Denise Imundo, LCSW CCTP

07/21/2025

07/16/2025

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07/07/2025

🧠 Your brain has built-in tools to help you feel better — and they don’t all come from a pill or a pricey solution.

Here's how to support your mental health by boosting your natural “feel-good” chemicals: 💚 Oxytocin – Connection 💙 Dopamine – Motivation 🧡 Serotonin – Stability 💜 Endorphins – Relief

None of this is a fix-all — especially when you're carrying trauma or deep exhaustion. But small steps can help nudge your system gently toward balance. Even just one of these today counts. Be kind to your nervous system. 💛

🧠 Your brain isn’t broken — it’s trying to protect you.

When we talk about “feel-good chemicals” like oxytocin, dopamine, serotonin, and endorphins, we’re really talking about how the nervous system finds moments of safety, connection, and relief.

But here’s the truth: 👉🏽 If you’ve lived through trauma or chronic stress, accessing these states can feel impossible.
👉🏽 What looks like “laziness” or “low motivation” might just be a nervous system stuck in survival mode.
👉🏽 And no — this list isn’t a prescription. It’s a menu of options, not obligations.

💡Even one of these actions — a few minutes of sunlight, a kind word, a deep breath — can gently remind your body: you’re safe enough to feel better.

You don’t have to do it all.
You just have to start where you are.

06/01/2025

Check out my page on Psychology Today

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/denise-imundo-spotswood-nj/1535063?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR7-xIFfU6by9KHClHQD297qUsymQFiT3W3O1x12B-NA5Z2sNVBpJvcnsfv8MA_aem_SdOUiir39LF99gX43Hz4fA

Denise Imundo, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, Spotswood, NJ, 08884, (848) 353-1610, I am an LCSW and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional licensed in NJ, NY, Fl and NC with 27 years of professional clinical work experience. I have experience in helping adults and children with stress and anxiety,...

05/21/2025

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05/18/2025

I am now licensed in NY, Florida and North Carolina in addition to New Jersey for telehealth sessions.

Check out my Headway Portal to see if I accept your insurance.

Denise Imundo, Licensed Clinical Social Worker. MSW (Master of Social Work), Rutgers School of Social Work. Accepts Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Anthem EAP - Bank of America, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Carelon Behavioral Health, Cigna, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of...