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Beyond “The Right” Decision: Helping Teens Become Decision Makers

Posted on January 18, 2018 in Family Therapy, Leadership, NYC Therapy, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for Teens

Parents, Therapists And Other Adults Need To Help Teens Be Decision Makers As a therapist who works with teens, I know teens have to face tons and tons of decisions all the time. The reality of being a teenager is there are certain adult decisions that have to be made for you. You can’t, forRead more

The Politics Of Therapy (Yes, There Are)

Posted on November 16, 2017 in Leadership, NYC Therapy, Psychotherapy, Therapy

Many of us take therapists’ politics for granted. We think either politics shouldn’t matter or we should just expect that our therapists will be with it.Read more ►

13 Ways “13 Reasons Why” Expands The Conversation On Teens And Mental Health: 9. Parents, Check Your Shit To Take Care Of Your Teen

Posted on August 9, 2017 in Family Therapy, Leadership, NYC Therapy, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for Teens

Yesterday, I highlighted distant parents and family as an important theme in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why. As an NYC therapist who works with teens, the ninth way I see how the show expands on the conversation about teens and mental health is closely related: 9. Parents, Check Your Shit To Take Care Of Your TeenRead more

Relationship Counseling Isn’t Just For (Romantic) Couples

Posted on May 4, 2017 in Couples Therapy and Relationships, Leadership, NYC Therapy, Psychotherapy, Therapy

Relationship Counseling Can Help Many Kinds of Relationships Marriages and romantic couples aren’t the only relationships that benefit from relationship counseling. Ever hear someone say about a business partner or a sibling, “We fight like a married couple”? Relationship counseling is available to help any meaningful relationship that’s in trouble whether siblings, a parent andRead more

What Can Dr. Martin Luther King Teach Us About Disruption And Progress?

Posted on January 17, 2017 in Leadership, NYC Therapy, Psychotherapy, Therapy

Looking back on this Dr. Martin Luther King Day, I thought about how Dr. King was, in many ways, a disruptor of an unhealthy status quo. I think those of us who didn’t live through the civil rights movement can, at times, underestimate just how disruptive it was. While Dr. King’s disruption affected the progress ofRead more

Therapy Should Not Be Silent About Politics

Posted on October 13, 2016 in Leadership, NYC Therapy, Psychotherapy, Therapy

Getting Out From Behind Closed Doors In my NYC therapy practice, most patients expect to talk to me about their micro environment–their friends, family, co-workers or significant others. However, they often feel like the greater macrocosm of society and politics are off limits, as are the topics of race, gender, sexuality, and religion. In therapy, includingRead more