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What Can Dr. Martin Luther King Teach Us About Disruption And Progress?
Looking back on this Dr. Martin Luther King Day, I thought about how Dr. King was, in many ways, a disruptor of an unhealthy status quo. I think those of us who didn’t live through the civil rights movement can, at times, underestimate just how disruptive it was. While Dr. King’s disruption affected the progress of the nation, his actions show just how necessary disruptions are even for personal…
Jan 17, 2017
Considering Infertility Treatment? Don’t Leave Out Therapy
Both in and out of my NYC therapy practice, I have known so many families who have struggled with infertility. Infertility is an umbrella term that spans a wide array of experiences–a family struggling to get pregnant can look many different ways. Yet, one thing that is consistent, in most cases of infertility, is that therapy is almost always left out of the treatment.During the infertility…
Jan 12, 2017
Is Your Therapist With It?
Many therapists aren’t with it, as Alyssa Bereznak points out in her article “Therapy’s Digital Disconnect” on The Ringer. Bereznak shows the divide between patients who are active online and on social media and their therapists who are baffled by Instagram, Twitter and other digital tools.But, therapists can be out of touch in other ways. Not only do they not know how to use their phone, but…
Jan 10, 2017
Need A New Year's Resolution? How About Shaking Up Your Therapy
When thinking of New Year’s resolutions, most people settle on the typical ones in the style of Good Morning America (diet, exercise, job, life milestone etc.). But, we can also resolve to evaluate and redefine our relationships, including shaking up therapy.Therapy is often pictured as a set routine of method, practice and relating. Therapists and patients can get stuck in a particular way of…
Jan 05, 2017
This New Year Does Not Feel So New
In my NYC therapy practice, so many sessions focus on goals, growth, and what folks want for themselves for the future. This is especially true entering the month January, as the New Year’s holiday is a time of renewal and resolutions. The new year can be an opportunity to reflect on the last year and to pause and ask, “How do I want the year ahead to be different?”However, for people who have…
Jan 03, 2017
This New Year's, Take Time To Heal
As 2017 nears, I’ve been thinking about how we approach New Year’s and how it relates to my NYC therapy practice. Looking toward the new year, we often impose these arbitrary do-overs. I worry it’s not so developmental, particularly in regards to grief.This year, especially, people have been saying, “I’ll be so glad when 2016 is over.” The idea of something from the past being “over” just seems…
Dec 29, 2016
Choosing Not To Go Home For The Holidays (For Your Health)
Deciding what to do for the holidays. Do you want to go home for the holidays? Are you going home because it is tradition or expectation? Is it the thing everyone in your family is doing and you're expected to do it too? Is it safe for you to go home? Is it healthy for you this year?Once you have the answers to these questions, you can make your choice. It’s important to remember that your…
Dec 22, 2016
Coloring Helps Those at Tribeca Therapy Leave Their Mark
In May, I wrote about the positive impact of adult coloring books and my own recent participation in “The Real Art Therapists of New York Coloring Book," a book that features images and interviews from 50 NYC art therapists. Since then, my colleagues and I at Tribeca Therapy have brought the fun, relaxing activity of coloring to our waiting room by leaving out pages from the books for people to…
Dec 20, 2016
Thriving After Trauma: It's Relational, Not Inspirational
I think there are too many inspirational stories about trauma. You turn on the Today Show or Oprah and you see a person who “survived” trauma. You have soft music, a tell-tale story, and you feel inspired. However, the bigger picture is that they worked hard to thrive after their trauma. They worked on their relationship with themselves, the trauma, and the person/people who got close to them in…
Dec 15, 2016
Should We Be Mindful?: An NYC Therapist's Response To Ruth Whippman's "Actually, Let's Not Be In The Moment"
As a NYC therapist, I couldn’t help but respond to Ruth Whippman’s recent New York Times opinion piece “Actually, Let’s Not Be In The Moment.” In the article, she points out the problems inherent in the current self-help trend of mindfulness.As a philosopher (so to speak), I’m not sure I actually believe there is such a thing as “the moment.” But as a therapist, I think the activity that people…
Dec 13, 2016
A Collective Therapist Conversation On The Election Outcome
Next in our series of collective conversations, we're following our previous pre-Election Night conversation on the 2016 presidential election with a discussion of the election outcome and how it has affected both our patients and NYC therapy practice: Matt: Many of our patients are devastated by the election outcome. I'm being reminded everyday that the shape of that devastation is different for…
Dec 08, 2016
How To Build A Powerful Relationship With Anxiety
Anxiety Can Be Hard To Define (Even In Therapy). Anxiety can mean a lot of different things–both in and out of therapy. When we reference anxiety, we’re often talking about a broad range of emotional and physical experiences. This can include–but is not limited to–stress, angst, trauma, hypervigilance, fear, nervousness, dread and even, a certain sort of enthusiasm or excitement.Anxiety is also…
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