Tweens’ Frequent Switching Between Wanting Protection And Independence Doesn’t Make Them Crazy, It Makes Them Tweens In our therapy with both tweens and their parents, parents often talk to us about tweens and young teens being labile, meaning they can switch quite quickly between wanting closeness, intimacy and protection, while also wanting freedom and independence.Read more
Practicing Couples Therapy During 2018’s Brett Kavanaugh Moment
One of 2018’s defining events, both nationally and in our NYC therapy practice, was the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Particularly inspired by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s brave testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, women patients shared experiences of sexual trauma, harassment and experiences of close calls. Not only did theRead more
Vulnerability Isn’t An Abstraction: It’s Something We Build With People
We Build Vulnerability With Certain Safe People In my NYC therapy practice, I find that so often vulnerability is talked about in the abstract, as a thing people are good at, not good at or could get better at. But with whom? We build vulnerability with particular people. There are a few essential conditions forRead more
Can You Have Too Much Empathy?
Empathy Is Wonderful, But There Is A Downside As an NYC therapist, of course, I think empathy is great. A lot of people we know could stand to develop more of it. Empathy has to do with being nice to other people and taking a type of moral stance that prioritizes your best understanding ofRead more
Complicating The 6 Myths Of Attraction
As An NYC Therapist, I See A Need To Complicate How We Think About, Talk About And Understand Attraction Is attraction as simple as being attracted to someone or not? Can you be both attracted to and repulsed by someone? What is the relationship between aesthetics and character? Is physical attraction fixed and independent ofRead more
Getting Off Antidepressants And Anti-anxiety Medications
Therapy Helps With The Emotional Side Of Getting Off Antidepressants or Anti-anxiety Medications In our NYC therapy practice, patients sometimes come to us who are considering getting off antidepressants or anti-anxiety medications, or have decided to stop taking medication. We’re not psychiatrists, medical doctors or otherwise psychopharmacologists. If you want to take antidepressants or anti-anxietyRead more
How Stereotypes And Others’ Characterizations Of Us Influence Who We Become: Tribeca Therapy In Refinery29
Stereotypes And Imposed Family Roles Us Can Affect Who We Are In our NYC therapy practice, we often see how others characterize us can become a part of our personality. Over time any significant influence–whether cultural stereotypes or overdetermined roles within the family–can affect who we are. Overcoming this is no small part of goodRead more
What Is The Best Way To Do Family Dinnertime?: Tribeca Therapy On Family Time In The Huffington Post
In our NYC family therapy practice, we relate to the family, not just the individual relationships, as the unit that is seeking help from us. Understanding the importance of the family as a unit, there is value in gathering the family together as a whole rather than setting aside individual time with just Sally orRead more
What Does It Mean to Identify As Bisexual?: Tribeca Therapy In Women’s Health
Our NYC therapy practice works with patients with a wide range of sexual identities and orientations, including bisexual, as well as those who are questioning. Perhaps this is why Women’s Health recently reached out to Tribeca Therapy in order to talk about bisexuality. Citing GLAAD’s statistic that about 13 percent of people identify as bisexual,Read more
Tribeca Therapy On What To Do When The Kavanaugh News Cycle Triggers PTSD And Memories Of Sexual Trauma In Medium
In Our NYC Therapy Practice, The Kavanaugh News Cycle Has Led To Discussions About Trauma And Sexual Assault For many patients in our NYC therapy practice, Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings last week with the Senate Judiciary Committee and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony have been a topic of discussion in session. In the pastRead more
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