The Teal Door Counseling Center

The Teal Door Counseling Center Providing therapy services in Mahopac, Shrub Oak, and Lagrangeville, NY. We offer both in-person and virtual sessions for individuals, couples, and families.

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❄️Cold days can be a perfect time to practice calming skills.❄️Hot Cocoa Breathing helps kids slow their bodies, focus o...
12/28/2025

❄️Cold days can be a perfect time to practice calming skills.❄️

Hot Cocoa Breathing helps kids slow their bodies, focus on their breath, and feel grounded when emotions feel big.

A simple, cozy way to support regulation — one breath at a time.

Snow days invite a softer pace.Warm drinks. Deep breaths. Fewer expectations.Today is a reminder that your safety and we...
12/27/2025

Snow days invite a softer pace.
Warm drinks. Deep breaths. Fewer expectations.

Today is a reminder that your safety and well-being come first — even when it’s hard to slow down or you worry about disappointing others.

Choosing rest, caution, or care is not letting anyone down.
It’s honoring what you need.

— The Teal Door Counseling Center

Wishing peace, connection, and community this Kwanzaa.May this season feel grounding and supportive.
12/26/2025

Wishing peace, connection, and community this Kwanzaa.

May this season feel grounding and supportive.

Merry Christmas from The Teal Door Counseling Center 🎄May this season bring moments of peace, connection, and care —howe...
12/25/2025

Merry Christmas from The Teal Door Counseling Center 🎄

May this season bring moments of peace, connection, and care —
however that looks for you today. 🤍

For our clients, thank you for trusting us with your stories and allowing us to walk alongside you through growth, heali...
12/23/2025

For our clients, thank you for trusting us with your stories and allowing us to walk alongside you through growth, healing, and hard moments.

For our incredible therapists, providers, and dedicated staff — thank you for showing up with care, integrity, and compassion every single day. Your work makes this community what it is.

We’re deeply honored to be here with you and to continue this work together in the year ahead. 💚

Therapy isn’t just talking.It’s learning your patterns, listening to your body, and practicing what supports regulation,...
12/22/2025

Therapy isn’t just talking.
It’s learning your patterns, listening to your body, and practicing what supports regulation, between sessions, not just during them.

No perfection required. Just awareness, care, and compassion. 💙





Your nervous system is always communicating.When we slow down enough to notice, we give ourselves more choice, compassio...
12/20/2025

Your nervous system is always communicating.
When we slow down enough to notice, we give ourselves more choice, compassion, and care.





Self-care isn’t one-size-fits-all.It’s about learning how you feel supported — by yourself.Your self-love language might...
12/19/2025

Self-care isn’t one-size-fits-all.
It’s about learning how you feel supported — by yourself.

Your self-love language might show up as rest, structure, comfort, gentle movement, or kind inner dialogue.

None is better than another.
Noticing what actually helps counts.





Urgency doesn’t always mean emergency.When your nervous system is activated, your body may signal now, now, now — even w...
12/18/2025

Urgency doesn’t always mean emergency.
When your nervous system is activated, your body may signal now, now, now — even when there isn’t immediate danger.

This can make decisions feel rushed, thoughts feel louder, and rest feel harder to access.

Pausing helps your system shift out of survival mode and back into regulation. From that place, clarity returns and choices feel steadier.
Gentle is still effective. ✨

If rest feels hard, there’s a reason.Many of us learned to associate slowing down with falling behind, being unproductiv...
12/17/2025

If rest feels hard, there’s a reason.

Many of us learned to associate slowing down with falling behind, being unproductive, or doing something “wrong.”

For a nervous system used to staying alert, rest can feel unfamiliar — even unsafe.

Rest isn’t laziness.
It’s regulation.
It’s repair.
And it’s allowed.

So much distress comes from trying to control what was never ours to hold.This reminder isn’t about letting things slide...
12/16/2025

So much distress comes from trying to control what was never ours to hold.

This reminder isn’t about letting things slide, it’s about gently returning your energy to what is within your reach.

What feels hardest to release today?

A reminder that rest is not a reward , it’s a need! What does your perfect me-time look like right now?Small rituals, co...
12/15/2025

A reminder that rest is not a reward , it’s a need!
What does your perfect me-time look like right now?

Small rituals, cozy moments, and gentle pauses all count.

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18 Miller Road
Mahopac, NY
10541

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