Psychotherapy, Counseling & Coaching
For Individuals & Couples in Tarrytown, Nyack, and NY/NJ Metro Areas
Move past your emotional obstacles and “stuckness” to your desired self.
Meet Gayle Sturmer, LCSW-R
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 30 years of experience with adults, children, and adolescents.
I’m certified in evidence-based CBT treatments for PTSD, anxiety, and depression. I’m also a Trauma Informed Hypnotherapist.
I have an MSW (1988) from Fordham University, and I’m also certified by the postgraduate program at Fordham University for Child and Adolescent Therapy, 2003. I’m also a Trauma therapy specialist integrating many methods that are quick effective and permanent to clear the emotional impact/imprint that trauma can leave on our system.
My treatments are shorter term and solution-focused. Instead of using a single approach to treating certain conditions, I utilize a blend of the methods I’ve been trained to work with to find the best approach for each patient.
I help to create successes early on to progress quickly toward goals. Emotional blocks and trauma impressions can be cleared and lifted, often beginning in the first session. Creativity, support, and understanding are integrated into everything I do.
Affiliations
- CLINICAL SOCIETY OF SOCIAL WORKERS
- Westchester Therapy Network Moderator
- Institute for Survivors of Sexual Violence
- NASW, WGPS & GAH
- Wounded Warriors
- Trauma Informed Yoga training
- Project Odyssey Challenge Adventure attending Therapist
- Military Cultural Competence Certified
- Diversity Platinum
- MaleSurvivors.com
- Course trainer Rockland County Clinical Society
- Substitute teacher NYU – Bronxville campus
- Certified Heartmath Breathwork facilitator as well as Certification as Trauma therapist heartmath Breathwork facilitator.
Negative Emotions Affect Both Mind And Body
When anxiety, social difficulties, relationship issues, guilt, grief, anger and other negative emotions are activated, both mind and body are affected. This can happen spontaneously or as a result of being “triggered.”
Upsetting past events and traumas leave a lasting imprint on your mind. If not cleared up effectively, the negative emotions attached to these events can
negatively impact your life, interfering with your relationships and creating negative feelings or behaviors. Anxiety, guilt, grief, depression and other problems can linger. These emotions can prevent you from feeling at peace, calm, clear, alert, excited, and hopeful. They can cause feelings of guilt, shame, anger, sadness, resentment, constant anxiety or even panic attacks. They can also affect your health. With treatment, emotions can be lifted, shifted, cleared up, and cleaned up. Relief often begins during the first couple of sessions.
I am trained and skilled in many different methods. During your initial phone call to me, we’ll discuss what it is that is problematic for you or your child or loved one. I’m interested in knowing about symptoms that are draining, exhausting, preventing optimal functioning. We can then decide the most effective way to resolve these issues. I am trained and certified in several innovative trauma treatment methods and I find the best individual fit for each person to be very effective, quick, and painless, especially with regards to troubling past events.. We’ll discuss which treatment you may benefit from. Memory reconsolidating can be used effectively with children and adults.