Recently, I have been thinking about the importance of putting good stuff out there–boldly and well-presented. A huge part of my mission as a NYC therapist is to market myself the best I possibly can. Marketing is so often conceived as a dirty word. The reality, though, is that when you’re searching for a therapist,Read more
The Shared Experience of Depression in Relationships
I have observed both in and outside of my NYC therapy practice a growing dialogue for mental health issues like depression. What often seems absent, however, is the ripple effect of depression and how it can affect couples, family units, and those in close proximity to it. When one person in a unit is strugglingRead more
Are You An Alien Or An Astronaut?
“A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” ― Kurt Vonnegut, Welcome to the Monkey House We are all travelers, in one sense or another. In some proportion, we spend time with the familiar and the unfamiliar, and we also have experiences with feelings of belonging and not belonging. Reconciling that experience ofRead 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
Let’s talk about sex! (In therapy!)
I practice pro-sex therapy. I don’t really feel I have the option not to in my NYC therapy office. In the case of sex, everyone has it, had had it or has a significant relationship with it. Sex is such a vital part of who we are as human beings. To ignore it would beRead more
How To Leave Your Therapist
In my NYC therapy practice, I hear horror stories about my patient’s past therapists where they have wasted time and energy and even encountered some harm. It is disturbing enough to hear about the transgressions of those in my profession, but it is even more upsetting to hear that many of my patients stuck around andRead more
Therapy Should Not Be Silent About Politics
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
Talking Social Media, Relationships and Therapy On Love Bites
Last week, I was pleased to be invited by Jacqueline Raposo to join her and her co-host Ben Rosenblatt on their NYC-based weekly radio show Love Bites on the Heritage Radio Network to talk about social media and its impact on dating and relationships that I see in my therapy practice (listen here). We spokeRead more
Race, Gender, Sexuality, Class, Religion and Politics Belong In Therapy
How and why should we talk about race, class, sexuality, gender, politics, religion, etc. in therapy? Should you bring these topics up in the first place? In my NYC therapy practice, the definitive answer is yes. I find in my therapy practice that people come in with a specific topic of concern: anxiety, stress atRead more
A Collective NYC Therapist Conversation On Therapy Clichés
Couches, mothers, Freud–there are a lot of clichés about therapy. In the latest of our collective conversations with the therapists in our NYC therapy practice, we take on these clichés: Matt: I like to think that, as therapists go, we’re fairly self-conscious about the expectations and lived experiences of New Yorkers who seek therapy. People haveRead more
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