by shurmatzcounselingwny | Mar 6, 2026 | Cheektowaga, Team
“The most important step one can take. It’s not the first one, is it? It’s the next one. Always the next step.” – Brandon Sanderson Therapy is challenging and vulnerable work. In my office comfort and safety are high priorities to create a space...
by shurmatzcounselingwny | Jun 26, 2025 | Cheektowaga, Team
About During our lifetime, we all have experienced some type of hardship or challenge. These times can leave lasting impacts on our lives making us feel isolated or alone, not knowing how to process what we are going through. That’s where I can help! I use a...
by shurmatzcounselingwny | Jun 3, 2025 | Cheektowaga, Team
“Loving ourselves through the process of owning our story is the bravest thing we will ever do.” – Brene Brown About Does it seem as if you are walking through a dark tunnel, alone, with no end in sight? Do you ever just feel completely overwhelmed...
by shurmatzcounselingwny | Jun 3, 2025 | Cheektowaga, Team
“The kind of caring that the client-centered therapist desires to achieve is a gullible caring, in which clients are accepted as they say they are, not with lurking suspicion in the therapist’s mind that they may, in fact, be otherwise.” – Carl R....
by shurmatzcounselingwny | Jun 3, 2025 | Cheektowaga, Team
“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” – Leonard Cohen About Sometimes life takes you on a journey that you did not sign up for. Picture this, you make the perfect itinerary and plan for your perfect vacation....
by shurmatzcounselingwny | Jun 3, 2025 | Cheektowaga, Team
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” – Khalil Gibran About I am a psychotherapist who works with individuals and couples to address a variety of concerns and issues. I believe...