Couples
Vulnerability Isn’t An Abstraction: It’s Something We Build With People
We Build Vulnerability With Certain Safe People. In my NYC therapy practice, I find that so often vulnerability is talked about in the abstract, as a thing people are good at, not good at or could get better at. But with whom? We build vulnerability with particular people. There are a few essential conditions for that to happen with a given person. One of them is that person is safe and we go…
Dec 20, 2018
Can You Have Too Much Empathy?
Empathy Is Wonderful, But There Is A Downside. As an NYC therapist, of course, I think empathy is great. A lot of people we know could stand to develop more of it. Empathy has to do with being nice to other people and taking a type of moral stance that prioritizes your best understanding of the impact that a decision or behavior will have on them. However, depending on your early experiences,…
Dec 06, 2018
Complicating The 6 Myths Of Attraction
As An NYC Therapist, I See A Need To Complicate How We Think About, Talk About And Understand Attraction. Is attraction as simple as being attracted to someone or not? Can you be both attracted to and repulsed by someone? What is the relationship between aesthetics and character? Is physical attraction fixed and independent of emotional attraction? What does it mean for attraction to shift over…
Nov 29, 2018
Parents Need To Be On The Same Page About Parenting
Disagreements About Parenting Can Be Challenging For Both Parents And Kids. Heather and I recently hosted a discussion with parents at Portfolio School, a local independent K-5 school in Tribeca, about when parents aren’t on the same page about parenting. In Heather and my experience, both in our NYC therapy practice and out, the substance of all but the most serious disagreements is never more…
Nov 15, 2018
Introducing Kelly Scott, LMHC
This year, our Downtown NYC therapy practice has grown significantly, which has pushed us to add some more talented therapists to our staff. This has allowed the practice to not only grow in number, but in our approach to therapy. We’re excited to introduce Kelly Scott, LMHC, our newest member of the staff at Tribeca Therapy. Whether treating an individual, or in couples therapy or family…
Nov 08, 2018
What Does It Mean to Identify As Bisexual?: Tribeca Therapy In Women’s Health
Our NYC therapy practice works with patients with a wide range of sexual identities and orientations, including bisexual, as well as those who are questioning. Perhaps this is why Women’s Health recently reached out to Tribeca Therapy in order to talk about bisexuality.Citing GLAAD’s statistic that about 13 percent of people identify as bisexual, writer Macaela Mackenzie spoke with our director…
Oct 11, 2018
Making Friends Is More Than A Numbers Game
Making Friends Is About Building Something With Another Person. Patients sometimes come into my NYC therapy practice asking about how to make friends as an adult. It is, of course, much, much harder than when you’re younger. When you’re in college, high school or even, still new to the workplace, the opportunities to meet people organically are fairly plentiful. School and the lifestyle right…
Sep 06, 2018
An Argument For Emotional Infidelity
Go Ahead, Find Emotional Closeness Outside Your Relationship. As an NYC therapist, I hate the concept of emotional affairs. I think there is likely a very narrow slice of emotional infidelity that is disrespectful to a spouse, but in those cases, these relationships aren’t problematic because of “closeness” or “being too close.” It’s interesting that if you bounce around the Internet, there are…
Aug 09, 2018
Couples Therapy Before Marriage
Couples Therapy Before Marriage Isn’t Common, But It’s Also Not Unusual. In our NYC couples therapy practice, about a third of the couples we work with aren’t married. Some are anti-marriage, while others are just not there yet in their relationship. For our particular demographic of Manhattan professionals, couples therapy before marriage isn’t common per se, but it’s also far from…
Aug 02, 2018
Tribeca Therapy Quoted On Couples Arguments About Social Media On Insider
Unsurprisingly, in 2018, social media can become a point of contention for any couple. INSIDER reached out to Tribeca Therapy as couples therapy experts to discuss how disagreements over social media can relate to issues of vulnerability and trust, focusing on the public argument between Kourtney Kardashian and her boyfriend Younes Bendjima about her revealing Instagram posts. Speaking to our…
Jul 26, 2018
24 Signs You’re In Bad Therapy
Bad Therapy Is Bad For Your Health. As a therapist in NYC, a city with so many therapy options, it bugs me when people are in bad therapy. My biggest concern with patients who stick with bad therapy isn’t only that bad therapy turns people off to therapy, making it less likely they’ll try again and get good help, but it also lowers their expectations. Even when they reach out, they’ve been…
Jun 28, 2018
Ending A Relationship With An Unsafe Parent Or Family Member
Cutting Off A Parent Or Other Family Member Can Be Loaded. In my NYC therapy practice, I’ve worked with patients who have had to end a relationship with their mom, dad, sibling and on rare occasions, child. In far more instances, there is a need or desire to pare down the relationship, but there are always questions on how to draw those lines. In some cases though, cutting a family member off…
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