In our NYC online therapy sessions, we’ve, understandably, received a lot of questions about dealing with self-isolating at home. Between the cramped quarters and being home more than ever before, conflicts between people in the home can naturally come up, whether with a couple, parents and school-aged kids, college students who moved back home orRead more
Being Physically Together In An Apartment Is Not The Same As Spending Time Together As A Couple
Just Because A Couple Is Together All Day Every Day In Quarantine Doesn’t Mean The Relationship Is Getting What It Needs One of the particular challenges about relationships in the time of the coronavirus that I’ve been talking about with patients in my teletherapy and online couples therapy sessions is how to manage the competingRead more
Working From Home While The Kids Are At Home During COVID-19: 5 Ways To Emotionally Survive
Trying To Parent Kids Who Are At Home While Working From Home During COVID-19 Is Overwhelming For Families For the families I’ve talked to in my online family therapy sessions, self-isolation due to COVID-19 has meant dealing with the rapid transition to working from home while the kids are at home. This is an enormousRead more
Stay-At-Home Order While Pregnant: 6 Ways To Get What You Need During A Scary Time
COVID-19 Changed The Way People Have To Organize Caring For Their Needs While Pregnant For the pregnant patients I’ve spoken to in my remote therapy sessions, preparation for a baby, whether it is the first or second (or third or…), is stressful on a good day–not to mention during a pandemic. COVID-19 changed how pregnantRead more
Tolerating Uncertainty Doesn’t Mean Expecting The Worst-Case Scenario, Even During COVID-19
Patients Ask Us In Teletherapy: How Are We Supposed To Tolerate Uncertainty During COVID-19? We are living in a hugely uncertain time right now. Doing online therapy in NYC, we make sure to emphasize to patients that it’s okay to be scared, sad and angry right now. It’s okay not to know. We don’t knowRead more
Tribeca Therapy On New Couples In Self-isolation In The BBC
In our remote couples therapy sessions, we’ve spoken to couples via the phone and video chat at various stages of their relationship, from long-time married couples to new couples, that are now in self-isolation together. Recently, the BBC featured Tribeca Therapy in an article focusing on the latter–couples that are now living together early onRead more
Couples, Stay Vigilant To Not Regress During The Stress Of Quarantine
Being Stuck In Self-Quarantine Creates A Stage For A Relationship’s Cracks To Appear Despite some anticipated logistical challenges (aka smooshing two people in front of a laptop or an iPhone), my couples therapy practice has remained busy through the transition to remote couples therapy sessions during the beginning of quarantine due to COVID-19. While myRead more