Therapy for Depression Archives

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

Posted on June 25, 2024 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

Maybe It’s Not Seasonal Depression, Maybe It’s a Season

Posted on February 13, 2024 in NYC Therapy, Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for Depression, Therapy for Grief, Therapy for Stress

Moods can change with the seasons—often quite dramatically—but these changes also have meaning Winter in New York City is not fun for anyone. You bundle up and hunker down. The sun flees behind a layer of clouds, confined to only eight hours in the sky—the same eight hours you might be at your office orRead more

Making Meaning From Antidepressants

Posted on December 4, 2023 in NYC Therapy, Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for Depression

Antidepressants can be examined in therapy just as we examine everything else in our lives Many people seek both therapy and medication when in emotional distress. However, they both exist in completely different systems. Few psychiatrists do therapy. Conversely, psychotherapists who aren’t physicians (and the vast majority of us aren’t) aren’t allowed to provide medicationRead more

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

Posted on October 30, 2023 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

When We Talk about Seasonal Affective Disorder, We Often Leave Out an Important Piece: Our History

Posted on March 29, 2023 in NYC Therapy, Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for Depression

There are real reasons to feel sad in the winter: Not all of them have to do with the weather A recent article in The Atlantic “The Surprising Truth About Seasonal Depression” explores the reality of seasonal affective disorder (otherwise known as SAD) and whether winter weather and waning light actually impact people’s propensity forRead more

Senior Therapists Rachael Benjamin and Kelly Scott Quoted in Verywell Family and The Ringer

Posted on August 12, 2021 in Couples Therapy and Relationships, Family Therapy, NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Remote Therapy During COVID-19, Therapy, Therapy for anxiety, Therapy for Depression, Therapy for Stress, Tribeca Maternity

From parenting to relationships, our therapists’ expertise has been sought out by numerous publications. Senior Therapist and Director of Tribeca Maternity Rachael Benjamin and Senior Therapist Kelly Scott were recently featured in Verywell Family and The Ringer, reflecting on, respectively, how the pandemic affected moms’ mental health and the post-breakup revenge fantasy at the centerRead more

Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist Featured In Tessa Miller’s Book “What Doesn’t Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness–Lessons from a Body in Revolt”

Posted on February 25, 2021 in Diagnosis, NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for Depression, Therapy for Grief, Trauma and PTSD Therapy

We’re excited to share that our Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist appears in health and science journalist Tessa Miller’s recently published book What Doesn’t Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness–Lessons from a Body in Revolt. Half memoir and half examination of how to get help when struggling with chronic illness, What Doesn’t KillRead more

What Makes Millennials The Loneliest Generation?: Two NYC Therapists Discuss

Posted on October 17, 2019 in Couples Therapy and Relationships, NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for Depression

Earlier this year, YouGov published an article citing data that Millennials feel lonely much more than Generation X or Baby Boomers. According to their findings, 30% percent of Millennials say they always or often feel lonely, compared to 20% of Gen X and 15% of Baby Boomers. Two of our therapists–Jordan Conrad and Emily Stuart–respondRead more

Debunking The Authority Of The DSM

Posted on May 9, 2019 in Creativity, Diagnosis, Leadership, NYC Therapy, Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for Depression

Non-Diagnostic Therapy: Diagnosis As An Offering For Exploration A common misunderstanding about our non-diagnostic therapy practice is that non-diagnostic means “no diagnosis” or “diagnosis = bad.” I’m not against diagnosis and not just because of insurance companies. There is a hugely significant body of work that has produced a few hundred diagnoses and an entireRead more

The Power Of Being Done

Posted on January 17, 2019 in Couples Therapy and Relationships, Creativity, Leadership, NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for Depression, Therapy for Grief, Therapy for Stress, Trauma and PTSD Therapy

There’s Strength In The Idea Of Being Over It Recently, in my NYC therapy practice, I’ve been thinking about the power in being finished or done. There’s strength in the idea of being over it, whether being over a crappy job, a parent’s narcissism, a so-so relationship or just, this president. After the election, thereRead more