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We Encourage People to Break up with Abusive Partners: We Should Do the Same for People Estranged from Families

Posted on in Family Therapy, NYC Therapy, Psychotherapy, Therapy

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…”  DesperateRead more

Couples Need More Than Tools: A Couples Therapist’s Beef With the Gottman Method

Posted on in Couples Therapy and Relationships, NYC Therapy, Psychotherapy, Therapy

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 couplesRead more

We Still Need In-Person Therapy Like We Need Recording Studios: 3 Ways Great Therapists Are Like Great Recording Engineers

Posted on in Creativity, NYC Therapy, Psychotherapy, Therapy

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, partneredRead more

Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist Featured in Metro UK, The New York Post, and Vox

Posted on in Couples Therapy and Relationships, NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Trauma and PTSD Therapy

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 TikTokRead more

Your Teenager Is Cooler Than You

Posted on in Family Therapy, NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for Teens

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 aboutRead more

We Teach Our Kids Not to Talk About Difficult Topics—That’s a Mistake

Posted on in Family Therapy, NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy

Kids know more than we think: Leaving them alone with fears risks them becoming adults skilled at forgetting scary things  Kids know and observe a lot more than we imagine, from fairly benign topics to scary ones. There is a sort of unconscious deal that parents make with children. Parents pretend kids don’t overhear theirRead more

Making Meaning From Antidepressants

Posted on in NYC Therapy, Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for Depression

Antidepressants can be examined in therapy just as we examine everything else in our lives Many people seek both therapy and medication when in emotional distress. However, they both exist in completely different systems. Few psychiatrists do therapy. Conversely, psychotherapists who aren’t physicians (and the vast majority of us aren’t) aren’t allowed to provide medicationRead more

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