Trauma therapists–therapists in NYC and elsewhere who treat PTSD–become experts in crisis. How we confront crises that don’t constitute trauma, per se–those that wouldn’t likely lead to a life experience that we might want to classify as PTSD–can be informed by the knowledge trauma therapists have gained from this work. For those therapists who wereRead more
Katrina and 9/11 Memorials: The Use of Group Art Therapy for Collective Trauma
Memorials as Group Art Therapy Just blocks from my NYC art therapy office stands the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. In the 13 years it took to complete the memorial, there has been a lot of debate and criticism regarding what was planned, how long it was taking to complete, and how costly it was. One such piece ofRead more
Breaking the strata: Diversity of group therapy in NYC
Group therapy in NYC: The 4-train in therapy Group therapy is my favorite way to help people. I love how unpredictable it is. Not unlike New York itself. I sometimes feel that NYC is a less of a city than a collection of cities piled on top of one another–it’s a wild place to practiceRead 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
Time-Release Therapy
As a therapist, I often wonder how to maximize the work I do with people. Forty five minutes a week of therapy is not much. You might get the initial “hit” of enlightenment, closeness, catharsis, empowerment, and so on but in order for those 45 minutes of therapy to really work their magic, the workRead more
Group Shaming in the Internet Age: The 21st Century Bystander Effect
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
I’d Like to be Asleep for This: There’s No Anesthesia in Therapy
I got a letter in the mail recently from an insurance company asking for more information regarding the anesthesia therapy I provided. Hm, that’s odd. I know I sure as hell don’t do anything with anesthesia in my NYC therapy office. It turns out that the CPT code, a type of code insurance companies use toRead more
Outsider Art and the Challenge in Labeling
Labeling artists and concretely defining art movements has long been a challenge. Criteria often includes inspiration, influence, training, and proximity but there is plenty of room for gray area and interpretation. Priscilla Frank’s article, “What is the meaning of outsider art?”, highlights why those in the “outsider artist” category are even more challenging to designate than the typical artRead more
They don’t call ’em pain killers for nothin’: Staten Island, NYC’s heroin problem
Overdose prevention, drug abuse treatment in NYC and the work that remains One of the great hazards of drug use and abuse is the danger of overdose. The New Yorker looks at the problem of heroin use on Staten Island, NYC and the state of drug abuse treatment in NYC. The New Yorker writes aboutRead more
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