Parents, Your Teenager Needs You To Get Closer: Family Therapy Can Help As an NYC family therapist, I’ve seen firsthand how hard it can be for teens to help their parents learn how to get closer and be there for them. For parents of teens, the New Year can be a good opportunity to checkRead more
Men, Listen Up!: How Men Need To Develop In Light Of The Conversation About Sexual Harassment And Assault
Sexual Harassment And Sexual Assault Are A Cultural Problem–Male Privilege Is Part Of That In “The Unexamined Brutality of the Male Libido,” recently published in The New York Times, Stephen Marche argues that men need to reexamine, what he calls, “the often ugly and dangerous nature of the male libido” in light of the currentRead more
Getting Rid of Guilt and Getting Unstuck
Feeling Stuck? Check Your Guilt In my NYC therapy practice, I see a lot of people, who are stuck, struggling with a strong presence of guilt. Oftentimes, feeling guilty about actions or desires can prevent people from acting on their true and authentic wants. This can leave them in jobs, marriages and other situations thatRead more
No, Sexual Predators Don’t Need Therapy, They Need Punitive Intervention
Sexual Predators Don’t Need Therapy A recent New York Times article “Therapy for Sexual Misconduct? It’s Mostly Unproven” explored the potential for therapeutic treatment for sexual predators like Harvey Weinstein, who after accusations of sexual harassment and assault, have claimed to seek professional help. In my opinion as an NYC therapist, these sexual predators don’tRead more
4 Ways Therapy Can Help Get You Out Of A Depression Rut
Depression Can Make You Feel Stuck In A Rut In a recent episode “You Can Change Your Life” of the podcast Dear Sugars, hosts Steve Almond and Cheryl Strayed (with guest Mitchell S. Jackson) answered a letter from “Girl in a Rut,” which made a good case for therapy for depression. In her letter, GirlRead more
The Politics Of Therapy (Yes, There Are)
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 ►
Tuesday, October 31st
On Tuesday, October 31, a terrorist, driving a rented truck, entered the bike path along the West Side Highway, running over several cyclists and coming to a stop as he rammed into a school bus. Three New York City public schools–Stuyvesant High School, P.S. 89 and I.S. 89–were all just feet from the final collisionRead more
How An Equal Distribution Of Labor Can Fight A Couple’s Anxiety
French comic artist Emma illustrates what feminists refer to as the “mental load” in her cartoon “You Should’ve Asked.” It shows a heterosexual couple in which the woman is responsible for organizing and delegating household and childcare tasks. She is shown in several scenarios working, planning, and scurrying about while her male partner sits idlyRead more
Webseries “Shrink” Makes A Case for Therapy
“Shrink” is a new web series created by Alex Karpovsky of “Girls” and filmmaker Teddy Blanks, who are collectively also known as “Spielbergs.” It features videos of celebrities like Natasha Lyonne, Lena Dunham, and Sarah Silverman talking about their experiences in therapy. The Spielbergs duo hopes to normalize the topic of therapy and will beRead more
Doing While You’re Depressed
Depression Can Make Even Basic Tasks, From Getting Out Of Bed To Going To Therapy, Seem Impossible I frequently see patients with depression struggling with immobilization and feeling stuck in my NYC therapy practice. When you’re depressed, it’s often hard to even do the basics. With depression, you can feel hopeless, sad and numb. AllRead more
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