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Lying Isn’t All Bad: Why and How to Be Curious When Your Kids Don’t Tell the Truth

Posted on in Family Therapy, NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for Teens, Therapy with Children

Therapy with children: Kids lie for many reasons and parents should be curious about what lies communicate We all lie—to ourselves and, in turn, to others. Adults lie for many different reasons, whether denying or avoiding a truth, convincing ourselves of something we want to believe, or protecting ourselves from a painful reality. So tooRead more

Your Teenager Is Cooler Than You

Posted on in Family Therapy, NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for Teens

Teens’ interests that parents see as odd are not just one of the greatest sources of life force: They’re also profoundly cool In my work as a therapist to both teenagers and their parents, parents frequently express concern—or roll their eyes—about their teens’ “weird” niche interests, styles, or views about the world and worry aboutRead more

Troubled Teen Programs Should Be a Last Resort: Less Authority Is More for Teens

Posted on in NYC Therapy, Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for Teens

Troubled teen programs are the logical, furthest extension of authority A recent New York Times editorial, “The Troubled-Teen Industry Offers Trauma, Not Therapy,” argues for more regulatory oversight and best practices for troubled teen programs, some of which have been exposed in recent years for abuse. The troubled teen industry, the teen wilderness treatment industry,Read more

How to Process (And Help Kids Process) Feelings About the Uvalde Shooting: Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist on All Of It With Alison Stewart

Posted on in Anger, Family Therapy, Leadership, NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for anxiety, Therapy for Grief, Therapy for Stress, Therapy for Teens, Therapy for Young Adults, Trauma and PTSD Therapy

After the news of the school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas this week, we’re all (yet again) processing a complicated myriad of feelings: grief, unsafety, fear, sadness, despair, anger, frustration, numbness, and much more. Our Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist appeared on WNYC’s All Of It with Alison Stewart to respondRead more

Parents Have a Big Job to Do With Kids’ Back-To-School Anxiety: Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist on All Of It with Alison Stewart

Posted on in Creativity, Family Therapy, NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for anxiety, Therapy for Stress, Therapy for Teens, Therapy for Young Adults, Trauma and PTSD Therapy

Returning To School In-Person Means Kids Will Need A Lot of Support  As New York City schools return to in-person classes, many parents and kids are dealing with anxiety about yet another uncertain transition—one of many in the past year and a half. Our Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist returned to WNYC’s All OfRead more

How Kids’ Friendships Have Changed During The Pandemic: Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist in The Wall Street Journal

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

As Schools And Other Activities Resume In Person, Kids (And Their Parents) May See Differences In Their Friendships With more and more school, sports, and other extracurricular programs for kids starting in person, children, as well as their parents, may realize that their friendships are not as close as before the pandemic. The Wall StreetRead more

How Can Adult Siblings Deal With Jealousy in Their Relationship?: Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist in VICE

Posted on in Family Therapy, NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for Teens, Therapy for Young Adults

Jealousy frequently comes up in our family therapy with adult siblings, even though jealousy is often more discussed in regards to kids and adolescents. Offering insights into jealousy between adult siblings, our Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist spoke to VICE about how siblings can discuss and potentially diffuse this tension in their relationship. InRead more

Pressure in Stepfamilies Is Tough On Kids and Parents: Senior Therapist Kelly Scott in INSIDER

Posted on in Family Therapy, NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for Teens, Therapy for Young Adults

All relationships are complicated, and step-relationships even more so. In particular, there can be so much pressure on step-relationships, especially between children and parents. Using my experience practicing family therapy with stepfamilies, I recently addressed the complexity of stepfamily relationships by answering a reader’s question for INSIDER from a stepmother whose adult stepson is stillRead more

We Need To Ask Better Questions Of Each Other: 12 Questions To Ask Teens

Posted on in Couples Therapy and Relationships, Creativity, Family Therapy, Leadership, NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for Teens

Asking Teens Better Questions Can Help Them Establish (And Reestablish) Who They Are Becoming  For the final incarnation of my series on how to ask better questions in our relationships, I’m focusing on teens. A teen needs to be asked deeper and better questions so that parents and other important adults in their life canRead more

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