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Welcome to Gateway to Solutions
GOAL-ORIENTED PSYCHOTHERAPY, COUPLES THERAPY. CAREER COACHING, MEDIATION, FAMILY PLANNING, AND LGBTQIA+ AFFIRMATIVE THERAPY
Now, for the first time in decades, there is a new choice, a better way to help people live and work well. The power of one. A philosophy and service delivery approach built on a simple premise: it takes a person to help a person. It’s the way GTS enables individuals, couples, families and organizations to prosper and thrive. It’s wellness in a whole new way.
How We Will Support You
Individual Psychotherapy
Individual therapy can support you in reaching goals or overcoming problems. GTS can help you understand and resolve issues in a confidential, caring and efficient manner. We will help you feel safe and supported while challenging you to grow and move past obstacles.
Couples Counseling
Figuring out what’s really going on in your relationship should be simple, but it’s not. Problems don’t just suddenly appear — they grow slowly over time, the product of small resentments and miscommunications that grow into a thick web that’s very difficult to untangle on your own. That’s where talking to the right professional can really help.
Family Therapy
Family therapy can be a wonderful experience where children and adults blossom. If there is unresolved conflict, hurt feelings, or tension in the household, psychotherapy like family therapy can help.
Group Therapy
In group therapy, approximately 6-10 individuals meet face-to-face with a trained group therapist. During the group meeting time, members decide what they want to talk about.
LGBTQ+ Affirmative Therapy
Gateway to Solutions is an LGBTQIA+ affirmative practice that understands and specializes in gender identity, sexual orientation, and minority stress theory. The team at GTS provides a positive, safe space for individuals to work through their challenges.
Premarital Counseling
Marriage is a beautiful milestone in your life. Marriage is when you wholeheartedly connect two lives into one, share what life has to offer, the good and bad, and often have children. Once you are engaged, you’re radiating with positive and happy energy envisioning your life ahead. The last thing you’re thinking of is therapy.
Family Planning
One of the most exciting times in one’s life is becoming a parent. Very few people go throughout life without some thought about what it would be like to raise a child. GTS helps an individual or couple explore what it means to become a parent. We also help understand conventional, adoption and various fertility options to having a child.
Career Coaching
Many people have given up seemingly secure banking, government jobs etc and have opted for software jobs, creative jobs and even freelance options. All you need then is a bit of courage; a dash of self-belief and some clarity of thought and you can join the band of people who have successfully changed careers.
Mediation
Divorce mediation and custody mediation typically consists of several joint meetings between spouses (or partners if you are not married). During those meetings, you and your spouse discuss the issues that need to be resolved in your case. Contact Gateway to Solution’s New York office today to schedule your consultation!
WE OFFER IN-PERSON AND TELETHERAPY VIA VIDEO OR PHONE!
New on the Blog
Read our monthly blogs published by our therapists on various mental health topics!
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Postpartum Depression or Baby Blues? Understanding the Difference
So many emotions come with giving birth to a child and bringing them home. On television shows, often, the woman experiences an inexplicable pain followed by a flood of happy tears that their little bundle has finally arrived. Many women cite forgetting the pain and just feeling pure bliss. However, people rarely discuss the aftermath of postpartum and the changes the woman’s body endures. Many women struggle with this process and the hormonal changes that come with it.
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Understanding Psychosis: Understanding the Mystery Behind Mental Health
Psychosis is often a misunderstood mental health condition associated with damaging stereotypes like "that person's crazy," "they've lost their mind," or "they have no idea what's going on." The stigma around people with psychosis leads to a societal divide, and a lack of understanding towards a population would significantly benefit from compassion. When we demonstrate an understanding of others who have different experiences and sufferings, we can express concern and offer support in addressing mental health most effectively. Psychosis often leads one to experience distorted thoughts and a skewed perception and may demonstrate abnormal behavior. Psychosis includes hallucinations, delusions, catatonia or a frozen appearance, impulsive behavior, ungroomed appearance, and negative symptoms like a lack of interest in activities or emotional expression. Signs of psychosis include difficulty communicating, concentrating, thinking clearly, decreased engagement in school or work, feelings of paranoia and suspicion of others, isolation from their support system, and trouble differentiating fantasy from reality. A common delusion expressed is a persecutory delusion, when people believe they are a target, even when there is clear evidence they are not at risk.
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The Four Horsemen: Improving Couples Conflict Communication
Take a few moments to consider your entire family history, returning to the farthest generation you know existed. Envision what it may have been like to live through the experiences of your great-grandparents, grandparents, and parents throughout their lives. In envisioning this, it may become easier for you to understand your relatives better. There is a lot of history, hopefully, both good and bad, that has occurred before you throughout the generations of your family. Just because you were not present for traumatic events that your parents, grandparents, or even great-grandparents went through does not mean they do not impact you. Intergenerational trauma is “the process by which parents with unresolved trauma transmit this to their children via specific interactional patterns, resulting in the effects of trauma being experienced without the original traumatic experience or event.”
MEET THE TEAM AT GTS
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John Carnesecchi LCSW, CEAP
Founder & Clinical DirectorJohn Carnesecchi holds many post-graduate certifications, licenses and/or training in Psychotherapy, IMAGO relationship therapy, Divorce, Family & Labor Mediator, Career Coaching, Employee Assistance (CEAP), Program Development and more.
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Danielle Dellaquila LMSW, CBT, DBT Senior Associate Therapist
Danielle specializes in working with adults, adolescents, and children struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, relationship, family issues, eating disorders, self-harming behaviors, suicidality, ADHD, and an autism spectrum disorder. She completed her Masters’s in Social Work at Columbia School of Social Work, graduating with the Advanced Clinical Practice track with a concentration on health, mental health, and disabilities.
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Christina Bradley MS.Ed., DBT, REBT
Senior Associate TherapistChristina Bradley, MS.Ed., DBT, REBT is an experienced mental health professional determined to serve people of all ages and backgrounds looking to improve their quality of life. She specializes in children and adults with anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, intellectual/developmental disabilities, addiction/substance use, grief, enhancing interpersonal skills/coping skills, career direction, life transitions, and conflict resolution.
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Antoinette Bonafede LMSW, DBT, REBT
Senior Associate TherapistAntoinette has worked with several populations and age groups from all walks of life. Antoinette completed her graduate training in the Accelerated One Year Residency Program at Silberman School for Social Work at Hunter College where she completed her degree with distinction. She specialized in mental health service delivery while at the Silberman School.
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Caroline Grace Brown LMSW, DBT, REBT
Senior Associate TherapistCaroline’s psychotherapy style is tailored to each client’s circumstances and draws from a variety of modalities, including cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), rational emotional therapy (REBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), and psychodynamic therapy.
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Debra Carnesecchi Practice Manager - (John's sister, not wife;)
Debra Carnesecchi is Gateway to Solutions’ Practice Manager. She brings modern business skills to GTS. Debra is certified in Social Media Marketing and Public Relations Strategy from Cornell University. She specializes in business administration, public relations, customer service, accounting, and social media optimization. She is also an NYS licensed paraprofessional helping special needs and special education students in elementary through high school.
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Jaxxi C.U.T.E., Emotional Support Cockapoo
Meet Jaxxi! She is our practice emotional support Cockapoo. She is apricot in color, very affectionate and quite intelligent. Jaxxi enjoys licking our clients, sitting aside them in session, playing fetch and getting lots of belly rubs. She always brings a huge smile to all those that meet her.
Your lap is hers, by the way. (:
