Our Mental Health & Wellness Blog

myTherapyNYC Blog

Our therapists’ latest thoughts on a variety of mental health topics, including blogs on anxiety, depression, LGBTQ+ issues, and more!

myTherapyNYC Blog

Our therapists’ latest thoughts on a variety of mental health topics, including blogs on anxiety, depression, LGBTQ+ issues, and more!

LGBTQ ally

Four Ways to be an LGBTQ+ Ally Beyond Pride Month

Supporting the LGBTQ+ Community can be more than showing up during Pride month. This blog includes how to be an LGBTQ+ ally all year long.

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fighting LGBTQ+ discrimination

How to Cope with LGBTQ+ Discrimination and Microaggressions

Have you experienced LGBTQ+ discrimination or microaggressions? Read this blog to learn how to better cope and receive support.

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newspaper causing political stress

5 Signs Political Stress Is Impacting Your Mental Health [Video]

Do you find yourself reading the news and feeling overwhelmed? This video blog shares signs that political stress is impacting mental health.

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AI therapy

Can AI Therapy Replace a Real Therapist?

Have you ever used chatGPT as your therapist? This blog explores AI therapy and how it can be helpful, but it can't replace a real therapist.

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family with intergenerational trauma

Can Trauma be Passed Down? Understanding Intergenerational Trauma

Have you noticed the impacts of intergenerational trauma? This blog explores how trauma can be passed down in families and how to heal.

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tiles that say bias

Unconscious Bias Explained: How Cognitive Bias Shapes Us

Have you wondered if you may have unconscious bias? This blog explores ways cognitive bias impacts our decisions, empathy, and relationships.

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experiencing social anxiety

How to Manage Social Anxiety Part 3 [Video]

Do you struggle with social anxiety? Watch the third part in a three-part video series on how to manage social anxiety.

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experiencing social anxiety

How to Manage Social Anxiety Part 2 [Video]

Do you struggle with social anxiety? Watch the second part in a three-part video series on how to manage social anxiety.

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experiencing social anxiety

How to Manage Social Anxiety Part 1 [Video]

Do you struggle with social anxiety? Watch the first part in a three-part video series on how to manage social anxiety.

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holistic healing practices

What Is Holistic Healing? Exploring Spiritual Energy Practices Beyond Western Medicine

Are you curious about holistic healing practices? Read this blog to learn how smudging, crystals, and reiki can help your spiritual energy.

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emotional intimacy during sex

Unlocking Emotional Intimacy: How Therapy Can Transform Your Sex Life

Are you struggling with intimacy? This blog explores how therapy can unlock your emotional intimacy which will improve your sex life.

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Black woman's mental health

BIPOC Women’s Mental Health and the Cost of Being ‘The Strong One’

For BIPOC women, the expectation to always be the “strong one” creates an invisible burden that deeply affects BIPOC women's mental health.

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woman of color with imposter syndrome

Imposter Syndrome in Women of Color: How to Stop Feeling Like a Fraud

Do you ever feel like a fraud? This blog explores how imposter syndrome hits different for women of color, and how to reclaim confidence.

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woman with health anxiety

What Is Health Anxiety? How to Recognize and Manage It

Do you struggle with health anxiety? Read this blog to learn what health anxiety is and how to manage it with mindfulness.

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Women struggling with ADHD

Little-Known Facts About ADHD in Women & Why They Matter [Video]

ADHD is everywhere in the media, but we are still getting it wrong in how ADHD shows up in women. Watch this video blog to learn more.

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therapeutic relationship

The Power of the Therapeutic Relationship

All of us have ideas of what psychotherapy looks like, often based on media representations from movies or television. These ideas frequently include a medical setting with a doctor treating a ‘sick’ patient. In these narratives, the doctor is often all-knowing and is primarily focused

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gay dating fatigue

Navigating Gay Dating Fatigue

For many gay men, dating can feel like a chore. In an era in which most guys meet each other on apps like Grindr and Scruff, it can feel like there’s nowhere to turn for a genuine romantic connection (or anything other than an “NSA

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gender identity

Get More Attuned to Gender Identity

We live in a time in which the visibility of transgender and genderqueer people is quickly on the rise. Turn on the TV or flip through a magazine and you are more likely than ever to encounter stories about people with an array of gender

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let go of the perfect body

Let Go of the ‘Perfect Body’ [Video]

Let Go of the ‘Perfect Body’ [Transcript] We are sent a lot of messages through advertising and social media that there is such a thing as a “perfect body.” We are told that there are clothes we should be wearing and exercise routines we should

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Relationship conflict

The Value of Relationship Conflict

Couples often come to therapy feeling distressed about how they fight. Conflict with a partner can feel like a threat to the relationship. Couples sometimes fear that conflict is a sign of a relationship in decline. They may feel stuck and afraid that addressing the

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How to Use Dating Apps

How to Use Dating Apps in a Healthy Way [Video]

How to Use Dating Apps in a Healthy Way  [Transcript]  In a world that app usage is becoming more and more prevalent, especially when it comes to dating, there is a growing concern around what is a healthy use and what isn’t. We are going

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Benefits of Mindfulness

The Everyday Benefits of Mindfulness

Mindfulness is a form of meditation, which has increased in popularity in the U.S. in recent decades. While it’s not a miracle cure, it’s a great tool for cultivating wellness, awareness, and acceptance in one’s own life. The basic lessons of mindfulness are the most

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How to make friends in NYC as a Gay Man

How To Make Friends in NYC as a Gay Man

New York City is the most populated city in the United States, and at the same time, it can be a very lonely place. Gay men from all over the country flock to New York to pursue careers and dreams that just don’t exist anywhere

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ghosted

Modern Dating and the Risk of Getting Ghosted

While enjoying dinner with a friend one evening, he shared a story with me that sounded all too familiar. My friend had met someone last month and it felt like one of those cliché movie moments.  He, while at a birthday party, was instantly drawn to a

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bipolar disorder symptoms

5 Tips for Navigating Your Bipolar Disorder Symptoms

Bipolar condition is part of a classification of mood disorders and has a broad range of expression, which is defined as a “continuum” or “spectrum”. Millions of people in the country struggle with this genetic condition. This particular mood disorder is characterized by mood swings

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insight and awareness

The Difference Between Insight and Awareness [Video]

The Difference Between Insight and Awareness [Transcript] We need both insight and awareness for our emotional and relational well-being. It is important to understand how awareness is different from insight. Let’s start with insight. Insight Insight is an understanding and explanation of our current behaviors, thoughts, feelings,

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Mindful communication

6 Ways to Master Mindful Communication

Miscommunications can happen when we lack awareness of how we use language. The responsibility we take for the words we choose in our communication with others can directly affect how in control we feel in our lives. When we are mindful of the words we

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