Kristina Scaglione, LCSW

04/08/2026

Looking for a private, fully furnished office space in Port Jefferson Village? This is it.

Rent Reduced → $1,250/month (all-inclusive)

If you’re a therapist, wellness clinician, acupuncturist, or health-focused provider looking for a quiet, professional, ready-to-use space, this office is designed for you.

✔ Fully furnished (all new furniture)
✔ Wi-Fi + utilities included
✔ Heat & central air
✔ Handicap accessible (first floor)
✔ Free, ample parking
✔ Clean, well-maintained building

This is a private sublease, not a shared room, so you can build your practice in a space that actually feels calm, grounded, and professional.

Flexible options available: hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly

Serious inquiries only.
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04/08/2026

03/23/2026

I was lucky enough to be on Angie Giltner's Podcast, The Girl With The Purple Hair Talks Business! Thank you,l Angie!

Listeners, today's episode is going to be epic! Kristina's approach to business is unlike anything you've ever heard. You must listen in!  Kristina Scaglione, LCSW-R, CAHC Licensed Clinical Social Worker | Co-Founder of Root & Rise Clinical Specialists Founder of Limitless Integrative Wellness & Th...

03/23/2026

There’s a reason therapy works best when it doesn’t feel clinical.

Real change happens in the moments where your nervous system realizes: I don’t have to perform here.

Root & Rise was built on that principle, not fast matching, not transactional care, not productivity-based healing.

Just two humans, slowing the world down long enough to understand what’s actually underneath the patterns.

You don’t need a perfect story to start.
You just need a safe enough place to tell the real one.

— Kristina & Julie
Root & Rise Clinical Specialists

03/23/2026

Anxiety isn’t always a mindset issue.
Sometimes it’s a nervous system issue.

When your heart is racing, your thoughts are spiraling, and your body feels hijacked, you need regulation first. Not logic.

Cold water immersion of the face activates the mammalian diving reflex. This stimulates the trigeminal nerve, which activates the vagus nerve, shifting your body out of fight-or-flight and into parasympathetic calm.

Translation?
• Slower heart rate
• Lower blood pressure
• Reduced panic intensity
• Faster emotional stabilization

This is a physiological reset, not a trend.

Try it:
Fill a bowl with ice water.
Hold your breath.
Submerge your forehead and cheeks for 10–30 seconds.

It can interrupt a panic spike in under a minute.

Tools like this don’t replace therapy.
They support it.

At Root & Rise Clinical Specialists, we don’t just process emotions; we teach you how to regulate your nervous system so you can actually access change.

Depth over overwhelm.
Regulation before reflection.

03/23/2026

Therapy isn’t always sitting across from someone nodding.

Sometimes it’s learning you’ve been standing on the wrong branch your whole life.

Perspective shifts don’t happen because someone gives advice.

They happen when your brain experiences something differently enough that the old meaning stops making sense.

That’s the work.
Not fixing you, updating the story your mind thinks is true.

Welcome to the Stark Contrast.
-Root & Rise

03/23/2026

Most people say they want change.

Fewer people are willing to invest in the kind of work that actually creates it.

Private-pay therapy isn’t about exclusivity.
It’s about alignment.

No diagnosis chasing.
No session limits dictated by insurance.
No watered-down treatment plans.

Just focused, confidential, depth-oriented work.

When you remove third-party influence, the space becomes fully yours.

Your pace.
Your goals.
Your growth.

Investing in yourself doesn’t always look flashy.

Sometimes it looks like scheduling the hard conversations.

Committing to the uncomfortable breakthroughs.
Choosing long-term stability over short-term relief.

Intentional care changes trajectories.

03/23/2026

If you’re spiraling, stop trying to “think” your way out of it.

Move your body.
Engage your senses.
Change your state.

Grounding is about interrupting activation, fast.

Feet on the floor.
Cold water.
Breath-work.
Physical movement.

You don’t calm anxiety with logic.
You calm it through the body.

Follow for tools that actually work.

03/23/2026

This is a common fear, especially for people who have never experienced secure, consistent support.

Therapy is a professional relationship.
That doesn’t make it transactional.
It makes it safe.

At Root & Rise, we care enough to:
• Hold boundaries
• Show up consistently
• Protect your confidentiality
• Tell you the truth
• Stay regulated when things get hard

You’re not paying for fake empathy.

You’re investing in a structured relationship designed to help you grow, not collapse into someone else’s emotions.

That distinction matters.

03/23/2026

People spend money on:

Vacations.
Luxury gyms.
Organic food.
Personal trainers.
Business coaches.

But when it comes to therapy, suddenly it’s “too expensive.”

Here’s the reframe:

Private-pay therapy is an investment in:

• Your emotional regulation
• Your communication patterns
• Your attachment style
• Your relationships
• Your leadership
• Your future decisions

When you remove insurance constraints, therapy becomes:

• More personalized
• More confidential
• More flexible
• More clinically driven
• Less diagnosis-focused

Private pay means the work is about you, not what’s billable.

You can either pay now in intentional growth or pay later in repeated patterns.

Choose wisely.

03/23/2026

We don’t look burned out.
We don’t look chaotic.
We don’t look like we carry other people’s trauma all day.

But we do.

And we also laugh, build businesses, argue about ideas, and record a podcast about the parts of this field no one talks about.

Licensed 2 Spill is where therapists stop pretending we have it perfectly figured out.

Like this post.
Comment on your biggest therapy myth.
Subscribe. Share with someone who needs to hear it.

Listen now wherever you stream podcasts.

03/23/2026

Introducing a new clinician who truly gets it.

At Root & Rise, we don’t just bring on therapists; we bring on individuals who align with our philosophy of intentional, integrative, whole-person care.

We are so excited to welcome Jean O’Hehir, LCSW to the team.

With over 15 years of experience, including extensive work within the VA healthcare system, Jean brings a grounded, deeply attuned presence to her work. Her approach blends evidence-based therapy with somatic and mind-body practices, supporting clients in moving beyond insight into real, lasting change.

She understands what we stand for here:
That healing isn’t surface-level.
That therapy should be both safe and transformative.

And that true growth happens when we address the whole person, not just the symptoms.

Jean will be offering in-person sessions in Port Jefferson + telehealth across NY, with limited evening availability.

We’re proud to have her as part of the Root & Rise Clinical Specialists team.

Welcome, Jean 🤍

📍 Port Jefferson, NY + Telehealth
🗓 Thursdays | 4–9 PM
🔗 Inquire via link in bio