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We Need To Ask Better Questions Of Each Other: 12 Questions To Ask Teens
Asking Teens Better Questions Can Help Them Establish (And Reestablish) Who They Are Becoming . For the final incarnation of my series on how to ask better questions in our relationships, I’m focusing on teens. A teen needs to be asked deeper and better questions so that parents and other important adults in their life can get to know the ever-moving, ever-shifting person a teen is and is…
Mar 19, 2020
We Need To Ask Better Questions Of Each Other: 10 Questions To Ask Elementary-Aged Children
Elementary-Aged Kids Aren’t Usually Asked Deeper Questions: It’s Time We Start. Parents and other adults often ask questions of elementary-aged children quickly like a laundry list to address physical and immediate emotional needs. Adults don’t usually ask kids questions in exploration, but as a way to gather concrete data about socialization or academics. Kids aren’t typically asked what they’re…
Mar 12, 2020
We Need To Ask Better Questions Of Each Other: 7 Questions To Ask Young Adults Who Recently Graduated College
After College, Young Adults Are In Transition: Asking Better Questions Can Help . Continuing my series on how to ask better questions in our relationships, young adults who have recently graduated college are at a transitional moment in which asking deeper questions of them can be particularly helpful. Post-college graduation is one of the most unknown, exciting, sad, scary, wonderful and lonely…
Mar 05, 2020
We Need To Ask Better Questions Of Each Other: 9 Questions To Ask A Partner
Better Questions Create Closer, Continually Evolving Relationships. In general, we suck at asking questions to the people around us, particularly once we feel comfortable in our relationships. We assume we know them and that we don’t need to ask these intimate, sometimes uncomfortable questions any longer. However, asking deeper questions (questions beyond the simple daily “How are you?”, “What…
Feb 27, 2020
You Don't Hit Rock Bottom: You Declare It
Hitting Rock Bottom Is Too Passive. Rock bottom is often used in the context of alcoholism or drug abuse. However, it can be true with regard to staying in a bad relationship or abusive work environment, avoiding getting more childcare or tolerating painful emotions without help.The most common phrase concerning rock bottom is “hitting rock bottom.” This language, though, can be unhelpful because…
Feb 13, 2020
Matt Lundquist and Kelly Scott Quoted In Two Relationship Advice Columns In Business Insider
This past month, both our Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist and Senior Therapist Kelly Scott were quoted in two Business Insider advice columns on relationships and dating. The articles are a part of Insider’s resident sex and relationships reporter Julia Naftulin’s ongoing column that answers readers’ questions by consulting with a panel of experts including relationship therapists…
Jan 23, 2020
You Can Be In A Relationship And Still Be Lonely
Loneliness In A Relationship Often Feels Shameful And Goes Unspoken. When we talk about loneliness, we often don’t think of the feeling in terms of being in a relationship. When married or in a relationship, the presumption is that we’ve found our person: the one person who will make us feel not so lonely. However, this isn’t always the case. Though it often goes unspoken, loneliness happens…
Jan 16, 2020
Tribeca Therapy On How Different Attachment Styles Handle Breakups In Well + Good
Attachment is a powerful, often hidden determinant in who we’re drawn to in relationships. Recently, Well + Good featured Tribeca Therapy in an article on how different attachment styles deal with breakups. Writer Nikhita Mahtani defines the four attachment styles–secure, anxious, dismissive-avoidant and fearful-avoidant–and speaks with our Founder and Clinical Director Matt on how these styles…
Jan 09, 2020
Tribeca Therapy In The Atlantic On When And How To Bring A Partner Home To Visit Family
We’re thrilled to share that Tribeca Therapy was featured in The Atlantic, focusing on how couples can navigate decisions around bringing a partner home to visit family during the holidays. After tracing how shifting cultural norms about how much influence family has in a couple’s relationship has made when to introduce a partner a fraught question, writer Ashley Fetters speaks to our Founder and…
Dec 19, 2019
If Being Around Family During The Holidays Sucks, It's Time For A Shake Up
The Holidays Provide An Opportunity To Evaluate Whether Your Relationship With Family Is Healthy (Or Not). Holidays are a time of reflection on the past year–how we’ve grown, what we’ve done (or not done), what we want or want to stop, and who we are and want to be. Often being in therapy, and considering your life, your upbringing and your values can cause you to want to reevaluate your…
Dec 05, 2019
Tribeca Therapy On The Stress Of Signing A Mortgage And Other Big Life Decisions In HerMoney
Major life decisions, such as signing a mortgage or getting married, can understandably cause a lot of stress and anxiety. Recently, Tribeca Therapy was quoted in HerMoney on why even when feeling good about a life decision, we can also experience fear and worry at the same time.In “Why Did My Mortgage Feel So Much More Serious Than My Marriage?”, HerMoney Editor-In-Chief Kathryn Tuggle begins…
Nov 26, 2019
8 Bad Reasons To Become A Therapist
As an NYC therapist, I get a lot of questions about my choice of career. While there are plenty of good reasons to become a therapist, there are also a significant amount of bad ones too, eight of which I’ve highlighted here:1. Because you like to give advice. Here’s the thing: People don’t come to therapy for advice (really!), even if they say they do. If therapists’ primary tool was…
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