Erika Calcagno, MHC-LP

As a clinician, I'm deeply passionate about understanding how your past shapes your physical, emotional, and mental well-being. I believe that what you have or haven't experienced as you've grown up profoundly influences who you are today. Whether you're struggling to form or trust within relationships, feeling like you don't belong, dealing with childhood attachment trauma from caregivers, or from the complexities of chronic diseases and medical diagnoses, chronic pain, invisible disabilities, and medical trauma, I'm here to support you.

Both the journey of receiving a medical diagnosis and living with a chronic illness can have a profound impact on your mental health. We’ll explore how your illness and symptoms affect your daily life, your relationships, and your emotional well-being. The constant presence of pain or fatigue, frequent medical appointments, grieving your past life, and the uncertainty about the future can lead to feelings of anxiety, stress, and depression. It can also affect your sense of identity and self-worth, as you navigate the changes and limitations imposed by your condition. In our work together, I’m committed to helping you manage these challenges. 

During our sessions, we'll embark on a collaborative journey of self-discovery and wellness. With empathy, support, and compassion through a trauma-informed lens, I strive to create a non-judgemental place where you can be yourself. Drawing mostly from Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), attachment theory, and existentialism, I use an integrative, person-centered, holistic approach to create the perfect fit just for you, empowering you and enhancing your well-being. 

Together, we can develop strategies to help you cope more effectively, reduce stress, and improve your overall quality of life, while also better understanding your experiences and how they've molded you, and learning to love and appreciate you as you are and strive for the life you want to live. 

Offering online therapy in NY

Want to hear more from Erika? Check our her blog post:
Medical Gaslighting & Chronic Illness: Advocating for Yourself at the Doctor

Interested in scheduling an appointment with Erika? Call us at (516) 406-8991 or fill out a Contact Form here.