We have something of a reputation here at TriBeCa Therapy for being therapists who aren’t overly invested in the psychoanalytic method of excavating the past. It’s accurate, and it’s a reputation that’s been well earned on our part. We take exception to two corresponding assumptions underlying the dominance so often placed onRead more
What getting rid of mold can teach us about depression, anxiety, therapy and growth
There’s a lot to be learned about attacking sadness and anxiety in therapy and in life from taking a look at the ecosystem of mold. Really. Imagine the following: You’ve moved into that great NYC apartment only to discover, just after hanging your newly-unpacked soft, white towels, that behind the bathroom door is a sprawlingRead more
Many shapes of trauma, many forms of pain
I was reminded this afternoon that there is still work to be done, in the media and in our therapy offices, to remind one another (and make the case) that trauma (and its cousin, pain) can take many forms. PTSD, the diagnostic label under which most trauma is captured, was historically a diagnosis most commonlyRead more
You can’t work on the PTSD until the TS is P
I started graduate school in New York City, studying to become a therapist, just a few days before September 11th, 2001. Like a lot of New Yorkers, that day included a long walk home. After connecting with my fellow therapists-to-be, some of us turned around and headed back downtown to see about volunteering our help.Read more
Gray is the color of human
It’s so often the stuff of therapy: People piss us off. They hurt our feelings. Lie. Deceive. Over promise and under deliver. Ex-boyfriends cheat. Former bosses withhold money we’re owed. People do bad things. In NYC you hardly have to step outside for someone to rub you the wrong way. It sucks, and when thatRead more
Therapy and burnout
I get a number of emails from folks outside of New York asking questions about therapy. High school students looking for advice on therapy as a career or a young therapist asking for tips on starting his or her own practice. A few months ago I got on that has me thinking about what itRead more
The limits of love
Shena Pamella / Foter / CC BY-NC-SA I wish that people who are conventionally supposed to love each other would say to each other, when they fight, “Please — a little less love, and a little more common decency.” –Kurt Vonnegut Becoming a dad just over a year ago has had a tremendous affect onRead more
Finding A Therapist: A radio interview with Lite FM NYC
It was a lot of fun doing an interview last week on Finding A Therapist with Nina Del Rio, who is the host of Lite FM NYC’s “Get Connected.” One of the things we discussed was that the challenge of finding a good therapist in NYC is compounded be there being so many choices ofRead more
“Why are you punching me in the face?”
An absurd question, obviously. Punch back! Run away! But investigate why? Pretty crazy. And yet the slightly-less-ridiculous equivalent of this question gets asked all the time: Your partner gets home from work and is banging around in the kitchen and barking, “Where’s the damn pepper!” “Honey, why are you so upset?” Your daughter runs intoRead more
I hate therapy (and don’t even get me started on psychotherapy)
Ok, I hate the word therapy. Or, more to the point, I hate the word therapy as a word to describe what I do. How come? I hadn’t looked up therapy until just this moment, but it’s always smelled of illness to me. When I hear “therapy” I think less about the coming together ofRead more
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