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All the Places Patients Are Seeing Their Therapist From During COVID-19
When our practice went entirely virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic nearly a year ago, our patients also had to adjust to online therapy while dealing with fear and uncertainty, economic challenges, and childcare struggles. At first, they simply needed help. People were afraid.As the first few weeks of quarantine went on, there was, for many patients (and some on the team), some hesitation about…
Jan 26, 2021
How Can Big Life Transitions Affect Adult Sibling Relationships?: A Conversation With Two NYC Family Therapists
Moving, a new job, marriage, having a new baby. These significant life transitions not only impact the individuals moving, landing that new job, getting married, or that are expecting, but also their siblings in ways that often go overlooked. Reflecting on their experiences practicing family therapy with adult siblings, Senior Therapists Rachael Benjamin and Kelly Scott discussed how big…
Jan 15, 2021
Why We Opened a Second Office in Park Slope, Brooklyn
Tribeca Therapy’s New Park Slope, Brooklyn Office Is The Next Step In Our Larger Plan . We recently announced the opening of our second office in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Park Slope has been my residence since I moved there after years in Tribeca where my connection to Lower Manhattan led me to open Tribeca Therapy in 2009. In early 2020, I began offering therapy sessions for the first time from an…
Jan 11, 2021
We Need to Talk About Pregnancy in the Pandemic’s Second Wave
Being Pregnant (Or Having A Partner Who Is Pregnant) During The Pandemic’s Second Wave Is Emotionally Overwhelming In A Different Way Than In The Spring. Providing therapy since the beginning of the pandemic, I’ve seen firsthand the toll it’s taken on pregnant women, their partners, and their families, particularly recently during this second wave. In the spring, there were so many unknowns about…
Dec 29, 2020
Am I Married to a Sociopath Like in HBO's The Undoing?: Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist in The Cut
In HBO’s drama series The Undoing, Grace Fraser, played by Nicole Kidman, is a highly trained psychotherapist who never recognized that her husband of seventeen years, Jonathan (Hugh Grant), was a sociopath. This has led many to wonder: if a Harvard-educated therapist could be in denial (even a fictional one), could I be married to a sociopath? Our Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist…
Dec 18, 2020
Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist on WNYC's All Of It with Alison Stewart on Texting Exes During Quarantine
During periods of isolation and uncertainty such as the COVID-19 pandemic, we tend to seek out comfort in the familiar. For many, this has resulted in either texting–or being on the receiving end of texts from–exes. Our Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist appeared on WNYC’s All Of It with Alison Stewart to discuss why people may be reaching out to former partners during the pandemic, as…
Dec 17, 2020
Pregnancy After Miscarriage or Pregnancy Loss: Tribeca Maternity Director Rachael Benjamin on Off the Mat
Being Pregnant After A Miscarriage Or Later-term Pregnancy Loss Can Be Complicated Emotionally. While miscarriages and pregnancy losses rarely get addressed as much as they should, the complex emotions around being pregnant after these early, late-term, or stillbirth losses are also frequently overlooked. In order to make it less intimidating to talk about these experiences, I participated in the…
Dec 10, 2020
Senior Therapist Kelly Scott Featured in Two Articles on Anxiety in Yahoo Life
As therapists, we see firsthand how anxiety can come out in a variety of ways. Our Senior Therapist Kelly Scott addresses two of these manifestations–panic attacks and stress eating–and offers some suggestions on how to deal with these experiences in Yahoo Life.Most recently, Kelly was featured in “Panic Attack vs. Anxiety Attack: Is There a Difference and What are the Symptoms?” which explores…
Dec 03, 2020
What is it Like to Provide Family Therapy With Adult Siblings?: Two NYC Therapists Discuss
Adult siblings usually contact us for family therapy because there’s been a painful rupture, a series of hurtful events, or consistent distance that is no longer tolerable by one or more siblings. Therapy with siblings can be challenging, but also provides the chance to honor, question, disrupt, and reconstruct these familial relationships. In order to shed light on this equally vulnerable and…
Nov 24, 2020
Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist Featured in Two Guides for Thanksgiving and the Holidays During COVID-19
Whether it’s travel, the guests, or the menu, Thanksgiving and the holidays are just going to look and feel different this year. Our Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist appeared in two recent guides for the holidays during COVID-19, providing strategies to lessen the stress and anxiety around this unique and uncertain year.Most recently, Matt offers several ways to make this Thanksgiving…
Nov 19, 2020
Being Pregnant in the Time of the 2020 Election: It's Not Just Perinatal Anxiety, It's Politics
In A Year Of Upheaval, Anxiety About The Election Can Feel Overwhelming, Especially If You’re Pregnant. As the November election nears, many of my patients who are pregnant, as well as their partners, are struggling with a lot of anxiety. Anxiety during pregnancy, otherwise known as perinatal anxiety, isn’t unusual and is something many face. However this year, the anxiety may come from more than…
Oct 20, 2020
Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist Featured in People Magazine on Maintaining Connection in Long-Distance Relationships During COVID-19
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced couples to either isolate together or apart, we witnessed a significant amount of rapid transitions in our couples therapy practice, including couples suddenly experiencing their relationships becoming long distance. Our Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist was recently featured in People Magazine, offering his expertise in how couples can still maintain…
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