Restorative Resilience Counseling
About
Individualized trauma-informed counseling for adults, that engages longterm mental health care through social, emotional and historical exploration, psychoeducation and relationally focused tools to promote empowerment, recovery and healing. Focuses in Mental Health Supports Include Chronic illness / Pain Neurodivergence Support Sex Therapy, Sexual Development, Out-of-Control Sexual Behaviors, Sexual Dysfunction Interpersonal Abuse & Harm Recovery Choice, Consent & Identity Empowerment Therapeutic Story Exploration and Recovery Nervous System Stabilization
EDS Healthcare in New York
The NYIT EDS/Hypermobility Treatment Center operates in Old Westbury and Central Islip, offering specialized rehabilitation and treatment. Mount Sinai South Nassau Chiari EDS Center in Oceanside focuses on EDS with Chiari malformation. Weill Cornell provides pain management expertise. New York Medicaid covers genetic testing with prior authorization. Wait times at major programs can be 6 months or longer.
Both EDS Centers of Excellence are on Long Island, leaving upstate New York significantly underserved. Patients in Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester, and the Adirondacks face drives of 4-6+ hours to reach these programs. Wait times of 6 months or more are common. Rural upstate access is very limited, and telehealth is important for follow-up care.
Finding Mental Health for EDS
Look for a therapist who has worked with chronic illness patients and understands that EDS-related anxiety and depression often have physical triggers, not just psychological ones.