygdala remains overactive, the hippocampus loses regulatory control, and the prefrontal cortex has less capacity to intervene. Thoughts become repetitive and self-critical because the neural networks that process threat and negativity are firing more frequently and with less inhibition.
This is why anxiety and depression can feel self-perpetuating. The brain’s chemistry, structure, and thought patterns are all reinforcing the same message – that something is wrong and cannot be changed.
You’ll hear someone tell you that mental health is self-sustaining, and this is why. When left untreated, it becomes a cycle that affects both a person’s thoughts and behaviors in ways that increase anxiety and negativity.
How the Process Can Be Reversed
Fortunately, the same neurobiological systems that create anxiety and depression can also recover. When stress levels decrease, when therapy helps regulate thought patterns, or when medication helps restore neurotransmitter balance, neuroplasticity allows the brain to form new pathways.
Therapy (such as CBT, ACT, or mindfulness-based approaches) strengthens the prefrontal cortex’s ability to regulate emotion and reduces the amygdala’s hyperactivity.
Exercise and improved sleep increase serotonin and dopamine production and lower inflammation.
Antidepressant medication, when used appropriately, can normalize neurotransmitter activity and help the brain respond more effectively to positive experiences.
These interventions do not simply mask symptoms – they directly influence the underlying biological processes that created the problem.
Anxiety and Depression Are Biological Learning
In essence, anxiety and depression represent the brain’s attempt to adapt to prolonged stress. The brain learns to remain alert, cautious, or disengaged as a survival mechanism. What begins as a protective response becomes maladaptive when it no longer matches current circumstances.
By recognizing this, we can change our perspective of what it is and how it’s treated. These are not failures of character or perspective, but the result of identifiable neurochemical and structural patterns that can change with proper support.
The same biology that allowed anxiety and depression to form is the same biology that allows recovery. Through consistent care, therapy, and behavioral change, the brain can restore balance and rebuild resilience – proving that even the most deeply learned stress responses can be unlearned.
It is objectively accurate to say that we live in a political climate with a lot of anxiety. This is not politics as usual, and – regardless of one’s political side – it is becoming increasingly challenging to stay connected to what is going on in the world and still feel like your mental health is in a good place.
It is also becoming more and more common for people to seek therapists because of this political anxiety. Though they may or may not recognize that their anxiety is directly related to politics, often in conversation it becomes clear that there politics is directly affecting their mental health.
If you are also struggling, maybe it’s time for you to think about whether or not it might help to work with a therapist to process politics, your role in it, and what you can do to still lead your best possible life without compromising your passions or values.
Therapy for Politics
You don’t have to disengage. You don’t have to pretend that the world is fine when it isn’t. You also don’t have to – as many people recommend – act as though the people with different politics from you are all fighting for the same thing. Political anxiety exists because we are not all working towards the same goals as a country, or as a world.
You are allowed to feel.
In therapy, the goal is to create a space where you can safely explore these reactions without judgment. A therapist can help you identify the emotions that come up when you read the news, engage in discussions, or think about societal change, and then work with you on how to respond in a way that protects your mental health.
What Political Anxiety Can Look Like
Political anxiety does not always appear as anger or fear. It can present itself through physical tension, insomnia, fatigue, or emotional burnout. Many people find that they are:
Constantly checking or avoiding the news
Feeling hopeless or cynical about change
Experiencing conflict in relationships because of political differences
Struggling to focus on personal goals or responsibilities
Feeling disconnected or powerless in their community
These feelings are not signs of weakness or disengagement — they are natural responses to a prolonged sense of uncertainty and – perhaps even more importantly – overstimulation.
How Therapy Helps You Regain Balance
Working with a therapist provides structure and tools to manage emotional reactions to political events. Rather than suppressing how you feel, therapy helps you understand those feelings and decide how to respond to them more effectively. Together, you and your therapist might:
Establish boundaries around media exposure and social interactions.
Address issues like digital overload.
Determine how to avoid social media algorithm-related distress.
Identify triggers that heighten your stress or anger.
Practice emotional regulation and grounding techniques.
Develop strategies for staying informed without becoming consumed.
Explore your values and identify meaningful, realistic ways to take action.
Through this process, therapy allows you to engage with the world intentionally, not reactively – maintaining your commitment to your beliefs while preserving your emotional stability.
Reclaiming a Sense of Control and Wellbeing
Political awareness does not have to mean living in a constant state of anxiety. With the right therapeutic support, you can reconnect with a sense of agency, compassion, and perspective. Therapy can help you shift from feeling powerless in the face of conflict to feeling grounded, thoughtful, and capable of contributing to change in a sustainable way.
If the weight of the current political climate feels too heavy, reaching out to a therapist may be one of the most meaningful ways to take care of yourself – not by tuning out the world, but by learning how to navigate it with strength and balance. Reach out to Flourish Psychology today to learn more.
EMDR is a fascinating therapy – one of the best tools we have for taking traumatic experiences and processing them so that they no longer control our lives.
