Right Path Counseling - Long Island Therapists

01/25/2026

Amazing podcast on anxiety and panic attacks.

This is the anxiety episode you’ve all been waiting for.What is anxiety, really? And why does it seem to get worse the harder we try to make it go away?As cl...

01/21/2026

Your child says their stomach hurts every school morning. By afternoon, they're fine. Is it anxiety or avoidance? Understanding the difference matters ? and so does knowing when occasional reluctance crosses into school refusal. Learn more:

Many parents get some pushback here and there about going to school. Maybe a child is too tired, or they had a bad day the day before, or they’re tired of the routine. But once you drop the child off at school, they’re typically fine, or the pushback is short lived. Some kids, however, experienc...

01/14/2026

Grief doesn't follow a timeline. You don't "get over it" in six months or a year just because that's what people expect. There's no expiration date on missing someone you loved. If you're struggling with grief that feels like it's lasting "too long," read this:

When someone you love dies, or when you experience a significant loss, grief is expected. People understand that you’ll be sad, that you’ll need time, and that things won’t feel normal for a while. But as time passes, the question starts to creep in: You might notice that other people seem to ...

01/05/2026

I am thrilled to have the opportunity to offer this keynote address at the Finding Purpose After Trauma Summit. My talk explores how purpose can emerge through trauma healing and invites a deeper inquiry into where that purpose truly comes from. It asks how we can discern whether our sense of purpose genuinely suits who we are becoming or whether it arises as a secondary gain from unprocessed pain. We will examine how purpose can sometimes be shaped by guilt or shame, by survivor’s guilt, by the overwhelm of daily breakdown, or by a need to avoid emotions that feel unbearable. Rather than assuming all purpose is inherently healthy, this talk gently challenges us to question whether our drive is fostering growth or keeping us bound to frozen distress that has not yet moved through us. Purpose can imprison us just as easily as it can liberate us. Together we will explore how to recognize the roots of our purpose, how to tell if it supports healing and expansion, or if it reinforces distorted coping and hidden suffering. This summit offers an opportunity to reconnect with your inner roots, clarify your true goals, and learn how to transform pain into meaningful, life affirming growth through conscious healing.

Please sign up and join me!

A two-day transformative summit that will guide you, step by step, toward healing and discovering yo

01/02/2026

Every January, we tell ourselves: This is the year.

And yet, New Year’s resolutions have nearly an 80% failure rate.

Why?

Because the thing you’re trying to change in January probably didn’t suddenly appear on December 31st.

If it’s something that feels difficult, sticky, or tied to an unhealthy pattern, chances are you’ve been aware of it all year. Maybe even for years. You’ve noticed it. You’ve thought about working on it. You’ve likely tried—more than once.

The New Year feels powerful because it represents a beginning. A clean slate. A moment where change feels possible.

But here’s the catch:
We’re often very good at identifying what we want to fix—and far less practiced at understanding how to begin.

So we decide that on January 1st, something we’ve struggled with all year will suddenly no longer be an issue. No plan. No deeper exploration. Just sheer willpower.

And willpower alone rarely works.

Real change usually requires us to ask harder questions:
• Have we explored why this has been hard to shift before?
• Have we identified the beliefs, patterns, or protective parts that keep this behavior in place?
• Have we looked at the secondary gains—what this pattern might be giving us?
• Have we created a plan that honors these barriers instead of ignoring them?

Without this groundwork, resolutions become declarations rather than strategies.

And if you’re reading this thinking, “So should I just stop trying?”
Absolutely not.

New Year’s resolutions can be a powerful starting point—but they work best when paired with:
✔️ realistic goals
✔️ a realistic timeline
✔️ and most importantly, a plan

Sometimes the first step in that plan isn’t changing the behavior at all—it’s understanding why it exists in the first place.

Change is possible.
But it’s built through awareness, compassion, and structure—not overnight promises.

Here’s to resolutions that turn into real transformation

For thousands of years, humans have created New Year's resolutions for a fresh start in the new year. Year after year, as January 1st approaches, we pick a g...

01/01/2026

Every year, people make resolutions. But let's make a genuine effort to make this new year the best we can be. If Right Path Counseling can help you get there, please reach out to our team, today.

12/28/2025

Sometimes, the holiday season can cause people to feel the weight of relationship challenges. There's always someone you can talk to:

Not all relationships can be saved. Not every marriage was meant to be. But when you’re faced with a situation where something has gone wrong, and you are desperately trying to find out if you’re meant to be together, couples counseling can help. At Right Path Counseling in Jericho, NY, we have ...

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.