Family Counseling

David Weber is a blended family therapist in Miller Place, New York. He also counsels individuals and couples. Ear acupuncture and hypnosis are offered at the Holistic Counseling Center of Long Island as well. With the tools of Imago Relationship Therapy, David’s counseling techniques help dissolve family issues from the root cause. As stats for USA marriages go, nearly half of marriages in the United States … Read More

Emotional invalidation is the act of dismissing / rejecting someone’s thoughts, feelings, or behaviors. It says to someone, “Your feelings don’t matter, or your feelings are wrong.” Emotional invalidation can take many forms, but the end result is usually the same. It makes someone feel unimportant / irrational for having feelings. If your partner doesn’t allow you to express emotions freely, or criticizes you for what … Read More

Imago Relationship Therapy is designed to help conflict in relationships become opportunities for healing and growth. Imago therapy isn’t limited to romantic relationships – it can be used for family conflict, in professional settings, as well as with friends. What is Imago relationship therapy? Imago is all about deepening relationships and turning conflict into an opportunity for compassion and growth. There’s an outline of communicating in … Read More

Domestic violence can include abuse that is not only physical in nature, but also emotional, psychological, verbal, sexual, and/or financial. The depth and longevity of wounds that result from domestic violence can reach even further than the incident itself. Staying in an abusive situation can easily become a vicious cycle that is very difficult to break out of. An abusive individual may constantly demean, criticize, humiliate, … Read More

Domestic violence, as defined by the US Department of Justice, is a pattern of abusive behavior to gain / maintain control over another person. It can be physical, verbal, psychological, sexual, or financial in nature. However it manifests within your relationship, it is all tied to emotional abuse for the purpose of control. Abusers assert their authority in diverse ways due to psychological reasons of their … Read More

The Holistic Counseling Center of Long Island offers Imago Relationship Therapy in Suffolk County Imago therapy is a type of relationship counseling that can be helpful for couples (as well as families & individuals) who are experiencing conflict, or who simply want to cultivate better communication and intimacy in their lives. Imago, the Latin word for “image”, is at the core of the therapy, which seeks … Read More

It is estimated that more than 2.5 million Americans struggle with some form of opioid addiction. Abuse of these substances can cause devastating effects that permeate personal, family, and professional life. The consequences of opioid abuse can cause additional trauma that perpetuates the cycle of addiction. At the Holistic Counseling Center of Miller Place, we offer opioid abuse counseling for individuals and families effected by it. … Read More