By Veronica Vaiti, LCSW-R, CCATP & Amir Levine, PhD, LCSW-R, Co-Founders, Bhava Therapy Group When people think of therapy, they often imagine sitting across from someone, talking through feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. While talk therapy is essential, it’s...
How Therapists Stay Present, Empathic, and Grounded—Even in the Toughest Sessions It was noon on a rainy Tuesday, early in my career. I was in session—again—with David, a client I’d been seeing for nearly a year. Outside, the rain pounded the windows. Inside, David...
If you're living in New York City, you likely know what it means to hustle. You might also know what it means to wake up at 3 a.m. with a racing heart and a brain that won’t shut off. On the outside, your life might look well put together—career milestones, a full...
Over the decades of working with people from a variety of industries, I’ve heard countless stories and accounts of tense, challenging or plain miserable work conditions stemming from ineffective, poorly trained, unsupportive or just bad leadership. It's an...
Helping Mental Health Clinicians’ Confidence and Effectiveness What Makes a Therapist Most Effective and Feel Competent in Their Work Early in my career as a psychotherapist, I was laser focused on acquiring as much psychological knowledge as possible. Studying...
The phenomenon of burnout has increased in recent years for mental health professionals. Burnout is not a concept, it's a state of lived experience that erodes your sense of self, your ability to care for your clients, care for yourself and to do your job and even to...
