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Radical Self-care Can Change Your Anxiety
Radical Self-care for Anxiety. Often patients in my NYC anxiety therapy practice want a direct solution to care for their anxiety. They want to feel better in the moment when they feel overwhelming anxiety. Part of that solution is radical self-care. When you practice radical self-care, anxiety can change since, in a sense, radical self-care puts you in charge.What Is Radical Self-care?. By…
Mar 30, 2017
Dear Second Lady Karen Pence: Supporting Art Therapy Means Supporting Human Rights
August 28, 2020: Over three years after first writing about the fallacy of Second Lady Karen Pence’s support for art therapy, I was interested to hear that Ms. Pence revisited the benefits of art therapy during her Republican National Convention speech this past Wednesday. Focusing on how the Trump-Pence administration has supported the military, Ms. Pence specifically spoke about how art…
Mar 23, 2017
"In Recovery": Not Just For Addiction
“In recovery” is a phrase used often in reference to substance abuse. It infers that the demons of addiction will always be present, whether the person in recovery has three months of sobriety or three years. However, people can be “in recovery” from all sorts of patterns and issues that plague them even when substances are not involved.A Diagnosis Doesn’t Have to be Dooming. Many people enter my…
Mar 16, 2017
Having Plenty Doesn't Mean Money Issues Go Away: 11 Steps For Couples
Financial Couples Therapy Doesn’t Just Address A Lack Of Money. In my work with financial couples therapy, I’ve learned that everyone feels they don’t have enough money, even couples with plenty. I find it sobering to recognize that even folks with access to money that I could never imagine worry about money. It’s important to me, as well as the couples I work with, to recognize that money is, in…
Mar 09, 2017
Is Your Body Talking To You?: It Could Be Anxiety
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Can Have Physical Symptoms. In my NYC anxiety therapy practice, many patients come in with physical symptoms, whether panic attacks, IBS issues, constipation or heart palpitations, which can indicate internalized anxiety. These symptoms may have been there for weeks, months, or even, years.These physical experiences can vary widely. Some folks come into anxiety…
Mar 02, 2017
Stay Angry And Get Creative: An Art Therapist On Being Powerful
Both in and out of my NYC art therapy practice, the anger, fear, anxiety, and panic that people felt around the November election has not died down. If anything, it has increased as the government is acting more threatening towards fundamental human rights and the values of our country. So many people express feeling scared and the desire to find ways to empower themselves.Art as Power!. Politics…
Feb 23, 2017
Loneliness Doesn't Necessarily Equal Being Alone: New Ways Of Thinking About Loneliness In Relationships
Loneliness And Therapy In NYC. Whether it’s realized before an initial session or not, loneliness is a common experience and a frequent reason why people seek therapy. New Yorkers claim a particular experience with loneliness that I suspect is valid. NYC can be a lonely place, perhaps more so because we always feel surrounded by people. At first glance, it can seem fairly straightforward: I’m…
Feb 16, 2017
Therapy For Cutting: How To Talk With Your Teen And Help Them Talk About What They Are Feeling
Often when parents seek therapy for teens who are struggling with depression or anxiety, they are also looking for therapy for cutting. Cutting is when someone is takes an object such as a knife (dull or sharp), scissors, a paper clip or another sharp object and cuts themselves with it to create a painful but releasing sensation. Cutting falls into the category of self-harm behaviors, which also…
Feb 09, 2017
Your Kid is Just Not That Into You: Rebellion and Teens
As a parent, does it ever seem like your teen is sick of you, not that interested in what you have to say and avoids you? Well, you're right. Your teen is just not that into you.Just like the 2005 book He’s Not That Into You, if it feels like your adolescent wants space from you, that is probably right. An adolescent looking for space and rebelling from their parents is a longstanding cliche.…
Feb 02, 2017Young Adults in Therapy: Who Pays for Treatment?
Therapy is expensive and it takes up a valuable hour in a week. The desire for therapy always needs to be greater than its cost in order for it to feel worth it for the person footing the bill. This tension can be harnessed and used in therapy itself. In most cases, the person footing the bill is the client themselves. But, with young adults, the question of who pays can greatly impact the…
Jan 26, 2017
When Should Family Therapy Be An Option?
I’ve noticed in my NYC therapy practice that family therapy often doesn’t occur to most folks as an option. As I pointed out in my previous blog post “Family Therapy: For New Yorkers An Unconsidered Therapy Option,” New Yorkers, in particular, don’t always immediately seek family therapy as their first choice for help.Our conception of therapy in popular culture and everyday conversation is…
Jan 24, 2017
Negotiating Gender In Couples Therapy: Men Need More Than A Shrug
In the practice of therapy, particularly couples therapy, I often help patients navigate and negotiate how gender works in their marriage or romantic relationships. Last year, gender roles came up in the public sphere due to the presidential election, particularly in response to Donald Trump’s surreptitiously recorded remarks about women with the television host Billy Bush.In her article “What…
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