Karin Yapalater
Board Certified Integrative Counselor
Park Avenue Family Wellness • Hamptons Family Wellness
715 Park Avenue • New York, NY 10021 • 212-737-1818
715 Park Avenue • New York, NY 10021 • 212-737-1818
Life can be traumatic. We’re all given our share of jagged pills to swallow. Life can be challenging. Without good tools, in an effort to cope with stress at school, home or work, many can derail. The road that leads to acting out with substances is often traumatic, and littered with loneliness, confusion, despair, frustrations and disappointments. Shining light on…read more →
Is a member of your family struggling at home, school or work? True family health & well being is holistic. Finding a healthcare provider that helps to balance the emotional, physical and spiritual well-being of every member of the family is possible. Our physicians and certified practitioners provide individualized health, wellness and nutrition consultations for young children, adolescents and adults….read more →
Ever see a parent in a store admonish their child for not doing what they were told? “STOP IT!” are the words most commonly called out. Stop what? Is what most children think. And then most often they do the opposite in response. Then, perhaps the parent’s words get harsher, or the stance more threatening. “Why can’t you just… behave?”…read more →
What destructive game would you like to abandon? We all want to feel appreciated, and we want to feel that our lives have meaning and purpose. Often we seek this appreciation, approval, and meaning outside of ourselves. Insecurities and fears are often the cause of this need for external sources of approval, acceptance and most potently, love. Fear of judgment…read more →
Resistance—especially from a child—can pack a powerful punch that triggers all sorts of negative emotions. Power struggles can wear adults down long before a child backs down or acquiesces to do whatever it is that is being asked of them—cleaning a room, eating healthy food, doing homework, helping with just about any chore, or just listening in general. Power struggle….read more →
Are you paying attention? I only ask because if you are—it’s very possible that you may learn something. When expectations don’t match reality… suffering occurs. It’s that simple. Do you have a moment to deconstruct that simple statement and make sense of it? When expectations don’t match your reality… You set up an expectation for your self, or for someone…read more →
Jealousy, anger, insecurity, fear… we have all experienced these emotions. Sometimes we believe and identify with negative feelings and begin to believe we really are these things – Jealous, Angry, Insecure, Fearful – when in reality, these are just feelings that are constantly changing. Feelings are not facts. Emotional awareness – an awareness of how we feel, not who we…read more →
Give yourself a mindful moment… give yourself the world Daily Prescription: Mindful Meditative Practice. Why bother? cultivate kindness toward ourselves and the rest of the world enhance mental and physical agility better sleep, digestion, physical and sexual function cultivate tranquility, joy, and resilience in daily life awareness of our mind, body, and spirit awareness of reality acceptance of differences between ourselves and others I hear you already……read more →
Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself? Dancing as fast as you can? Juggling home, work, school and the little details of every day can wipe you out if your first aid kit doesn’t include effective stress and time management tools. Simple band-aids won’t always do the trick. Managing stress and time just isn’t good enough. Like putting a…read more →
Ever notice that the voice inside your head has a mind of its own? One moment it’s raving on optimistically, cheering you on, and the next it has taken on the persona of the Boogeyman, filling you full of fears and self -doubt? When we get stuck in the middle of our own monkey mind discourse, the opposing forces of…read more →
