Teen Therapy Can Address A Whole Host Of Topics: Read More On Our Teen Therapy Pages Working with teens in our Downtown therapy practice, we often see how teens’ experiences and feelings can be brushed off as merely a part of moody and angst-ridden adolescence by parents and other adults. As not only therapists treatingRead more
There Is A Danger In Not Taking Teens Seriously–Especially When It Comes To Gun Control
We Need To Take Teens Seriously About Guns On a recent Wednesday morning, I happened to have a break when I heard chanting outside the window of my NYC therapy practice. The noises were not that unusual given that my Tribeca office is just a block away from City Hall, a frequent site of protests.Read more
Beyond “The Right” Decision: Helping Teens Become Decision Makers
Parents, Therapists And Other Adults Need To Help Teens Be Decision Makers As a therapist who works with teens, I know teens have to face tons and tons of decisions all the time. The reality of being a teenager is there are certain adult decisions that have to be made for you. You can’t, forRead more
New Year’s Resolution For Parents: Get Closer To Your Teen (How Family Therapy Can Help)
Parents, Your Teenager Needs You To Get Closer: Family Therapy Can Help As an NYC family therapist, I’ve seen firsthand how hard it can be for teens to help their parents learn how to get closer and be there for them. For parents of teens, the New Year can be a good opportunity to checkRead more
Want To Make A Difference With Teens, In Or Out Of Therapy? Focus On Influence
Having Influence With Teens Is Essential Both In Therapy And Out Being close with teens is important, but it’s not the magic sauce. Or perhaps it’s best to say, there’s magic sauce in being close in that it can allow for influence. Influence is where it’s at for any relationship. For therapists, parents and anyoneRead more
Parenting A Teen With Panic Attacks
Getting Close Is The Key To Parenting Teens With Panic Attacks Working with both teens and parents of teens as an NYC therapist, I often see parents feel lost when their teen suffers from panic attacks. Not only are parents unsure of how to deal with panic attacks, but they can also struggle with understandingRead more
13 Ways “13 Reasons Why” Expands The Conversation On Teens And Mental Health
“13 Reasons Why” Can Be A Jumping-Off Point To Discuss Real Issues Facing Teens As an NYC therapist who works with teens, I couldn’t ignore the polarized response to the depiction of teens, mental health and suicide in Netflix’s show 13 Reasons Why. The show centers around high school junior Hannah Baker who leaves thirteenRead more
13 Ways “13 Reasons Why” Expands The Conversation On Teens And Mental Health: 13. Teen Mental Health Is More Than Just Being Hormonal
It’s the final day (with the full round-up tomorrow) of the 13 ways the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why expands the conversation about teens and mental health: 13. Teen Mental Health Is More Than Just Being Hormonal Often with teens, we want their mental health to be hormonal because that means it’s just a phase that will passRead more
13 Ways “13 Reasons Why” Expands The Conversation On Teens And Mental Health: 12. How To Be Close With Pain
We’re nearing the end of my list of the 13 ways the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why expands the conversation about teens and mental health. As a therapist who works with teens, I see the twelfth as an especially essential one: 12. How To Be Close With Pain The adults in the show don’t seem to knowRead more
13 Ways “13 Reasons Why” Expands The Conversation On Teens And Mental Health: 11. Sometimes Words Aren’t Enough
Yesterday, I identified school counselors who aren’t enough or the right fit as a significant theme in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why. As an NYC therapist who works with teens, the eleventh way I see how the show expands on the conversation about teens and mental health also relates to how some efforts just aren’t enough:Read more