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 footingRead more
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 conceptionRead more
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 BillyRead more
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 ofRead more
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 thatRead more
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 otherRead more
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. TherapistsRead more
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 andRead more
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 whenRead more
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 forRead more
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