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12/23/2025

We hope you have an amazing holiday. Remember, this time of year can be stressful for those with mental health challenges, so check on your loved ones and make sure that if you or someone you know is struggling, you reach out for help.

12/19/2025

Parents of Children with ADHD: We have an ADHD Newsletter to sign up for. It is sent out somewhere between every month and every other month (depending on what's going on in the world) and we encourage you to sign up so that we can send you the latest news and information about ADHD and related challenges. Learn more:

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12/15/2025

Holidays can bring a variety of emotion, from joy to sorrow and everything in between. Sometimes the extremes can be confusing and even elicit guilt or shame. Right Path Counseling founder, Stacy Pellettieri, tackles the difficulty of grieving during the holidays to explore how we can experience both joy and sorrow in a healthy way this holiday season. Enjoying the holidays can be hard when we’ve lost someone. But you’re not alone.

The holidays are often painted as joyful, bright, and magical, but for anyone grieving, they can feel heavy, complicated, and painfully lonely. In this episo...

12/15/2025

Anxiety can feel at times manageable, and that might be one of the problems - many people do not seek help, even though they're struggling, because they feel like they can or should be able to manage it on their own. You don't have to live with anxiety. Find out more:

Right Path provides anxiety treatment in Jericho. We help patients manage general anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety, and stress.

12/12/2025

The holidays are often portrayed as joyful, cozy, and full of connection.
But for many people, they’re actually one of the most stressful times of the year.

Why?

Because the holidays tend to press on some very real pressure points:
• Financial strain and expectations around spending
• Toxic or complicated family dynamics
• Old childhood wounds and trauma getting triggered
• Food, body image, or eating-related stress
• Political tension and value clashes
• Parenting conflicts — especially when raising children with special needs
• Perfectionism and the belief that it all has to look “just right”
• The urge to keep the peace and please everyone
• And the constant comparison to curated, picture-perfect moments on social media

One of the most effective tools for navigating holiday stress is acceptance.

Acceptance doesn’t mean approval or giving up.
It means acknowledging reality as it is — so we can respond instead of react.

We can accept that we don’t control how others show up.
We can accept that we can’t please everyone.
We can accept that long-standing family dynamics won’t be resolved over one holiday meal.
People don’t change simply because we want them to.

We can accept what we can afford — and what we can’t.
We can accept that we don’t need to compete with the “perfect” facades on Facebook.
We can even accept that Uncle Joe likes Donald Trump.

Acceptance is powerful because it reduces the internal battle.

From there, real coping becomes possible:
• Building skills to tolerate distress
• Regulating tough emotions as they arise
• Setting and holding firm, compassionate boundaries
• Choosing peace over perfection

The holidays don’t have to be perfect to be survivable — or even meaningful.
Sometimes, acceptance is the most radical form of self-care.

Mental health experts share tips for managing grief, family conflict, finances and workplace stress during the holidays, plus guidance for employers and employees.

12/10/2025

Are you struggling with your emotions over the holidays, due to family conflict, finances, or something else? Seeking out a therapist during this time can be a great way to feel grounded and get through the next few weeks.

12/06/2025

How do you feel about yourself? Because your feelings of self-worth affect so much of what you do and how you feel:

Boost Self-Esteem and Address Negative Self-Talk with Our Therapists at Right Path Counseling in Jericho, NY Right Path is a team of counselors and therapists in Jericho, NY that provide support for those struggling with low self-esteem on Long Island, as well as related conditions like anxiety and....

12/01/2025

Has your child been refusing to go to school? Right Path Counseling can help:

Address Skipping School and School Refusal with Our Experienced Therapists At Right Path Counseling, many of our therapists work with children and adolescents to help them address mental health issues and school related concerns. On Long Island, one of the issues that affects many students is what.....

11/27/2025

Call back to our episode on gratitude for Thanksgiving 🦃🦃

“Thanksgiving reminds us that gratitude isn’t just a feeling — it’s a choice that turns what we have into enough. When we pause to be thankful, we see the beauty in the ordinary, the strength in our struggles, and the love in the people around us. May today fill your heart with peace, appreciation, and the quiet joy of knowing you’re blessed.”

Wouldn't it be great if we could actually harness happiness just from changing the way we think? Well... we actually can. There is science based research tha...

11/27/2025

Scientifically, you literally cannot force yourself to forget about something - nor would you want to be able to, if you think about it, because it would not be something you can undo. Our brains want to remember things so badly, they will actually think about them *more* to try to avoid forgetting.

11/23/2025

No one should have to struggle with grief alone. There's help out there for you:

Therapy for Grief and Loss in the Long Island Area – Based in Jericho, NY It is natural to feel sadness after a loss. It is natural for that sadness to linger, and eventually experience a wave of emotions that can be difficult to manage and understand. At some point, however, we all need to […]

11/18/2025

Last opportunity to register for this evening’s virtual ADHD Parent Class!

ADHD Training Center Provides Online and In Person Coaching, Classes, and More for Individuals with ADHD, Their Parents, and Families.