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Even People Who Have Money Feel Messed Up About It: But Look to Culture, Not Psychology for the Answer

Posted on in Financial Therapy, NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for anxiety

While we don’t need yet another diagnosis, the experience of “money dysmorphia” can be very real and painful The New York Times recently published an article about “money dysmorphia,” which they define as “someone who is irrationally insecure about finances.” While we do not need yet another popular diagnosis, the struggles the article exposes ofRead more

Parental Ambivalence Is Real and Complicated and We Need to Talk About It More

Posted on in Family Therapy, NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for anxiety, Therapy for Depression, Therapy for Stress, Tribeca Maternity

Parents can sometimes regret having children—they love their children, but they hate the job (and at times, they struggle with liking their children because they hate the job). As explored in a recent article in Time Magazine, these are painful and complicated feelings. However, they’re not as uncommon as society would have us assume. SocietyRead more

Gen Z Is Closer to Parents Than Ever: Make Sure Your Closeness Isn’t a Solution for Fear

Posted on in NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for anxiety, Therapy for Young Adults

Young adults remain more closely connected to their parents for longer than ever There has been a lot of recent press about parents and their young adult children remaining closely connected for a much longer time than has been the case traditionally. A lot of reasons likely account for this such as financial struggle, lifeRead more

We Nearly Blamed Rose: Why the “Other Woman” Trope Is So Persistent

Posted on in Couples Therapy and Relationships, NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for anxiety

One of the biggest social media frenzies of conspiracy theorizing and innuendo in recent memory was the furor around the whereabouts and well-being of Kate Middleton. After Kate’s announcement of her cancer diagnosis, there should be a moment of reflection, including how and why Lady Rose Hanbury was dragged into the fervor by being incorrectlyRead more

Climate Anxiety: What Role Do Therapists Have to Play?

Posted on in Leadership, NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy for anxiety, Therapy for Stress

Climate change is an emotional issue that raises questions about what therapy is for A recent New York Times Magazine article, “Climate Change Is Keeping Therapists Up at Night,” documents how therapists are confronting patients’ anxiety related to the present and pending horrors of climate change. As the article makes clear, climate change is veryRead more

College Students, You Want to Separate Your Therapy From Your School

Posted on in Aspergers Therapy, NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for anxiety, Therapy for Depression, Therapy for Stress, Therapy for Young Adults

College is a highly emotional transition, yet most college health centers can only offer triage  In our therapy with college students, we often see young adults who are struggling turn to their schools’ health centers for mental health care. As writer Sofia Barnett argues in a recent Teen Vogue editorial, college students frequently find theseRead more

Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist Addresses Parents’ Complicated Feelings About Their Young Adults’ Return to School on All Of It with Alison Stewart

Posted on in Family Therapy, NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for anxiety, Therapy for Grief, Therapy for Stress, Therapy for Young Adults

Excitement, loss, anxiety, relief—parents can wrestle with a whole host of complicated emotions when their young adult child leaves home for college. Our Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist returned to WNYC’s All Of It with Alison Stewart to discuss how parents can make room for all of their sometimes conflicting feelings as their kidsRead more

Director Heather Mayone Addresses How to Heal Vaginismus and Other Psychosomatic Issues in The Cut

Posted on in NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for anxiety, Trauma and PTSD Therapy

When a traumatic event happens, there is a timestamp on it. For instance, if an event happened when a person was a young child, there is part of them that feels as scared and vulnerable as they were then, even if they are now a high-functioning adult that is not currently under any direct threat.Read more

There’s No Such Thing as Generalized Anxiety: Only an Overwhelming Accumulation of Unresolved Anxieties

Posted on in Diagnosis, NYC Therapy, Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for anxiety, Therapy for Stress

Anxiety is a signal, not a biological disorder We have an idea of anxiety as this amorphous thing, which culminates in the most commonly diagnosed mental disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder. This idea likely grows out of a wish that anxiety was a biological disorder, a malfunction of the nervous system that is correctible just likeRead more

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