There Are Many Common Criticisms Of Antidepressants, Including About Their Overuse Criticism of antidepressants is a trope employed to a number of different ends. Some frequent critiques of antidepressants are that they are unproven (I think there’s mixed truth here–we know less about how antidepressants work than people think, but some users experience some reliefRead more
Rather Than Getting Rid Of Anxiety, We Should Find A Fluid Way To Relate To It
Dealing With Anxiety Is More Complex Than Simply Getting Rid Of It In both psychology and our culture at large, we often talk about treating anxiety by getting rid of it completely. Within this framework, there is one outcome for dealing with anxiety: not having anxiety. This thinking can corner people who are struggling, andRead more
Debunking The Authority Of The DSM
Non-Diagnostic Therapy: Diagnosis As An Offering For Exploration A common misunderstanding about our non-diagnostic therapy practice is that non-diagnostic means “no diagnosis” or “diagnosis = bad.” I’m not against diagnosis and not just because of insurance companies. There is a hugely significant body of work that has produced a few hundred diagnoses and an entireRead more
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 againRead more
Tribeca Therapy Talks To Refinery29 About Bipolar Disorder And Kanye West
In our NYC therapy practice, we frequently see how bipolar disorder and other mental illnesses can still be seen as shameful, making it important to challenge this ongoing stigma. However, there is also a risk in romanticizing mental illness. Refinery29 recently asked Tribeca Therapy whether Kanye West was glamorizing mental illness on his new album Ye that refers toRead more
Tribeca Therapy Quoted On Bipolar Disorder and Mariah Carey in Refinery29
This week, Mariah Carey revealed her experiences with bipolar disorder in People Magazine. Using this moment to talk about bipolar disorder more generally–its diagnosis and treatment, Refinery29 reached out to our NYC therapy practice. In the article “Why It Took So Long For Mariah Carey To Get Help For Bipolar Disorder,” writer Kimberly Truong quotes our director MattRead more
Tribeca Therapy Talks Diagnosis And Non-Diagnostic Therapy in Refinery29
Does diagnosis matter? Why might your therapist not give you a diagnosis? Here at Tribeca Therapy, we’ve addressed our non-diagnostic approach to therapy on both our website and our blog. Recently, though, we were given the chance to speak about diagnosis and non-diagnostic therapy with Refinery29’s Kimberly Truong in her article “Why Your Therapist Might Not TellRead more
Tribeca Therapy Quoted On Borderline Personality Disorder In Refinery29
Recently, our NYC therapy practice has been quoted in several publications. We’re excited to share another piece from Refinery29, addressing the portrayal of mental illness, more specifically, Borderline Personality Disorder, in the television show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. In the article, our director Matt speaks about how BPD can be challenging to diagnose since depression and anxietyRead more
With Asperger’s, Diagnosis Matters (Unless It Doesn’t)
Do I Have Asperger’s, Doc? Maybe once a week in my NYC therapy practice someone asks to meet with me to diagnose whether or not they have Asperger’s. Asperger’s is a mild form of autism characterized by difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication. It’s almost never the case that the diagnosis is sought toRead more
Is Your Body Talking To You?: It Could Be Anxiety
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Can Have Physical Symptoms In my NYC anxiety therapy practice, many patients come in with physical symptoms, whether panic attacks, IBS issues, constipation or heart palpitations, which can indicate internalized anxiety. These symptoms may have been there for weeks, months, or even, years. These physical experiences can vary widely. Some folks comeRead more