“Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.” Buddhist proverb

Posted by peter in Articles, Therapy Styles

A bad dose of the “Anyways”: A few days ago, I found myself relating a story to a friend. I was recounting how I had taken my guitar to a guitar shop for repair, and how it had been returned to me with a ding implanted in the baseboard, that had not previously been there. I was incensed that they had not owned up to the infraction, and had implied that the dent was there...

Dr. Michael DeMarco

Posted by drdemarco in Therapists, Welcome

Dr. DeMarco supervises graduate student therapists as well as post-graduates working towards licensure in New York as Mental Health Counselors or Marriage and Family Therapists. We offer support in your journey towards emotional freedom and happiness – something that comes from you, not from us. We’re not selling diagnoses and pills. We’re not selling answers to all of your...

Yogic Psychotherapy – Part I

Posted by suzy in Articles, Therapy Styles

Non-dual, yogic philosophy teaches us that we are all emanations of the One (Shiva, God, Consciousness, Love, Essence, Nature, etc.)  This perspective has many implications for the practice of psychotherapy – let’s turn our attention to just a couple. First of all, as human beings our lives are ALL sacred, no matter how each of us thinks, feels and behaves.  In other words, the...

Therapy Intro. 2

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But what would the neighbors think?!

Posted by drdemarco in Articles

People pleasing is when you make yourself so small and insignificant that other peoples’ thoughts, feelings and actions seem ever so huge and important.  This is a problem.  When you’re so caught up in trying to suss out what other people MUST be thinking about you, you’re not focusing on being the best YOU you can be.  This can sometimes manifest itself in the form...