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 withRead more
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 theRead more
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 andRead more
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 couldRead more
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. ByRead more
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 doRead more
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 andRead more
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 toRead more
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 yourRead more
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,Read more
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