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It's Not About The Dishes: It's About A Couple's Fear And Desire For Care
A Gendered Over-functioning Dynamic Signals Unmet Emotional Needs In A Relationship. While over-functioning can take many shapes and forms, I’ve noticed a gendered over-functioning dynamic in the heterosexual couples I see in my couples therapy practice with women doing the bulk of the household chores, as well as the relational and emotional heavy-lifting for their male partners.…
Jan 02, 2020
Nora Dankner Featured In Business Insider On Marriage Story's Depiction Of Divorce
[caption id="attachment_5838" align="alignleft" width="300"] (Heyday Films/Netflix)[/caption]We’re excited to share that our therapist Nora Dankner was recently featured in Business Insider responding to Noah Baumbach’s film Marriage Story from the perspective of a couples therapist who works with partners who are considering or going through a divorce. Nora specifically addresses what the film…
Dec 26, 2019
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
Tribeca Therapy On Frustrations With Dating Apps In BBC News
We’re excited to share that Tribeca Therapy was recently featured in the BBC News for our expertise in dating and relationship therapy, speaking specifically on frustrations with dating apps. In “Should I Delete Tinder? These Millennials Think So,” writer Maddy Savage discusses the ubiquity of dating apps as the way to meet potential partners and the subsequent dating app fatigue that many users…
Dec 12, 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…
Nov 21, 2019
Tribeca Therapy's Matt Lundquist And Kelly Scott Quoted In Business Insider And INSIDER
We’re excited to share that Business Insider and INSIDER featured Tribeca Therapy as relationship experts in two recent articles. Drawing on our couples therapy practice, and work with relationships more generally, Business Insider asked both our Founder and Clinical Director Matt and Senior Therapist Kelly for book recommendations on relationships. Likewise, Insider encouraged Kelly to explore…
Nov 19, 2019
Real Love is Not Being Able to Say Whatever You Want
The Myth That True Love Means Saying Whatever You Want In A Relationship Can Be Hurtful. A common relationship myth frequently perpetuated in our culture is that safety and comfort in a committed relationship are dependent on being free to say whatever you want to your partner. This myth is understandably appealing. It carries the promise of a level of comfort in relationships in which you don’t…
Nov 14, 2019
We Need To Learn Kindness With Conditions
When Over-functioning Due To Anxiety, We Often Take Ourselves Out Of The Equation. Anxiety causes us to over-function in the world, and in our drive to do it all, our own needs often get ignored. From the outside it looks as if we’re high-functioning: the bills are paid, the house is clean, we’re killing it at work, etc. But, there is often an underlying fear that it will all fall apart if not…
Nov 07, 2019
Tribeca Therapy On The Relationship Lessons That Can Be Learned From The Couples On "The Office"
Tribeca Therapy was recently featured for our couples therapy expertise in an article on Insider that highlights the practical relationship advice that can be gleaned from the various relationships depicted in NBC’s classic comedy The Office. From Jim and Pam to Angela and Dwight to Michael and Holly, these couples are not only fun (and hilarious) to watch, but can provide some essential…
Oct 31, 2019
The Overuse Of Antidepressants Isn't The Problem: It's Ignoring The Role Of Trauma In Suffering
There Are Many Common Criticisms Of Antidepressants, Including About Their Overuse . Criticism of antidepressants is a trope employed to a number of different ends. Some frequent critiques of antidepressants are that they are unproven (I think there’s mixed truth here–we know less about how antidepressants work than people think, but some users experience some relief and a small portion receive…
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