Young Adults
Gen Z Is Closer to Parents Than Ever: Make Sure Your Closeness Isn’t a Solution for Fear
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, life and career disruptions caused by the pandemic, and folks seeking…
Apr 26, 2024
Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist Addresses Parents’ Complicated Feelings About Their Young Adults’ Return to School on All Of It with Alison Stewart
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 kids gain independence and return to school.In the…
Sep 07, 2023
How to Have a Good Relationship With a College Roommate: Director Heather Mayone in Self Magazine
Dealing with your first college roommate is a huge and intense transition after most likely living under a parent or guardian’s roof. Cohabiting in a small space with weird light-colored wood furniture and prohibitively tiny beds takes teamwork and cooperation with even the most well-intentioned of roommates. Our Director Heather Mayone recently appeared in Self Magazine to offer strategies for…
Sep 28, 2022
How Parents Can Help Young Adults Navigate Their First Year of College: Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist on All of It with Alison Stewart
The first year of college is a massive life transition for both young adults and their parents, which can be thrilling and anxiety-provoking in equal measure. Our Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist recently appeared on WNYC’s All of It with Alison Stewart to address how parents can support their young adult children during freshman year and deal with their own sense of loss.Joined by…
Sep 07, 2022
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
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 respond to listeners’ concerns about how they—and…
May 27, 2022
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
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 Of It with Alison Stewart to share his observations on the many concerns of…
Oct 07, 2021
How Parents and Adult Children Can Live Together (Without Killing Each Other): Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist in Giddy
Due to the pandemic and resulting economic challenges, many adult children have moved back in with their parents. Despite—or in some cases, because of—these familial ties, this living situation isn’t always simple to navigate for the parent or the adult child. Our Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist explores how parents and adult children can create a healthy adult-to-adult relationship…
Aug 26, 2021
How Can Adult Siblings Deal With Jealousy in Their Relationship?: Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist in VICE
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.In “What to Do if a Sibling’s…
Jul 08, 2021
Pressure in Stepfamilies Is Tough On Kids and Parents: Senior Therapist Kelly Scott in INSIDER
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…
Jun 10, 2021
Couples Who Have Been Together Since Their Teens Part 2: How You Can Shake Things Up In Couples Therapy
The Tipping Point. In the first half of this two-part series, I explained why couples who have been dating since their teens can struggle a decade or so later as they continue to grow. Though most times the relationship has stopped serving both partners, typically one partner begins to feel more urgency in examining the relationship. Often, this comes with individual work in therapy or sometimes…
Feb 11, 2021
Couples Who Have Been Together Since Their Teens Part 1: Why You Need To Shake Things Up
Couples who begin dating in their teens and early twenties can struggle as each partner continues to grow. I see a number of couples and individuals in my NYC virtual therapy practice who have been dating since their teens/early 20s. A decade (or so) later, they come to therapy struggling in their relationships, often in ways that are hard to pinpoint or articulate. Individuals grow like weeds in…
Feb 09, 2021
We Need To Ask Better Questions Of Each Other: 7 Questions To Ask Young Adults Who Recently Graduated College
After College, Young Adults Are In Transition: Asking Better Questions Can Help . Continuing my series on how to ask better questions in our relationships, young adults who have recently graduated college are at a transitional moment in which asking deeper questions of them can be particularly helpful. Post-college graduation is one of the most unknown, exciting, sad, scary, wonderful and lonely…
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