If you’re feeling off-track, a little low or discouraged lately to keep up with your New Year’s intention, goals or resolutions, then this one is for you. As the New Year dawned, many of us set ambitious intentions and goals, brimming with excitement and motivation....
Mental Health & Wellness
Managing Post-Holiday Blues: A Therapist’s Guide for New Yorkers Getting Back to Reality
If wintertime finds you feeling a little meh, bleh or blah, you’re not alone. The post-holiday blues or wintertime depression is not an uncommon phenomena. Approximately 64% of people report experiencing some form of "holiday blues" or post-holiday depression,...
New Year Self-Reflection: 3 Questions for Personal Growth and Fulfillment
While goal setting and establishing expectations can be motivating and inspiring and even necessary at times, setting goals can sometimes lead you to feel, well, shittier about yourself if you don't reach the goals. Mainly because, when we set a goal, we don’t always...
Why Do Couples Argue More During the Holidays?
And What You Can Do Differently This Year. The holidays are often painted as a time of joy, togetherness, and celebration. Yet, for many couples this season can bring an increase in arguments, misunderstandings, and tension - not what we ideally would like to...
Teen Mental Health: How to Talk to Your Ever-Changing Teen
Building Mutual Trust With Your Teen While Respecting Privacy Can be Challenging Understanding Teen Mental Health and Communication Up until about a year ago, most nights I’d sit at the edge of my teenager daughter’s bed and talk with her before she went to sleep. In...
10 Steps to Navigating Political Disagreements in Relationships
I received a call from an exasperated couple seeking an emergency session noting heightened tension and arguing during this election season. They have been together for decades, come from very different backgrounds, raised 3 successful adult kids and although they...