On Tuesday, October 31, a terrorist, driving a rented truck, entered the bike path along the West Side Highway, running over several cyclists and coming to a stop as he rammed into a school bus. Three New York City public schools–Stuyvesant High School, P.S. 89 and I.S. 89–were all just feet from the final collisionRead more
Emotional Lessons: Teaching Children How to Be Well-Adjusted Adults
Supporting Your Child’s Independence As a parent, your biggest job is to help your children grow into well-adjusted adults. From the moment they learn how to self soothe as infants, you are passing on lessons, big and small, that encourage healthy autonomy. In Slate’s “The Value of a Mess”, writer Jessica Lahey clearly lays out some of these lessons andRead more
A hierarchy of pain? NYC Therapists Discuss
This is the second in a series of conversations completed by our NYC therapists. The conversation, discussing the tendency in psychotherapy towards establishing a hierarchy of pain and suffering, was completed over a series of days. Matt: While I’m not sure the five of us have ever talked about this explicitly, I’m certain you allRead more
Group Practice: A nonstandard approach in NYC therapy
Group Practice: A nonstandard approach in NYC therapy This is the first in what will be a series of conversations completed by our NYC therapists. The conversation, discussing our therapists’ views on the significance of working in a group practice, was completed over a series of days. Matt: We practice therapy as part of aRead more
Adult Coloring Books: An Intro to Art Therapy
In my NYC art therapy practice, I come across lots of adults who struggle with burn out and who would benefit from making more time for themselves in the day to day. Yet it can be hard to find something replenishing with packed schedules and limited resources. Enter adult coloring books! Coloring books are the perfectRead more
Katrina and 9/11 Memorials: The Use of Group Art Therapy for Collective Trauma
Memorials as Group Art Therapy Just blocks from my NYC art therapy office stands the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. In the 13 years it took to complete the memorial, there has been a lot of debate and criticism regarding what was planned, how long it was taking to complete, and how costly it was. One such piece ofRead more
Why TriBeCa?
Let me catch up those of you who aren’t familiar with TriBeCa and it’s history. TriBeCa is a relatively small neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It’s boundaries are, roughly, Canal Street on the north, Broadway to the east, and the World Trade Center to the south. Its name, invariably spelled TriBeCa or TribecaRead more
My interview with Tribeca Citizen
I was interviewed last week by Erik Torkells, whose blog, Tribeca Citizen, is all about the New York City neighborhood from which my therapy practice (and this website) gets it’s name. I spend most of the day talking about and writing about psychotherapy, group therapy, learning, and development, so it was great to have theRead more