True Reflections Wellness
If you’re tired of looking like you have it all together while quietly struggling underneath, I’d be honored to support your journey. True healing starts with being seen. Let’s reflect, realign, and rebuild—together.
Lara
Hunter
LCSW
At True Reflections Psychotherapy, I help high-achieving adults and emerging adults untangle the hidden roots of anxiety, perfectionism, and relational struggles. You may look like you’re doing well on the outside—organized, successful, composed—but inside, you're exhausted, anxious, or constantly second-guessing yourself.
About The Practice
Counselling, Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, EMDR & Pain Reprocessing Treatment.
Many of my clients grew up with emotionally unavailable or inconsistent caregivers. As a result, they learned to over-function, suppress their own needs, and strive for control as a way to feel safe or worthy. Over time, this can show up as:
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Chronic people-pleasing
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Trouble setting or maintaining boundaries
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Patterns of burnout, anxiety, or emotional disconnection
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Difficulty forming or maintaining fulfilling relationships
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Quiet but persistent feelings of shame, self-doubt, or “not enough”
Therapy at True Reflections is a space to finally slow down, be fully seen, and begin healing from the inside out.
Areas of Expertise
Specialties
We draw from evidence-based approaches that support both insight and nervous system healing:
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EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) for trauma and attachment wounds
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CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) for practical tools and cognitive shifts
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ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy) for values-based living and emotional flexibility
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Pain Reprocessing Therapy for chronic pain and body-based emotional healing
Who We Work With
We specialize in working with:
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Adults and emerging adults
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High performers, perfectionists, and people-pleasers
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Those with a history of emotionally unavailable parenting or childhood emotional neglect
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Individuals navigating anxiety, burnout, depression, or identity confusion
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Those struggling in relationships or drawn to emotionally unavailable partners
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People who’ve tried “talk therapy” before and want deeper, more integrative work
How We Can Help
Our work can help you:
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Feel more connected and confident in relationships
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Stop living from anxiety, shame, or “shoulds”
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Build a kinder, more supportive relationship with yourself
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Move from surviving to living in alignment with your values
My Approach
Senior Therapist | EMDR & Trauma Specialist | Adult & Young Adult Focus
With over 30 years of experience, Lara brings a deeply compassionate and nonjudgmental presence to her work with adults and emerging adults. She specializes in supporting clients through trauma, substance use, identity challenges, and periods of profound life transition.
Many of her clients come to therapy feeling lost, overwhelmed, or stuck in cycles they don’t fully understand—especially after years of surviving through achievement, caregiving, or emotional self-sacrifice. Her approach is rooted in helping individuals explore the deeper stories that shape their lives, and reconnect with a sense of inner stability and self-trust.
Lara draws from evidence-based modalities including EMDR, psychodynamic therapy, and mindfulness-based approaches. She has extensive experience working with:
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Childhood and relational trauma
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Codependency and people-pleasing patterns
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Substance use and recovery support
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Major life transitions and identity shifts in adulthood
She is especially attuned to those who feel like they’ve been “doing the work” for years, yet still carry unresolved pain—or those who are just beginning to explore how past experiences have shaped their present.
“My goal is to offer a space where you don’t have to perform, protect, or pretend—just be human, and begin healing from there.”
We accept insurance and self-pay.
We are an in-network provider with numerous insurance companies and a self-pay clinician for those who would like to avoid use of insurance. If utilizing out-of-network benefits she can provide a super-bill as a courtesy at no additional cost, ensuring direct reimbursement to you.
We currently accept Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield New York (fomerly Empire), Anthem EAP, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Cigna, Oxford, United Healthcare (Optum) & Quest Behavioral Health.
Contact Us
356 Veterans Highway
Commack, NY 11725
Tel: 631-606-0186
Email: info@truereflectionswellness.com