Blog
What Can Monogamous Couples Learn From Couples In Open Relationships?
Monogamous Couples Can Learn From Non-Monogamous Couples In Couples Therapy. Can couples in open relationships teach monogamous couples a thing or two about navigating and maintaining a partnership? It might seem like a strange question, but in my NYC couples therapy practice, I see how couples in open relationships, by stepping outside of the accepted norm (i.e. monogamy), put some things on the…
Jun 22, 2017
Intimacy And Sex Aren’t The Same Thing
Conflating Sex And Intimacy Is A Mistake. In my NYC therapy practice, I often see patients–both individuals and couples–who confuse sex and intimacy. But, sex and intimacy aren’t the same thing. There’s intimate sex and un-intimate sex. There’s intimacy without sex and sex without intimacy.For some, especially young people and those less experienced with sex (though not only), sex can come with…
Jun 15, 2017
What To Consider During Pregnancy To Prevent Postpartum Depression
Pregnancy Is A Time For Developing Tools To Prevent Postpartum Depression. No matter if it’s your first or fifth child, each pregnancy is unique. If you are concerned about postpartum depression (PPD) or you experienced it in the past, then thinking through how to build something different while you’re pregnant will help you in the long term when baby/babies arrive. Prevention to ward off the…
Jun 08, 2017
What Makes A Great Marriage and More Couples Therapy-Related Reading
Couples therapy tackles a whole wide spectrum of topics. Each couple comes in with a distinct relationship, culture and experience that couples therapy can and needs to speak to. Especially when considering if couples therapy is the right fit, couples often want to know if and how a couples counselor approaches these unique issues and relationships.In order to expand on how we do couples therapy…
Jun 01, 2017
Anxiety: One Little Word, So Many Experiences
We Use The Word Anxiety For Different Experiences. Lately in my NYC anxiety therapy practice, it occurred to me that we use one word–anxiety–to talk about so many different kinds of experiences. This includes angst, dread, worry, fear, panic, agitation, aggression, stress, nervousness, jitteriness, distracted, impulsive, manic, unsettled, concerned, alienated and excited. The list could go on…
May 25, 2017
Grief Therapy: Grief Is How We Heal
Grief (And Grief Therapy) Helps You Synthesize Traumatic Events. Much of therapy is a process of grieving and this holds true for grief therapy. The healing is grief. For example, you experience trauma. Part of the nature of trauma is that it is of sufficient size and circumstances that you can’t synthesize that experience. By synthesize, I mean allowing the trauma and your sense of safety to…
May 18, 2017
Panic Attacks And The Upside Of Falling Apart
Panic Attacks: The Upside of Falling Apart. Falling apart is inconvenient. But, in my NYC therapy practice, I find panic attacks can indicate that you need to fall apart–you’re overwhelmed and your body is telling you that in the form of a panic attack. Therapy can be a place to safely allow yourself to do this and to talk about falling apart.By falling apart, I mean allowing yourself to have the…
May 11, 2017
Relationship Counseling Isn't Just For (Romantic) Couples
Relationship Counseling Can Help Many Kinds of Relationships. Marriages and romantic couples aren’t the only relationships that benefit from relationship counseling. Ever hear someone say about a business partner or a sibling, “We fight like a married couple”? Relationship counseling is available to help any meaningful relationship that’s in trouble whether siblings, a parent and child, friends,…
May 04, 2017
Reintegrating through Art: Art Therapy For Dissociation And Disconnection
Dissociation And Art Therapy. Defenses are a truly amazing function of the human psyche. When a person is under a great deal of psychic pain or they are in danger, the unconscious has the capacity to step in and mentally contain the threat. Dissociation is one of many defenses that humans have the capacity to experience, which is a protective cutting off in order to create a safe distance from…
Apr 27, 2017
10 Ways Marriage Counseling Can Be Your Relationship’s Secret Weapon
Marriage Counseling Isn’t Just For Couples In Crisis. Your relationship doesn’t need to be falling apart to seek marriage counseling. You wouldn’t wait for a lung infection to get dire before seeing a doctor, so why would you let your marriage get in trouble before seeing a marriage therapist? In fact, marriage counseling can be your relationship’s secret weapon, giving you tools for a healthy…
Apr 20, 2017
Family-Wide Anxiety
Entire Families Can Feel Anxiety Together. Anxiety is often thought of and talked about on an individual basis. But, entire families can experience anxiety together. These can be divided into two types of anxiety: family anxiety and anxiety that is precipitated by one person but bleeds into the entire family system.Beginning with the former, family anxiety simply means anxiety that permeates…
Apr 13, 2017
The Best Therapist In NYC? You
Who is the best therapist in NYC? It’s you. Sure, you seek out therapy as you would any expert. A therapist’s skill is judged just like any other specialist in NYC. If you’re recovering from an accident, you want the best physical therapist in NYC, or, if you need an accountant, you search for the best accountant and so on. But, searching for the best therapist is different.The Best Therapist In…
Apr 06, 2017Browse all Tribeca Therapy topics
Connect with one of our senior therapists to make a plan to get started
Or email us directly: inquiries@tribecatherapy.com