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Is it Binge Eating or just a healthy appetite?

Is it Really Binge Eating? 5 Ways to Tell Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is different from periodic binging or overeating. Binge-Eating Disorder is a serious, but treatable mental health condition.

There are many ways to experience therapy. In-person therapy offers a traditional approach that works well for many individuals. However, telehealth is an equally effective option. Telehealth allows you to connect with one of our licensed clinical therapists from the comfort of your home using your computer, providing flexibility and convenience without compromising on the quality of care.

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If you are ready to begin talking, we're here to listen. It's that simple.

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An Explore What’s Next professional returns your call or responds to your email by the following business day.

We schedule a free initial consultation for you to meet your potential therapist, coach, or group leader. You can visit the office or talk on the phone to discuss what service, group, or workshop you are looking for and if we fit your needs.

Has your life changed, and you find yourself ready to begin dating again? Thinking about hitting the dating apps but aren't quite sure what to share about yourself or what to be looking for? Christine Frank (LMSW) has some rules for online dating.

10 Tips for Online Dating Online dating is becoming one of the most common ways to connect with people searching for intimate relationships. There are so many dating apps and websites available to use, and each has a way of catering to a person’s unique preferences. There’s Tinder, Bumble, Plenty of Fish, Coffee Meets Ba...

PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH

Pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting bring dramatic new challenges to your life, your relationships, and your emotional well-being. While it can be an exciting transition, the changes that coincide with the perinatal period can also leave you feeling overwhelmed, worried, guilty, sad, and unable to sleep or relax. Did you know that 1 in 7 moms and 1 in 10 dads suffer from postpartum depression? Here at EWN, we assess, treat, and care for moms and dads with perinatal mental health complications, including anxiety, depression, obsessions and compulsions, and psychosis. You are not alone, you are not to blame, and with help you will be well.

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Losing Your S**t? You better read this...

10 Gifts to Give Yourself When Stress Is Making You Lose Your S**t Stress can tip from bearable to overbearing in a second. If you’re buckling under stress, who isn’t these days, give yourself these gifts.

Many of us have people in our lives that we worry about. It can be difficult to broach the topic of therapy with someone, especially if you are concerned about their mental health and well-being. It’s important to approach the conversation with sensitivity and understanding, as the decision to seek therapy is ultimately up to the individual. Dr. Aletta has written an article on this topic to help with this challenging topic.

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Psychological testing is often requested by schools to evaluate a student for support services, by physicians, other professionals, sometimes the patient themselves, to clarify a diagnostic picture and to focus treatment more effectively. Psychological assessment highlights personal strengths and areas of vulnerability, while providing information to improve academic, social, behavioral or daily life functioning. If you or a family member needs a psychological assessment, contact us.

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Dr. Aletta has some pretty strong views about CUSSING in Therapy. I'm not gonna repeat it here so you better read it for yourself

Is it OK to cuss in therapy? Is It OK to cuss In therapy? Great question! Here's the thing, words matter. I have a few thoughts on cussing in general--and in therapy.

Do you ever feel like your brain doesn't shut off, and you don't have the inner peace that you used to have? We can help! Give us a call for a FREE CONSULTATION! 716.634.2600

A couple walked into a therapist’s office... Oh, you've heard that one before? No worries, we've got 5 tips to get the most out of Couples Therapy.

5 Tips To Get The Most Out Of Couples Therapy Couples Therapy is often talked about but not always followed through. This quick one minute read talks about some of the benefits.

People with sleep troubles often say a reason they can’t sleep is because worries about the day gone by or the day coming keep spinning in their brain. To settle the thoughts down try this: As part of your nightly sleep hygiene put the day to bed in the same way you put yourself to bed.
How do you do that?

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Depression is not the blues or just a bad week. It is a debilitating condition that cuts across cultures, socio-economic status, age, profession, and gender.

Explore What's Next Therapists

EWN therapists have expertise in effective treatment utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic, Interpersonal, Solution, Supportive, Mindfulness, or Trauma based therapy. We stand by your side in problem-solving. We’re interactive, compassionate & nonjudgmental. We provide guidance, and you provide motivation. You are the ultimate agent of change in your life!

Depression Feeling Depressed?You are not alone. An estimated 350 million people of all ages suffer from depression Depression is not the blues or just a bad week. It is a debilitating condition that cuts across cultures, socio-economic status, age, profession and gender. FREE CONSULTATION More Than Just The Bl...

“Our therapists understand the unique challenges that teens and young adults go through. We take the time meet you where you’re at, and provide whatever support and tools that you need. Therapy is a place where you can be the expert of your own life, even as you’re still growing and changing.”
~ Dr. Aletta, Founder of Explore What's Next

Family is often what matters most to us. With family comes so many wonderful attributes, but it sometimes comes with unresolved emotions and feelings. Our highly trained and qualified therapists can help you navigate these emotions and feelings to live a happy and fulfilled life.

