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
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 →
Communication can easily break down in times of conflict especially with those we care about the most. Misunderstandings can easily occur that can cause each member of a family to become defensive or reactive. In times of conflict people can become confused between what will help and what will hurt. Family members can easily misunderstand one another or jump to…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 →
Follow the signs along the way. If they have led you here, take note. You are receiving nothing less than an invitation to experience clarity, self-worth, security. Oh really… What’s going on?! Recently a client I’ve been working with for a short time asked me why she was suddenly feeling so good. “What’s going on?!” she wanted to know. ”I…read more →
We all have a favorite saying. I hear myself repeat this one a lot: Point one finger at someone else and the other four are pointing back at you. In the blame shame game who wins? I’ve been hearing a lot of people say that they want to bring more peace and love into the world. Imagine how light we…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 →
There’s always a lot of talk about duplicity in the marketing of food. Generally what you find in a box is in some way processed and its freshness compromised or diluted down. Fresh food is just that, fresh. Nourishment is an inside job, what we put in affects how we look and feel. Making good choices gets harder when pretty…read more →
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” —Thomas Jefferson Is that so? Let’s challenge this historic theory. What can’t we change? Other people. External influences. Nature’s due course. However, there is one thing that can help any man, (and woman, or…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 →