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
Finding A Therapist In NYC
How To Find A NYC Therapist Finding a therapist in NYC is a lot like dating. You scour the internet for someone whose profile seems right and when you think you may have found a match, you schedule some phone time. If that goes well, you make a date to meet in person. As thisRead more
When It Comes To Asperger’s, Does Diagnosis Matter?
With Therapy for Asperger‘s, a Conundrum A common conversation that I have in my NYC therapy practice concerns Asperger’s. Many people wonder if they have Asperger’s or if their parent or spouse does. There are people whose life matches the diagnosis of Asperger’s, more or less. Some find that discovery a relief and some findRead more