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Anxious3
LIF Infant
Member since 1/13 164 total posts
Name:
floof
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Counselor recommendations
I've just suffered an ectopic pregnancy. I'm having a lot of trouble getting through it and I would like to see a counselor. Does anyone have any recommendations? I'm located in mid-Nassau.
TIA
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Posted 2/5/13 11:55 AM  |
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ds319
LIF Adolescent
Member since 5/07 659 total posts
Name:
Dena
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Re: Counselor recommendations
I don't know of any specific ones but when I lost my DS, there is a support group at St. Killian's in Farmingdale. Maybe you could start there and they could recommend an individual counselor. 
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| Posted 2/5/13 1:57 PM |
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Melissa1013
My sweet boy
Member since 1/08 1933 total posts
Name:
Melissa
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Counselor recommendations
If you were treated at a hospital you can call the social worker and they can probably give you a recommendation. Your OB might be able to recommend someone too.
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| Posted 2/5/13 4:20 PM |
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Anxious3
LIF Infant
Member since 1/13 164 total posts
Name:
floof
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Counselor recommendations
Thank you. I didn't go to the hospital, I had the methotrexate shot today and hopefully that will be it. I will be in touch with my OB over the next week or so and see if they know of anyone.
Ds319, I'm not religious at all and would feel uncomfortable with prayers and the like. Was the group very helpful to you?
Thanks again for your responses.
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| Posted 2/5/13 8:08 PM |
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Lauren82
LIF Adult
Member since 10/06 4580 total posts
Name:
L
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Re: Counselor recommendations
So sorry to hear about your loss When I had my ectopic in August, someone recommended Michelle Button in Smithtown and Alyson Ryan in West Babylon to me. In retrospect, I should have called and gone...being pregnant again has been very hard emotionally on me and I wish I had dealt with some of my emotions after my loss.
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| Posted 2/5/13 8:30 PM |
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PennyCat
Just call me mommy :)
Member since 7/08 19084 total posts
Name:
Jib
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Re: Counselor recommendations
Posted by ds319
I don't know of any specific ones but when I lost my DS, there is a support group at St. Killian's in Farmingdale. Maybe you could start there and they could recommend an individual counselor.
I think I went to this.
To the OP .. no, it wasn't religious (if this is the same one I went to anyway.. I don't remember it being religious.. I went with a fellow LIF'er) I just personally didn't feel comfortable. I had a loss at 17wks and I felt so out of place. Many of the other girls had losses later on like in the 3rd trimester.. they had pics of their babies.. some told stories of how their babies lived for a month, etc.. It was just SO sad.... but I felt like those losses overshadowed mine and I just did not feel like it was appropriate for me even though there were people there with losses of all types. It seemed like the people who were most vocal were the ones with losses further along. I never went back...
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| Posted 2/6/13 12:16 AM |
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mrsmck
Be a big girl!
Member since 5/05 4898 total posts
Name:
Donna
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Re: Counselor recommendations
Susan Gardner, LCSW
(516) 799-4864
4250 Sunrise Hwy, Ste 103, Massapequa, NY 11758
She's wonderful and has helped me so much!
Her office is in the Chief Lewis building.
Message edited 2/21/2013 7:25:28 PM.
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| Posted 2/21/13 7:25 PM |
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