Trauma and PTSD Therapy Archives

Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist Featured in Metro UK, The New York Post, and Vox

Posted on December 12, 2023 in Couples Therapy and Relationships, NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Trauma and PTSD Therapy

We’re excited to share that our Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist was recently featured in Metro UK, The New York Post, and Vox, addressing, respectively, responses to childfree couples, affairs between coworkers at holiday parties, and navigating speaking to loved ones about health concerns. Inspired by the online backlash against a couple’s viral TikTokRead more

“Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys”

Posted on November 29, 2023 in NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Trauma and PTSD Therapy

When supporting a loved one through an intense experience, we need to remember: “Not my circus, not my monkeys” “Not my circus, not my monkeys” is one of my favorite expressions. Coming from Polish, the phrase, simply put, means, “Not my problem.” What I like so much about the expression is that its particular metaphorRead more

Therapy-Speak is Everywhere: We Should Consider How We Use It

Posted on November 16, 2023 in NYC Therapy, Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Trauma and PTSD Therapy

Therapy-speak is our collective emotional language Boundaries, narcissism, trauma, anxious, manic, neurotic, so OCD—it seems impossible to escape therapy-speak these days. Earlier this year, The New Yorker dedicated an issue to therapy, observing, “The language of the therapist’s office percolates in our everyday conversations.” They’re right—therapy-speak is our collective emotional language. Though it can beRead more

Feeling Safe and Being Safe Aren’t the Same Thing (And It’s Often Hard to Tell the Difference)

Posted on October 27, 2023 in NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for Stress, Trauma and PTSD Therapy

There is an important distinction between feeling safe and being safe “Everyone has a right to feel safe.” “I want you to feel really safe in my office.” These are things I often hear from other therapists and I find myself cringing in response. While there are worthwhile underlying values of safety inherent in theseRead more

This Happened to Me, but It Isn’t Who I Am (Or Is It?)

Posted on October 26, 2023 in NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Trauma and PTSD Therapy

It was just so unlike me, my life In the opening scene of HBO’s 2021 Tina Turner documentary, Tina, the Queen of Rock settles in for her interview with a reluctance observable throughout the film, one that characterizes, seemingly, her very participation in the film itself. If viewers know much about Turner beyond the headlinesRead more

Director Heather Mayone Addresses How to Heal Vaginismus and Other Psychosomatic Issues in The Cut

Posted on May 9, 2023 in NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for anxiety, Trauma and PTSD Therapy

When a traumatic event happens, there is a timestamp on it. For instance, if an event happened when a person was a young child, there is part of them that feels as scared and vulnerable as they were then, even if they are now a high-functioning adult that is not currently under any direct threat.Read more

Numbness to Gun Violence Is the Symptom, Not the Disorder

Posted on June 1, 2022 in NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Trauma and PTSD Therapy

“The problem is that we’ve all become numb to gun violence” is a statement that has circulated widely in response to the recent mass shootings at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and Tops grocery store in Buffalo, New York. However, as in medicine, when certain physical maladies cause numbness in a part or wholeRead 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 May 27, 2022 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

Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist and Senior Therapist Kelly Scott Quoted on Relationships in The Cut and Insider

Posted on March 1, 2022 in Couples Therapy and Relationships, Family Therapy, NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Trauma and PTSD Therapy

As a practice known for its expertise in couples therapy, we’re lucky to regularly appear in publications relating to dating and relationships. Most recently, our Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist and Senior Therapist Kelly Scott were featured in several articles for The Cut and Insider. In The Cut’s “There’s No Escaping the 5 LoveRead more

Tribeca Maternity Director and Tribeca Therapy Senior Therapist Rachael Benjamin Featured in VeryWell and Health

Posted on February 9, 2022 in Couples Therapy and Relationships, NYC Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy for anxiety, Therapy for Post-partum Depression, Therapy for Stress, Trauma and PTSD Therapy, Tribeca Maternity

We’re excited to share that Tribeca Therapy Senior Therapist and Director of Tribeca Maternity Rachael Benjamin appears in several articles in VeryWell and Health, offering her expertise in pregnancy, postpartum, and early parenting. Most recently, VeryWell writer Lakeisha Fleming spoke to Rachael about the difficulties of big life transitions, whether becoming a parent, a kidRead more