Studies have shown that, during a traumatic event, the experience and memories of the event fragment and spread all throughout the brain. This causes them to never truly be processed and moved to long term storage the way that most experiences are, which is why a person still reacts to triggers in life as though the event is still happening.
With Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), the person – in the presence of an EMDR therapist – uses eye movements, rhythmic motions, and guidance from the therapist to go through the events, access these fragments, and move them to long term memory. It’s a highly effective process that has received substantial research and attention, all of which confirms it is effective.
We’re finding that many different types of experiences can be processed with EMDR. Yet the process can differ depending on the trauma. For those with a very specific traumatic event – for example an assault or car accident – it is easy to envision what EMDR might look like. But what about something more ongoing? What about situations in which the trauma was not one experience, but an ongoing on, such as with childhood trauma and neglect?
EMDR for Traumatic Childhoods
When EMDR is focused on an ongoing experience rather than a specific one, the process can take longer and feel different, though the goals and science are very similar.
Childhood trauma often does not revolve around a single event. Instead, it may be issues such as:
Years Of Neglect
Repeated Exposure To Physical Or Emotional Conflict
Emotional Abuse
Unstable Caregiving
Drug Use, And More
Each of these types of experiences disperse around the brain similarly, leaves fragments in memory that build on each other. In a way, you’re not addressing a single trauma, but multiple, and doing so in a way that helps each part process the next.
In this type of EMDR, the therapist works with the individual to identify the earliest or most impactful memories that represent those experiences. Rather than processing only one isolated memory, EMDR for childhood trauma often addresses a series of linked experiences that together shaped how the brain responds to the world.
Working through childhood trauma with EMDR can feel less like confronting a single painful event and more like revisiting patterns of experiences.
The EMDR therapist may guide the person to focus on a specific memory of neglect or abandonment, but through the process, other connected memories may surface. The rhythmic movements or bilateral stimulation help the brain safely revisit those moments and gradually move them into long-term memory, where they no longer trigger the same emotional or physical responses.
People often describe the process as tiring but relieving. Sessions may bring up intense emotions in the moment, but afterward, the memories lose their sharpness and stop feeling as though they are happening in the present.
Over time, this reduces not only trauma responses but also the beliefs formed in childhood, such as feeling unworthy, unsafe, or unloved.
Why EMDR Works Well for Childhood Trauma
Keep in mind that EMDR is one of many treatments available. We want to meet you first and talk to you about your experiences, to see if EMDR or another approach, like CBT, may be the right fit.
Still, EMDR remains a highly effective option.
Childhood trauma can be, with other approaches, difficult to treat because it is tied to development. The experiences often shape a child’s view of themselves and their relationships. How you feel now is directly related to your past, and so addressing these experiences also means addressing your entire belief system.
EMDR is powerful in these cases because it allows the brain to reprocess not just the memory, but also the emotions and beliefs tied to it, such as:
Someone neglected in childhood may carry the belief that their needs are a burden. EMDR helps break that link by reframing those early experiences as memories rather than current truths.
A person who lived in an unsafe or unpredictable home may still respond to conflict as if danger is imminent. EMDR helps reduce that automatic fear response by integrating the memories into long-term storage.
By targeting both the events and the negative self-beliefs that formed around them, EMDR allows healing at a deeper level than simply “remembering differently.”
Psychotherapy with Flourish Psychology of NYC
Healing childhood trauma with EMDR is rarely instant. It may take many sessions, and it may involve revisiting multiple layers of experiences. But progress is often steady. Over time, people notice that triggers lose their intensity, emotions feel more manageable, and the old beliefs tied to childhood no longer dictate how they live their lives.
Every individual’s journey with trauma is different, and so is the approach with EMDR. It all starts by connecting with a therapist first, allowing us to learn more about you, and then seeing where the EMDR takes us. If you’ve experienced childhood trauma and are interested in help, reach out to Flourish Psychology, today.
On average, a 40 year old adult sleeps about 6.5 to 7 hours a day. That is average. A large percentage of the population sleeps even less than that.
You need 7 to 9 hours of sleep per day for optimum health – not just physical health, but mental health too – and yet we’re getting so much less than that. Most of the time, even though we don’t always feel this way, this is a problem of our own making.
Why do we get so little sleep?
What does our mental health have to do with it?
Why do we need to make sure we get more and what can we do to get there?
Let’s talk about it.
Why Do We Get So Little Sleep?
It often feels like we’re so busy, we don’t have time to sleep. There’s a little bit of truth to that, but most of us absolutely have the ability to go to bed earlier and try to get more rest. The problem is often not that we can’t get enough sleep, but rather we simply don’t. We stay awake as long as possible, and then wake up early the next day before 7 to 9 hours has passed.
We do this for a variety of reasons, many of which are mental health related:
Revenge Bedtime Procrastination – We experience so much activity during the day, often in ways that don’t feel like “ours” that we take reclaim our time by staying awake as long as possible. Ironically, we often spend this time doing activities that do not satisfy this procrastination (like scrolling our phones instead of doing productive hobbies). In any event, we fight the urge to go to sleep in favor of trying to stay up as late as we can so we feel like we had more time in the day.
