The Effect of Groups on Our Capacity to Help I distinctly remember the first time I learned about social psychology–I was sitting in a large auditorium when my dry Psychology 101 professor clicked his slideshow to an image of NYC in the 60’s. As I doodled in the margins of my notebook, my professor began to speak about Kitty Genovese, aRead more
No, we don’t offer support groups at TriBeCa Therapy
Ian Sane / Foter / CC BY As a therapy center in the heart of New York City that offers several options for group therapy, we get a lot of calls from prospective therapy patients asking if we offer support groups. Nope. No way. Why? Because we don’t believe in the premise. There are aRead more
How to start a movement (and build a therapy group)
’nuff said.
Crowdsourcing your therapy…? The New Yorker’s (accidental) endorsement of group therapy
Chris Gansen / Foter / CC BY-NC-SA I won’t deny that it was a treat to see The New Yorker finally take on group therapy, even if accidentally. The New Yorker magazine, of course, is about as ubiquitous in New York City psychotherapy offices as Oriental rugs, over-sized plastic paddles stamped “MEN” and “WOMEN” attachedRead more
Why’s everyone picking on group therapy?
Group therapy just can’t catch a break. Here’s a video of animals from NYC’s Bronx Zoo with a group therapist working through the difficult feelings they’re having about the budget cuts New York City has proposed for its funding of the zoo: In politics, a reference to group therapy seems like a pejorative for politiciansRead more
Worth
BullionVault / Foter / CC BY-ND A few months ago one my therapy groups at my NYC practice got to talking about the subject of self worth. There’s no reason this should have been surprising. Self-worth is seen as nearly synonymous with self-esteem, one of the cornerstones of just about any framework of psychological well-being.Read more
Are you a consumer or a producer of your therapy (and your life)?
Thomas Hawk / Foter / CC BY-NC Like most New Yorkers, I enjoy going out for a nice dinner now and again. The big draw, of course, is the food. But it’s also nice to be taken care of and have the night off from cooking and cleaning up. There’s no expectation when you showRead more
“Just like me”
I got an email this morning from someone in New York who found my website searching for group therapy. He said a few things about himself, what he’s struggling with, and then wrote, “I’m looking for a therapy group with people just like me.” I was touched. It was clear that this guy spends mostRead more
Know thyself? Not so fast
bencrowe / Foter / CC BY Several months ago I wrote about the imperative of giving up your expertise on you. While there are certain things you know pretty well about yourself, there’s a not-so-modest basket of things where you are in, perhaps, the worst position to see what’s really going on. It’s one ofRead more
So this guy built a toaster…
…and tells us an awful lot about who we are (and a bit about group therapy). His name is Thomas Thwaites, and I first saw the video where I find a good deal of smart things, on TED. Check it out: Pretty terrific, right? Just sharing it with you is exciting, but I’d like toRead more