The Effect of Groups on Our Capacity to Help I distinctly remember the first time I learned about social psychology–I was sitting in a large auditorium when my dry Psychology 101 professor clicked his slideshow to an image of NYC in the 60’s. As I doodled in the margins of my notebook, my professor began to speak about Kitty Genovese, aRead more
I’d Like to be Asleep for This: There’s No Anesthesia in Therapy
I got a letter in the mail recently from an insurance company asking for more information regarding the anesthesia therapy I provided. Hm, that’s odd. I know I sure as hell don’t do anything with anesthesia in my NYC therapy office. It turns out that the CPT code, a type of code insurance companies use toRead more
Outsider Art and the Challenge in Labeling
Labeling artists and concretely defining art movements has long been a challenge. Criteria often includes inspiration, influence, training, and proximity but there is plenty of room for gray area and interpretation. Priscilla Frank’s article, “What is the meaning of outsider art?”, highlights why those in the “outsider artist” category are even more challenging to designate than the typical artRead more
They don’t call ’em pain killers for nothin’: Staten Island, NYC’s heroin problem
Overdose prevention, drug abuse treatment in NYC and the work that remains One of the great hazards of drug use and abuse is the danger of overdose. The New Yorker looks at the problem of heroin use on Staten Island, NYC and the state of drug abuse treatment in NYC. The New Yorker writes aboutRead more
The Art of Therapy: An Uncertain Process
John-Morgan / Foter / CC BY Art therapy and art making: A process of discovery Early in my art therapy career, I asked a mentor how long it would take to be a “good” therapist. She laughed and rolled her eyes a little bit, as my question in itself negated what “good” therapy truly is.Read more
The first rule of fight club: On trauma therapy and denial
Two kinds of trauma: trauma therapy and the problem of denial We might say there are two sorts of trauma that present themselves in trauma therapy: trauma that is acknowledged, overtly expressed, laid bare; and trauma that is unacknowledged or ignored. In either instance, the pain of the trauma–the traumatic effect–is damaging. It leaves aRead more
Suicidality in Therapy: Why Those Most in Need Often Get the Least Support
Keoni Cabral / Foter / CC BY Suicide is a loaded issue, even within the therapy community. Sulome Anderson‘s article in The Atlantic, “How Patient Suicide Affects Psychiatrists” addresses numerous issues therapists struggle with. Anderson invokes this issue of the undesirable therapy patient in a very personal way. The author’s friend, Margaret, had numerous suicide attempts, self-harming behaviors,Read more
Therapy, dis-equilibrium and growth
Therapy is a necessarily uncomfortable process. Development, in or out of the therapy office, is a disruption of our emotional equilibrium. That’s generally–definitionally–disorienting. Too often our NYC therapy patients (and all of us) conflate equilibrium with happiness. Equilibrium suggests a sort of inertia or balance (a term especially revered these days) but we can justRead more
How the Hospital Environment Perpetuates Mental Illness
The Impact of a Space on Mental Health At Tribeca Therapy, my colleagues and I take great care to create a welcoming space that inspires creativity and growth. The aesthetics and the feel of any office is reflective of the treatment you are going to receive. Our space has a clean modern feel that reflects our professionalismRead more
Particular to you, not unique to you
madamepsychosis / Foter / CC BY-NC-ND Unique has become a hot word in the zeitgeist the last several years and has taken up its place in the therapy room. My altogether unscientific theory is that its popularity catapulted when the Food Network added a second channel, the Cooking Channel and suddenly had twice the spaceRead more
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