Welcome to Holistic Divorce Counseling
Holistic Psychotherapist Nicole S. Urdang, MS, NCC, DHM, LMHC.
The purpose of Holistic Divorce Counseling is to provide support, resources, and comfort for all life’s issues and transitions, not just the cosmic hazing of divorce.
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Neuroscientists maintain you have pathways in the brain that get stronger with each repetition. This is adaptive, as it makes learning go from awkward to second nature. Do you actually think about putting your foot on the gas pedal while driving? That neural pathway is so deeply established you feel as if you’re on […]
Someone very smart once said, “Whatever you own owns you.” It’s fairly typical when splitting up to lose some of your favorite possessions. Just another loss to tack on the list? Perhaps. But, it could also be one of those famous “divorce opportunities” where something that appears negative ends up positive. What’s so great about […]
The older I get the more I want my inner light to shine. Beauty comes from inside. It emanates from being your true self. While beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the most important beholder of you is you. Have you ever known someone of average appearance who felt so good about […]
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Whenever you are going through something particularly taxing, you can be sure everyone will have an opinion. And, they have to share it. People come from all sorts of emotional and psychological places, so remember to take what they say with a pound of salt. […]
Visualization might be considered a type of meditation, as your mind is focused on the task at hand. There are many ways to use visualization to help you through this trying time. One of my favorites is the following: Build a sanctuary in your head. Picture a room, teepee, house, treehouse, whatever […]
First and foremost: Trust your intuition. If you have a bad gut feeling pay attention to it, whether it “makes sense” or not. If you have any joint accounts with large sums of money freeze them. Ditto for any open lines of credit, like a home equity line of credit. If there’s anything you want, […]
Unless you have a lobotomy, you will have to contend with a boatload of memories. Some good, some bad, most mundane or neutral. The last group won’t haunt you, but the happy ones may. Surprisingly, negative recollections can aid your healing journey by reminding you all was not bliss. Positive memories allow you to see […]
When you have come to the edge of all light that you know and are about to drop off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly. Patrick Overton Faith […]
Have you ever noticed how threatened you can feel when someone doesn’t agree with you? Over-identification with your thoughts is the culprit. Believing you are your opinions when, in reality, you are far more. Why is it so crucial for our intimates agree with us? Is it all ego? Must we prove we’re right to […]
When we speak of acceptance we really mean accepting things we don’t like, understand, or can’t change. It’s fairly easy to accept the things we enjoy. The challenge is taking life on life’s terms, and cozying up to the notion that we can’t control many aspects of our health, job, or relationships. Intellectually, we […]
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Nicole Urdang
Nicole S. Urdang, M.S., NCC, DHM is a Holistic Psychotherapist in Buffalo, NY. She holds a New York state license in mental health counseling and a doctorate in homeopathic medicine from the British Institute of Homeopathy.
As an Associate Fellow at the Albert Ellis Institute Nicole trained with the founder of Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy for over 25 years.
Nicole has studied psychology, philosophy, yoga, nutrition, clinical hypnosis, journaling, dream analysis, Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Sexuality and Gender Issues at the Kinsey Institute, Inner Child work, Internal Family Systems, Bach Flower Essences, herbs, Tapping (EFT), homeopathy, meditation, Sanskrit mantras, and yogic breath work all of which inform her holistic approach to mind-body issues.
In the early 1980s she created and hosted one of the country’s first call-in radio counseling shows on WKBW.
If you live outside the greater Buffalo-Niagara area and would like to speak with Nicole, you can schedule a phone session. Contact information is available on goodtherapy.org or just call 716-882-0848.