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 SelfRead more
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 freshmanRead 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
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
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 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 canRead more
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. InRead more
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 stillRead more
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,Read more
How Parents Can Help Their College Student’s Transitional Anxiety
Starting College Is A Social And Emotional Transition For Your Young Adult When your young adult goes to college, parents are aware that the academic challenges will increase. But what we don’t often talk to our kids about–and what frankly can be hard to discuss–is that there is a big transition for young adults inRead more
Tribeca Therapy On The Best Books For Kids And Teens About Adolescence In New York Magazine
Parents of children and teens often struggle with finding the best books about adolescence. Of course, there isn’t any one perfect book, but there are a few that kids can keep in their library to refer to as needed. Culturally, we talk around topics like sex and puberty because it makes us uncomfortable as adults.Read more