Brooklyn Center for Mindfulness and Psychotherapy

06/25/2025

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06/16/2025

🌿 Feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or emotionally stuck? You’re not alone—and you don’t have to navigate it alone. At Brooklyn Center for Mindfulness & Psychotherapy, we offer evidence-based virtual therapy for adults across New York State.⁠ 🧠💬
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We specialize in helping you reconnect with yourself through a blend of mindfulness practices and proven therapeutic methods, including CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), psychodynamic therapy, and trauma-informed care.⁠
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💻 100% virtual | Based in Brooklyn | Serving all of New York State⁠
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We support clients navigating:
✔️ Anxiety, depression & stress
✔️ Trauma & PTSD
✔️ Life transitions & identity concerns
✔️ Burnout, overthinking & emotional dysregulation
✔️ Mind-body disconnection⁠
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✨ Our approach is grounded in compassion, clinical expertise, and a deep respect for each individual’s healing process.⁠
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📲 Ready to start your therapy journey? Message us or click the link in bio to book your free virtual consultation.⁠
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06/14/2025

You are not alone. We are here to help. Visit us: brooklynmindful.com
Call or text: 917-740-6291
Email: brooklynmindful@gmail.com

06/14/2025

06/14/2025

Pain is inevitable, but suffering happens when we fight it. Acceptance allows us to move through pain with less distress.

06/09/2025

Struggling with sleep? Meet CBT-I – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia.⁣
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It’s a proven, drug-free approach that helps you sleep better by changing unhelpful thoughts and habits around rest.⁣
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CBT-I targets the root causes of insomnia, not just the symptoms. That means lasting results like:
✔️ Falling asleep faster
✔️ Staying asleep longer
✔️ Waking up refreshed
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Better sleep = better life. 💤⁣
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06/07/2025

Healing in relationships doesn’t mean everything is broken — it means you care enough to grow, together. 💞

Couples therapy isn’t about pointing fingers or digging up the past to cause pain.
It’s about learning each other’s wounds, understanding where they come from, and building new ways to communicate, connect, and love.

Real intimacy is doing the hard work together. It’s showing up even when it’s uncomfortable.
It’s choosing each other, again and again — not because it’s perfect, but because it’s real.

If you’re on the journey of healing with your partner, know that you’re not alone. It’s brave. It’s beautiful. And it’s worth it. 🫶

06/07/2025

You are more than the constant chatter in your mind. You are the one who can observe and choose your reactions.

05/28/2025

🧠 Not All OCD Looks the Same 💭
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) has many faces. Here are some common subtypes recognized by the International OCD Foundation:

✨ Contamination OCD
Fear of germs, illness, or environmental toxins. Often leads to excessive washing, cleaning, or avoidance.

🔁 Checking OCD
Repetitive checking behaviors — like locking doors or turning off appliances — driven by fear of harm or making mistakes.

📏 Symmetry & Ordering OCD
An intense need for balance, precision, or things to feel “just right.” Can involve arranging, aligning, or repeating behaviors.

🙏 Scrupulosity
Obsessions about morality or religious “rightness.” Involves excessive praying, confessing, or avoiding situations that trigger guilt.

🧠 Harm OCD
Disturbing intrusive thoughts about accidentally or intentionally causing harm to yourself or others. These thoughts are ego-dystonic — they go against your values.

🚫 Sexual & Violent Intrusions
Unwanted, distressing thoughts or mental images involving taboo topics. People with this subtype often feel intense shame and isolation.

💡 Reminder: You are not your thoughts. OCD is a treatable mental health condition — Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP) is the gold standard.

📲 Reach out. You’re not alone. Help is out there.

05/28/2025

The things that cause us the most pain are often the things we care about the most. It’s a reminder to pay attention to what truly matters.

05/28/2025

🌪 GAD vs. OCD: What’s the Difference? 🧠

Both GAD and OCD involve anxiety—but they show up very differently:

🔹 GAD = Constant worry about everyday things (health, work, relationships). It feels like your mind won’t stop spinning “what ifs.”

🔹 OCD = Intrusive obsessions (unwanted thoughts/images) + compulsions (repetitive behaviors/mental acts to ease the anxiety).

💬 Example:
GAD: “What if I fail at work tomorrow?”
OCD: “What if I run someone over and don’t remember it? I have to check the news again to be sure.”

🧩 Key difference?
GAD = persistent, general worry.
OCD = specific, unwanted thoughts + rituals to feel safe.

💡Both are treatable. You’re not alone.

05/27/2025

What Is Trauma + How Do We Heal From It?

Trauma isn’t just about the event—it’s about how your body and mind responded when you didn’t feel safe, supported, or in control. Whether it’s a single event like an accident, or repeated experiences like emotional neglect or abuse, trauma can leave lasting imprints on the nervous system.

You may find yourself avoiding certain places, overreacting to stress, struggling with trust, or feeling numb and disconnected. These are not flaws—they’re protective responses. And you’re not alone.

✨ Healing is possible with trauma-informed therapy.
Some evidence-based approaches that help include:
🔹 EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
🔹 CPT (Cognitive Processing Therapy) – helps you identify and shift trauma-related beliefs
🔹 Prolonged Exposure Therapy – gradually reduces fear by facing trauma-related memories and situations safely
🔹 Somatic therapies – reconnect you with your body and regulate your nervous system
🔹 CBT – helps manage anxiety and reframe unhelpful thought patterns

You are not broken. You are healing.

💬 Save this if it resonates, or tag someone who might need to hear it today. Healing starts with awareness—and support.