Social Butterfly Counseling

12/11/2025

✨ Holiday Mental Health Check-In ✨
As we head into the final stretch of the holiday season, here are a few gentle reminders to stay grounded, kind, and regulated:

🌿 Protect Your Energy
Say yes to what feels aligned, and no without guilt. Your peace matters.

💛 Practice Small Acts of Self-Compassion
Slow down. Breathe. Speak to yourself the way you would to someone you love.

❄️Keep Routines Where You Can
Consistent sleep, hydration, movement, and meals help your nervous system stay steady.

⛄️ Regulate in Real Time
Pause before reacting. Notice your body. Take 3 deep breaths. Step away if needed.

❤️Connection Over Perfection
Holidays don’t need to be flawless—just honest, warm, and real.

Wishing everyone a gentle, grounded, emotionally healthy holiday season. 🌟

12/10/2025

As parents, we have the power to mend moments with our children and show them what compassionate communication, empathy, and accountability look like in action - a gift that will yield profound rewards time and time again.

We are here for you.
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12/10/2025

Take a moment to step back from your device. The potential risks of prolonged phone use, especially while scrolling and watching short videos, are concerning, particularly for young minds.

We're here to support you.

Research on the long-term impacts of short-form video consumption is still lacking, but recent studies show concerning associations with cognition and mental health.

12/03/2025

Have you ever been surrounded by someone that makes you feel good and you are not quite sure how or why?
Have you ever witnessed how people gravitate toward certain people and the energy just shifts in a positive way? That positive energy is infectious isn’t it?
It’like a sunflower moving toward the sun throughout the day.

A "heliotropic personality" is a person who has the heliotropic effect, meaning they are drawn to and emit positive energy that makes others feel good and flourish. Like a plant turning toward the sun, a heliotropic person is a positive energizer who shows kindness, gratitude, compassion, authenticity, and dependability. This is not a clinical personality type but rather a behavioral pattern of being a positive influence on those around them.

Characteristics of a heliotropic personality:
•Positive and uplifting: They make people feel great when they are around, similar to how a plant turns toward the sun.

•Kind and compassionate: They are kind, forgiving, and show compassion to others, both in small and large ways.

•Authentic and dependable: They are genuine and reliable, and people appreciate their authenticity.

•Gratitude and positivity: They are grateful and optimistic, and they help create an environment where others feel appreciated.

•Supportive: They look for opportunities to help and lift others up, whether through a kind word or a helping hand.

•Moves away from negativity: They actively refrain from unnecessary negativity and avoid making others feel bad.

How to adopt a heliotropic approach:
Practice positive behaviors: Intentionally practice virtues like kindness, gratitude, and authenticity in your daily interactions.
Be a positive energizer: Focus on actions that lift people up and make them feel good in your presence.
Avoid being a "salt": Actively avoid saying or doing things that are unnecessarily negative or that bring others down.
Be present and mindful: Pay attention to others and be mindful of how your words and actions impact them.

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Let’s work to surround ourselves with positive energy.

We are here for you.

11/26/2025

🍁 A Thanksgiving Reflection from Our Founder

Twelve years ago, when we first opened the doors to Social Butterfly Counseling, we could never have imagined that our small dream would grow into two locations, twelve team members, and a community that continues to lift, support, and inspire us every single day.

Sabrina often shares:

“Owning and operating Social Butterfly Counseling is one of my greatest joys in life. To witness the resiliency, creativity, and courage of both our team of clinicians and the families we serve has been nothing short of awe-inspiring. Creating warm, home-like sanctuaries in Wyckoff & Midland Park has allowed us to provide spaces where healing feels safe, personal, and deeply supported. Our home is your home — and it is always our honor to welcome you in.” ❤️

As we embrace this season of gratitude, our hearts at Social Butterfly Counseling are overflowing. Saying “thank you” will never fully capture the depth of our appreciation for the honor of being nominated and recognized once again in the 2025 New Jersey Favorite Kid Doc edition of New Jersey Family Magazine.

This nomination and recognition mark the 8th year we’ve been gifted with this privilege — and each year feels even more meaningful than the last. 🦋💛

A warm and proud congratulations to Kari Scimanico, LPC, Meredith Williams, LPC, and Sabrina Coppola, LCSW on this very special and well-deserved honor.

With our deepest appreciation,

🤍Sabrina
🤍Kari
🤍Melissa
🤍Erica
🤍Jennifer
🤍Meredith
🤍Vicky
🤍Kristen
🤍Danielle
🤍Paul
🤍Sarah
🤍Christine
…and of course, Sammy girl & Baxter too 🐾

Wishing you and yours a peaceful Thanksgiving. We are forever grateful for your support.

11/11/2025

Thank you to all the men, women and families that have served our country.
We salute and appreciate you not just on this day, but each and every day.

God Bless America.

According to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
“The demanding environments of military life and experiences of combat, during which many veterans experience psychological distress, can be further complicated by substance use and related disorders. Many service members face such critical issues as trauma, su***de, homelessness, and/or involvement with the criminal justice system”

We are here for you. Feeling connected and communication is key to success ❤️ you are loved.
Help is available
You are enough and your service is invaluable.

11/11/2025

Teach your children to remove the "I want you to like me" sticker from their forehead and place it on the mirror, where it belongs.

Self love leads to confidence and empowerment and reduces anxiety and negative thoughts and feelings.

The way we speak to ourselves, is often a reflection of how how babies speak to themselves.

Pause and reframe the negative self talk into postitive self talk.

You CAN do this & you don’t have to do it alone.

We are here for you.

❤️

11/10/2025

You're not stuck because you don't know what to do.
You're stuck because you know what to do, but you're not doing it.

We are here for you.

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11/03/2025

In a world where you can be anything please
❤️ BE • K I ND ❤️

We are here for you

10/31/2025

Our Founder & Chief Happiness Officer is jumping for Joy. (Get it?)

Talking about all things related to feelings our jam and our absolute privilege to be apart of your story.

Happy Halloween from our Social Butterfly family to yours.

We are all here for you. 👻

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween from our Social Butterfly Family to yours. 🎃

As we head into Halloween, we want to wish everyone a night filled with connection, creativity & fun in whatever way that looks for you.

Halloween can be a joyful time for many, but it can also bring up difficult emotions for those navigating grief, loss, or major life changes. You’re not alone if this season feels a little heavier. It’s okay to step back, create your own traditions, or skip the celebrations altogether if that’s what you need.

A few gentle reminders to help keep this holiday safe and inclusive for all:
🧡 Be mindful — Costumes and decorations can impact others in ways we don’t always expect.
💜 Create inclusion — Consider how to make your celebrations sensory-friendly or accessible for children and adults with different needs.
💚 Stay grounded — If you’re feeling anxious or overwhelmed, take breaks, breathe deeply, and give yourself permission to rest.
🖤 Check in — A simple “How are you doing tonight?” can mean the world to someone struggling.

However you spend your evening whether you’re passing out candy, trick-or-treating, or enjoying a quiet night in, may it be filled with kindness, connection, and care.

👻 Take good care of yourselves and each other.

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We are here for you.
Xo