Family history in family therapy and beyond Through my work as a psychotherapist and family therapist, I’ve learned that understanding family histories and identifying family patterns can help us understand why we find ourselves in repeated situations. This is vital in both family therapy–where a family unit is in the therapy office, as well asRead more
How to Give Your Teen Safe Space
As Therapists Who Work With Teens, We’ve Learned a lot About Negotiating Safety As a therapist who works with teens in NYC, I see how much parenting a teen is a tough job. Part of a teen’s healthy development is rebelling and getting space from their nuclear family, which doesn’t always feel great on the receivingRead more
Emotional Lessons: Teaching Children How to Be Well-Adjusted Adults
Supporting Your Child’s Independence As a parent, your biggest job is to help your children grow into well-adjusted adults. From the moment they learn how to self soothe as infants, you are passing on lessons, big and small, that encourage healthy autonomy. In Slate’s “The Value of a Mess”, writer Jessica Lahey clearly lays out some of these lessons andRead more
Dog Whisperer, Parenting Guru
A great model for parenting Often when I talk to parents in my NYC therapy practice, I reference Cesar Milan, the Dog Whisperer. Yes, the Dog Whisperer. I know kids are not dogs and, no, I do not condone the use of those terrible child leashes. Yet it has shocked me, just from watching a fewRead more
Art as Therapy: The Shame to Pride Project
Art and art therapy Artist Stephanie Calvert is using her own art as therapy in creating work using materials from her childhood home and I find it inspiring in my work as an art therapist. The Huffington Post’s Katherine Brooks features Ms. Calvert in her piece, “One Daughter is Turning Her Hoarding Parents’ Belongings into Beautiful Art“.Read more
Internalizing External Messages: The Impact on “Problem Children”
Editors Note: We are so pleased to share, for the first time since the launch of our website, the writing of a therapist in our NYC practice who isn’t the founder and director, Matt Lundquist. Heather Mayone Kiely is a psychotherapist and Art Therapist who joined the practice in 2012 when we expanded to aRead more
Family therapy: For New Yorkers an unconsidered psychotherapy option
JenGallardo / Foter / CC BY-NC-ND New York family therapists love family therapy Therapists who offer family counseling love family counseling. And often, those who aren’t family therapists find the idea of family counseling terrifying. Ironically this is often for the same reasons. Families are tough. If you’ve spent time in one, it’s like thatRead more
A work weekend
Recently a patient of mine reluctantly flew home for her sister’s whirlwind wedding. Reluctantly because, as is often the case with adult siblings, she and her sister don’t get along. Over the years she’s felt taken for granted, and history repeated itself as plans came together for the wedding. Without even receiving a proper invitation,Read more
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