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We schedule a free initial consultation for you to meet your potential therapist, coach or group leader. You can visit the office, or talk on the phone, to discuss what service, group, or workshop you are looking for and if we fit your needs.

It's easy to lose sight of what matters the most to you. We get distracted by other people, our careers, our hurt pride, etc. Sometimes it feels like it's too late to do anything about it, sometimes, we just feel lost, and we don't know how to find our way back. The therapists at Explore What's Next are highly trained and hand selected to join our team. We can help you find your way back to what's essential.

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4 ways to begin to combat social anxiety You may want to combat social anxiety and may want to increase your connections with others. If you’re near me in the Buffalo area, Call me! Let me help

hroughout the United States and around the world, people are connecting with Explore What’s Next for therapy sessions through tele-sessions. Geography is no longer an obstacle to getting the help you need!

Tele-sessions are more like office visits than you think. Just like face-to-face visits, we schedule our tele-sessions for 50-60 minutes. For your comfort, we do our best to create a safe space in which we can talk without distraction.

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Did you know that the word of the year for 2022 is Gaslighting? Do you know why? Check it out!

Word of The Year: Gaslighting The word of the year is Gaslighting. Did you know it comes from an old movie? It's a horror story today when it's used to break down people.

5 Ways to Make a Decision Despite Anxiety There are so many reasons why we get anxious that sometimes I get anxious trying to decide what part of being anxious I should write about. How nuts is that?! Doing the very thing you are afraid of is what reduces anxiety. Somebody said that. Probably Eleanor Roosevelt because she said everything co...

Whatever it is that you are working on, it's probably messy. We're pretty sure it's uncomfortable and just downright unpleasant. The trick is to keep working on it and not to stop. However, no one said you have to do it alone. Explore What's Next is here to help.

5 Steps To Have The Good Life When we're struggling with depression or anxiety, recovering from trauma or abuse, it really can be very hard to do alone. Here are our 5 steps to have the good life. You can do this. We can help.

Psychotherapy or counseling, is a talking treatment, where a troubling psychological, behavioral, emotional or relationship issue is effectively addressed through developing a working relationship, and talking with, a qualified licensed professional who has appropriate the education and training.

Therapy can come in different types or modalities. Psycho-educational, cognitive behavioral, dialectical behavioral, acceptance and commitment therapy, supportive, solution focused, trauma-informed, individual, relationship, group… A skilled therapist is a human being who genuinely wants to know what it’s like to be you so that they can help you. We struggle with you to figure out where the obstacles are, how to get around, over or through them, to find the healthy, happy you.

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Girl Boss or B*tch? Tell us in the comments below!

The Buzz on 'Bossy' and that other 'B' Word! There are certain words in our culture used almost exclusively to keep us down. Words like ‘Bossy!’ When does a word become more than just a word?

Do you find yourself experiencing racing thoughts of worry and fear for the future or the unknown that feel out of your control? Have you caught yourself in a social setting feel overcome with terror or felt on edge? Is it hard for you to sit still and relax?

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EMDR or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy
Anyone can experience intense trauma. EMDR is a successful form of treatment to help resolve distress. What is EMDR? Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy is a powerful, structural, psychotherapy approach. It includes eight stages of treatment to alleviate the residual pain of trauma, loss and related symptoms. During EMDR therapy, your therapist guides you in identifying a problem or trauma, has you concentrate on it while guiding you to move your eyes rapidly from side to side. EMDR allows you to see the traumatic event or events in a new less distressing way.
What kinds of distress can EMDR treat? Post-traumatic stress, depression, panic attacks, grief, phobias, eating disorders and abuse are some examples.
EMDR therapy helps children and adults of all ages.

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The last thing I thought I needed was a disruption and certainly not a puppy but it's funny how life suddenly changes... and for the better!

4 Things I Learned and Relearned about owning a puppy What happens to a noted Psychologist who unexpectedly finds herself bringing a puppy home? Read the four lessons she learned.

Have you or someone you love experienced trauma? Are you confused by it? Do you wonder why the memories don't go away? Dr. Kendal Vaarwerk explains how trauma is imprinted on the immune, autonomic nervous, and memory. If you need help with trauma Dr. Vaarwerk can help.

Trauma and Memory Trauma is like a tattoo that never fades. Trauma leaves a lasting impact on our immune system, autonomic nervous system, and our memories.

Questions about relationships? Need a tune-up? Is it you? Is it the other person? Need some objective perspective?

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