I was interviewed last week by Erik Torkells, whose blog, Tribeca Citizen, is all about the New York City neighborhood from which my therapy practice (and this website) gets it’s name. I spend most of the day talking about and writing about psychotherapy, group therapy, learning, and development, so it was great to have theRead more
Finding a therapist (or psychologist, or psychiatrist, or… Help!)
t_buchtele / Foter / CC BY-NC-ND Finding a therapist can be a bit perplexing, especially given the various professions involved. Here are a few thoughts to guide you in your search. Umm, what’s a therapist? Believe it or not, this isn’t as easy (or uncommon) a question as you might think. Technically, it could meanRead more
Digging through the garbage
We all have plenty of garbage. Painful stuff from the past, whether it’s harm that was done to us, mistakes we’ve made or bouts of bad luck that set us back. Crap. Baggage. Stuff. What I’m puzzled by is the way so many of us seem to cling tightly to the garbage, as though itRead more
Therapy, growth and WORK: What work is
I’m doing some work on this beautiful, sunny New York City day from Poet’s House in Battery Park City. I’ve had some inspiring conversations with patients this week about work: what it is, what it isn’t, why we’re so afraid of it, and what it has to do with therapy and growth. It’s a strangeRead more
A culture of stress
Of course you know that there are all sorts of medical conditions caused by stress: obesity, heart disease, problems sleeping, skin conditions, and on and on. It’s likely your doctor tells you she wants you to “reduce stress” about as frequently as she tells you to loose a few pounds or cut back on yourRead more
Headlines from the land of “no duh”
You really should thank me. If you read this blog or you follow me on twitter or facebook I’m doing you a serious favor that you probably don’t realize: I read psychology-related blogs and news stories and pass along to you the ones worth taking note of. Maybe part of why you don’t realize whatRead more
On bullying: What about the group?
There’s been an explosion of conversation about bullying in the last few years, ignited further still in the past several months since the suicide of Phoebe Prince, a freshman at South Hadley High School in Massachusetts. Six of her teenage classmates were charged in court with a variety of legal offenses for what clearly representsRead more
The funks (Or: When you forget)
What makes funks challenging is that it feels like everything is wrong and broken and will stay that way forever. It’s pretty unlikely that that’s true, of course. The challenge (as in many instances, such as here, here, here and here) is to live (be, perform) in a way that’s other than how you feel.Read more
A perfectly good game of catch
Anderson Mancini / Foter / CC BY My first job out of college (not counting a few highly-forgettable temping nightmares–definitely another blog post) was at a wonderful, progressive child welfare agency in Chicago. The agency was a pioneer in an approach that’s now common in social services called wraparound. As the name implies, wraparound grewRead more
Shopping for criticism
The world will always be able to present you with an endless supply of people who will tell you there’s something wrong with you. If you’re looking for it, any old stroll down a Manhattan sidewalk will leave you liable to bump into any number of people who’ll gladly offer their critique: You’re walking tooRead more
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