Insights and reflections from our licensed therapists to guide your journey to wellness.
At Seaside Counseling & Wellness, our therapists share guidance, strategies, and reflections to support your mental health journey. Explore articles on relationships, family, self-care, and more.
You’re showing up, getting things done—but something feels off. This article explores what it means to be functioning but not okay and why it matters.
Why Everything Feels Harder Than It Should (Even When Life Is “Fine”) There are days where nothing is technically wrong—but everything feels heavier than it
Something doesn’t feel wrong exactly—but it doesn’t feel right either. When you’re going through the motions but feel quietly disconnected, it may be worth paying attention before that feeling settles in deeper.
You’re showing up. Getting things done. Holding it together. But underneath it all, something feels off. This is what it means to function—but not feel okay.
Understanding Emotional Triggers as a Path to Greater Peace Emotional triggers rarely come with warning. A comment lands harder than expected. A familiar tone tightens
When communication falters, relationships can feel isolating—even when you’re not alone. Explore how emotional connection, understanding, and therapy can help rebuild healthy communication.
Teens often feel deeply before they can explain what’s wrong. Listening — without fixing or rushing — creates safety, trust, and space for healing during adolescence.
The holidays often bring pressure, expectations, family dynamics, financial worry, and emotional exhaustion. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, you’re not alone. Explore practical tools, mindset shifts, and coping strategies to help you stay grounded and supported during the holiday season.
Change — even when it’s positive — can awaken deep anxiety. Our minds crave stability, and when life shifts, it can feel like the ground is moving beneath us. Learn how to understand these emotions, find balance through uncertainty, and embrace growth with compassion and clarity at Seaside Counseling & Wellness.
Angi was drawn to become a therapist by her desire to walk alongside people as they navigate life’s twists and turns. Her approach is authentic, dynamic, and uplifting, and she never loses sight of each individual’s capacity to persevere, create, and transform.
With 20 years of experience working with individuals from diverse and complex backgrounds in both non-profit and private practice settings, Angi brings a warm, relational style to her work—often sprinkled with humor. She specializes in supporting adults through life transitions, grief and loss, relationship challenges, and symptoms of anxiety and depression.
Angi integrates various therapeutic approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). She is also passionate about the connection between nutrition and mental health, having earned a certificate in Nutrition and Integrative Medicine for Mental Health from Adelphi University.
She embraces working with people from all backgrounds, religions, orientations, cultures, and ideologies. In her free time, Angi enjoys cooking savory meals, relaxing at the beach, reading, connecting with loved ones, and maintaining a balanced self-care routine.