Excessive Stimulation – Though not directly a mental health issue, far more of us are spending time on our phones and on screens, and this can be a serious problem. Scrolling phones causes issues like digital overload, which make us feel like we’re resting but in reality are overprocessing our brains. Why we spend so much time on our phones can be examined from a mental health perspective, from doomscrolling habits to phone addiction.
Stress/Anxiety – Stress and anxiety both release hormones and neurotransmitters that both make it harder to fall asleep and make it harder to get a deep sleep. These issues can also be cyclical, as a lack of sleep is known to cause more stress and anxiety. Some anxiety disorders, like panic attacks, can make it especially hard to fall asleep.
Depression – Depression itself causes significant sleep disruption as one of its symptoms. When a person has depression, their neurotransmitters are out of balance, leading to challenging sleep/wake cycles and even worse sleep quality.
We often assume that missing sleep will make us more tired later, but that is often not the case. When we don’t sleep, we tend to experience more stress and anxiety (keeping us awake). We also have more irritability, which lowers tolerance for stress, and we often self medicate with caffeine which can keep us awake even more.
In all of these situations, we do have the ability to go to sleep, but we are either choosing not to for mental health reasons, or our mental health is making it too difficult for us to fall asleep when we need to.
You Need More Sleep
Entire books have been written about why we need more than 7 hours of sleep a night, and this does not need to be completely rehashed here, but sleep is required to improve our physical health (prevent diabetes, improve immune system function, and even reduce obesity), as well as our cognitive function and long term brain health (sleep clears waste products from the brain, reducing risk of dementia, and improves attention and memory consolidation).
But you also need sleep for your mental health. You need sleep to problem solve, reduce stress, and even prevent the development of worsening anxiety and depression. As much as it may feel like staying up is preferable, human beings desperately require sleep in ways that are absolutely necessary for short and long term mental health and wellness.
Since poor sleep can also lead to issues that lead to further poor sleep, breaking this cycle intentionally is especially important.
What Can Be Done?
One way that you can address a lack of sleep is, of course, by going to sleep. Having a consistent schedule where you go to bed at roughly the same time, even on weekends, no matter how much time you had to yourself during the day can help to create a rhythm where you become tired at the same time and fall asleep more easily.
You can also limit caffeine and, perhaps crucially, limit screen time considerably – especially after dark.
But in the absence of those things (or if you struggle to do those things on your own), consider seeing a therapist. You’ll find that many of the issues that stand in your way are mental health related, and benefit from talking to someone that can help guide you towards a more rested, happier future.
The 4th of July is over. For some, it was a time of celebration, where we got together with friends and family for fun, enjoyable experiences filled with food, people, and fireworks. For many others, however, it is a triggering time. It is a time where issues like the loud noises of fireworks can trigger immense anxiety, stress, and fear.
Fireworks are often a trigger for those struggling with PTSD, as the loud and surprising noises can all create issues from unresolved past experiences. That is why now is a good time to ask yourself whether or not it is time to start seeking treatment for your past traumas.
How Did You Feel on July 4th?
If you’ve experienced trauma in the past that you’ve struggled to deal with, and you found that you were especially on edge during July 4th as a result of loud noises, bright lights, or even crowds, it may be a sign that you could have post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. PTSD can trigger many issues, including:
Hypervigilance – This is where you feel on edge or unsafe in an environment that should otherwise feel safe.
Flashbacks – This is when memories from the past flash into your mind, especially during loud noises or when surrounded by crowds.
Extreme Stress – This would describe you feeling as though you’re under extreme stress during these July 4th experiences, despite no clear stressful activity.
Those with PTSD may also have trouble sleeping not only the night of July 4th, but the following days, or may experience emotional or even psychological detachment caused by feeling overstressed and overstimulated.
What is EMDR?
Studies have found that one of the reasons that trauma may be impacting people long after the event is because the stress of the event disrupts the normal processing response. In a way, it cause the event to be “stuck” and fragmented in the brain, which in turn causes people to relive the stress and be unable to move it to long term processing, where a person can start coping with it.
One of the most effective known solutions for this is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR. The focus of EMDR is to help people re-process a traumatic event and move the traumatic event into long term memory so that it is then unable to trigger the same physiological and emotional distress.
EMDR is a unique process that helps people process events through eye movements, sounds, and other forms of stimulation to help them maneuver the event through the normal cognitive processing channels, in order to help them process it, reduce its intensity, and heal. It is very effective, and while it is not right for all patients, those that are candidates for EMDR find it to be one of the most effective tools available for overcoming trauma.
It is especially useful to consider EMDR right after something like July 4th – something that has triggered the emotions. Some believe this can make it easier to access them and process them, resulting in better overall outcomes.
Seeking Psychotherapy for Trauma After July 4th
If the Fourth of July caused you to experience psychological challenges related to trauma, let’s talk about it. Reach out to Flourish Psychology today and let’s talk about your struggles and how we can help you manage your trauma and experience a better July 4th next year.
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