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Are you curious about the different types of anxiety and what they have in common? Read this blog post from myTherapyNYC.
Are you interested in deepening your understanding of gender diversity and gender transitions? Read this blog post.
As a therapist, I have come to work in a specific manner. This can best be described as experiential psychotherapy. This is also true for many of the therapists working in our practice. In this post, I will explore what makes therapy experiential. What is experiential psychotherapy? Many therapeutic approaches share an experientially-based framework… Continue reading What is Experiential Psychotherapy?
Play is vital to life. It is a sign of health. Its absence can indicate illness. But what is play? It is a word we use frequently but may find difficult to define. Try coming up with a loose definition for yourself for a moment before reading further about how play in therapy can be… Continue reading Beyond Talk: Exploring Play in Therapy
Practicing Compassion to Reduce Stress And Build Resilience [Transcript] Today we’ll be exploring how practicing compassion to reduce stress can help build resilience. I’ll be drawing from a number of sources today, but want to name the researcher clinicians Kristen Neff, Christopher Germer, Ruella Frank, and especially Joe Loizzo, the creator of Compassion Based Resilience… Continue reading Practicing Compassion to Reduce Stress And Build Resilience [Video]
Exploring and stabilizing self-esteem is often at the heart of psychotherapy. Clients share a great deal with their therapist over the course of treatment. Over time, this experience can allow the client to feel a sense of genuine acceptance and respect. In the therapeutic relationship, clients may find an opportunity to heal wounds and adjust… Continue reading Building Self-Esteem in Therapy
Bring Self-Compassion into Mindfulness [Transcript] In this blog, I will be discussing how safety, connection, and self-compassion can deeply support mindfulness practices. Common challenges during mindfulness practices Practitioners of mindfulness often report wandering minds, feelings of anxiety, boredom, or fatigue. Minds often wander to the past, regrets, potential problems, or hopes and plans for the… Continue reading Bring Self-Compassion into Mindfulness [Video]
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 on diagnosing and “fixing what is wrong” with the patient.… Continue reading The Power of the Therapeutic Relationship
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