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Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist Featured in Vogue
Can an object’s design, function, and aesthetics impact how you engage with that object? For instance, can a better, more organized wallet lead to better finances? Our Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist was recently asked that question for an article in Vogue in which he discusses primary and secondary process thinking and financial decision-making.In “Do Better Finances Come Down to a…
Jan 09, 2024
The Death of Curiosity as the Death of Care
Being curious about yourself is a foundational way to care for yourself. The root of the word(s) curious/curiosity traces back to the Latin root for care—cura. Like the words’ historical origins, I also view care and curiosity as inextricably linked. You wouldn’t be curious about something if you didn’t, on some level, care about it. When you are curious, you are giving your attention and concern…
Jan 03, 2024
Show Your Therapist More Photos
The ability of photos to evoke memories and emotions can be helpful to healing in therapy. Have you ever looked at a photo and instantaneously felt a rush of emotions? It’s actually quite common. Photographs are a window into time, capturing a moment of our existence. Whether a picture from childhood, a photo from a recent vacation with friends, or a snapshot from a birthday, wedding, or another…
Jan 02, 2024
When the Body Throws a Tantrum
Our bodies don’t throw tantrums for no reason. More than ever, both in my therapy practice and out, I hear about people experiencing chronic pain, dizziness, upset stomach, migraines, fatigue, and many other chronic symptoms without any medical explanation. For many, it can be a difficult and hopeless journey to not know what is going on with their bodies, especially after medical exams show…
Dec 21, 2023
We Encourage People to Break up with Abusive Partners: We Should Do the Same for People Estranged from Families
In a culture that advocates for people to separate from abusive partners, estrangement is still taboo. “Tell me about your family. Are you super close with them? What are your parents like? Siblings?”“Actually, I’m not really in contact with my family of origin…I’ve been estranged from them for the past several years.”“Oh…” Desperate to change the subject, no one knows what to say—the person who…
Dec 20, 2023
Couples Need More Than Tools: A Couples Therapist’s Beef With the Gottman Method
The Gottman Method appeals to couples’ fantasies that every relationship can be repaired with the right tools. With its catchy phrases (“Improve your relationship in 30 days!”) and easy-to-digest concepts (“Restore your love!” “Learn to manage conflict!”), the Gottman Method appeals to both patients and therapists alike. Gottman promotes itself as a type of couples therapy “based on research,”…
Dec 19, 2023
The Holidays Can Raise Conflicting Feelings About Families: We Should Feel Them All
When choosing whether or not to go home for the holidays, there is a tendency to ignore feelings that conflict with our decisions. As the end of the year rolls around, the much-awaited (and often much-dreaded) holiday season arrives faster than anyone is prepared for. Along with it comes big decisions about whether or not to go home for the holidays. Maybe you feel like keeping your distance…
Dec 18, 2023
3 More Ways Great Therapists Are Like Great Recording Engineers
Yesterday, in the first part of my two-part series, I pinpointed three ways the best therapists are like the best recording engineers to reflect on how similarly necessary the roles of in-studio recording engineers and producers are to in-person therapists. In order to further delve into this parallel, here are three more ways great therapists are like great recording engineers:1. They are active…
Dec 15, 2023
We Still Need In-Person Therapy Like We Need Recording Studios: 3 Ways Great Therapists Are Like Great Recording Engineers
Recording music in a studio is a lot like coming in person for therapy: Both are helpful for growth. I recently toured Windmill Lane Recording Studios, which made me reflect on just how similarly necessary the roles of in-studio recording engineers and producers are to in-person therapists. Both recording and therapy are, at best, partnered practices—the quality of the work is dependent on the…
Dec 14, 2023
Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist Featured in Metro UK, The New York Post, and Vox
We’re excited to share that our Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist was recently featured in Metro UK, The New York Post, and Vox, addressing, respectively, responses to childfree couples, affairs between coworkers at holiday parties, and navigating speaking to loved ones about health concerns.Inspired by the online backlash against a couple’s viral TikTok on the benefits of being in a…
Dec 12, 2023
Your Teenager Is Cooler Than You
Teens’ interests that parents see as odd are not just one of the greatest sources of life force: They’re also profoundly cool. In my work as a therapist to both teenagers and their parents, parents frequently express concern—or roll their eyes—about their teens’ “weird” niche interests, styles, or views about the world and worry about what other kids at school will think. However, I have…
Dec 11, 2023
In Therapy, Good Things Come to Those Who Work Their Asses off and Never Give Up
The best therapy requires hard work from both the therapist and the patient rather than quick fixes. On my way to Tribeca Therapy, I saw a sign, which, in a twist on the old saying, “Good things come to those who wait,” read, “Good things come to those who work their asses off and never give up.” To me, this sign says it all, especially about therapy. Therapy can be gut-wrenching, painstaking,…
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