Depression
Parental Ambivalence Is Real and Complicated and We Need to Talk About It More
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.Society likes to only see the positive side of parenthood; the…
Jun 25, 2024
Maybe It’s Not Seasonal Depression, Maybe It’s a Season
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 or otherwise too busy to enjoy the winter’s limited sunlight. During this time of year, some…
Feb 13, 2024
Making Meaning From Antidepressants
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 medication (the American…
Dec 04, 2023
When We Talk about Seasonal Affective Disorder, We Often Leave Out an Important Piece: Our History
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 for depression. What the article misses, however, is the real…
Mar 29, 2023
Senior Therapists Rachael Benjamin and Kelly Scott Quoted in Verywell Family and The Ringer
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 center of the…
Aug 12, 2021
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"
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 Kill You details Miller’s own experience with Crohn’s…
Feb 25, 2021
What Makes Millennials The Loneliest Generation?: Two NYC Therapists Discuss
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–respond to the article with a conversation:Jordan Conrad: I really…
Oct 17, 2019
Debunking The Authority Of The DSM
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 entire underlying framework for…
May 09, 2019
Introducing Kelly Scott, LMHC
This year, our Downtown NYC therapy practice has grown significantly, which has pushed us to add some more talented therapists to our staff. This has allowed the practice to not only grow in number, but in our approach to therapy. We’re excited to introduce Kelly Scott, LMHC, our newest member of the staff at Tribeca Therapy. Whether treating an individual, or in couples therapy or family…
Nov 08, 2018
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…
Nov 01, 2018
After Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade's Suicides, Check On Your Friends, But Also Ask About Their Suffering
With Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade’s Deaths, The Impulse Is To Ask Why He Or She Did It, But Can We Understand Why Anyone Would Commit Suicide?. Like many in the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking and talking a lot, both in my NYC therapy practice and out, about Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade’s suicides. Bourdain and Spade were both brilliant. Very little they put out into the world was…
Jun 19, 2018
When Your Partner Needs Therapy
Your Partner Badly Needs Therapy–What Now?. I’m not one of those therapists who thinks everyone should go to therapy. Some people value the benefits of lower anxiety or better work performance. They use therapy to recover from trauma and be okay in the world. For others, it’s not their cup of tea. They may feel they need panic attacks or severe depression and want to hold onto their trauma.But,…
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