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Best Therapists New York: Finding the Right Fit
People often search for the best therapists or “good therapists NYC,” with a vague idea of what that means to them. However, there are as many variations of therapists as there are humans- which has positive and negative outcomes. This post explores considerations when searching for a therapist and how to navigate the initial meetings with them so that you can find the ideal therapist for you.
Circling Back to Sanity: A Realist's Guide to Workplace Resilience
Amanda LaMela: Building mental resilience in a corporate career can sometimes seem like mastering the art of walking barefoot over hot coals (only the flames are endless meetings, impossible deadlines, and passive-aggressive emails.) This blog post explores Amanda’s personal journey from being a fashion buyer to a new career in mental health counseling and provides helpful strategies for all workplaces and how to maintain your sanity.
Alone in a Crowded Subway: Why Loneliness Hits Different in New York City
Amanda LaMela: Loneliness is a growing public health concern in the United States, even described as a national “loneliness epidemic.” While social isolation and loneliness can affect anyone, our environments can shape how we experience these feelings. There are ways in which you can reduce social isolation even in a busy urban environment like New York City, such as third places and meet up groups.
Eating Pure or Pure Anxiety? Understanding Orthorexia
Amanda LaMela: If "clean eating" feels more like walking a nutritional tightrope than nurturing your body, the pursuit of wellness might be devolving into an unhealthy obsession. Orthorexia or ‘orthorexia nervosa’ refers to a preoccupation with food purity and the associated restrictive behaviors surrounding consumption. This blog post explores orthorexia and what you can do to support yourself.
Gray Area Drinking: The Overlooked Struggle with Alcohol
Gray area drinking is the in-between area of a healthy relationship with alcohol and an alcohol use disorder, often looked at as social drinking. One still might experience distressing impacts from drinking and what is commonly known as hangxiety the day following a night out. This blog post explores the line between these varying levels of alcohol use, how you can support yourself, and some positive reminders.
Mind Games: How Depression Tricks You into Feeling Unwanted
Amanda LaMela: Depression isn’t just a mood-killer. It can also be a master of psychological sabotage, adept at hijacking your perception of reality. It distorts how you remember and interpret interactions, amplifying feelings of worthlessness or rejection. It even interferes with your ability to accurately perceive speech in noisy social settings, literally making you hear things wrong, like the world's cruelest game of Telephone.
Stacking the Deck in Your Favor: A Simple Way to Get Unstuck
Amanda LaMela: Struggling with decision-making or feeling stuck? The Personal Values Card Sort is a simple yet powerful tool to uncover what truly matters to you—beyond societal expectations and outdated beliefs. Narrowing down your top five values forces you to confront the gap between who you are and how you live, sparking meaningful change. Whether for self-reflection or therapy, value sorting helps you live with intention and purpose.
Doomscrolling and Mental Health: How to Break the Cycle of Negative News Consumption
Doomscrolling has been the response of many people feeling a lack of control and fear around the current state of the world. Scrolling through bad news can leave you feeling drained and anxious, as well as exacerbate depression and past traumas. Discover why doomscrolling affects your mental health and what you can do to stop the behavior.
Socially Anxious and Isolated: A Gestalt Approach to the Social Fears
Social anxiety is incredibly common, but is also quite misunderstood. It can feel debilitating and alongside it comes a persistent sense of self-doubt and fear, often leading to more isolation when it comes to getting support. In this blog post, we’ll explore the emotional and psychological processes of social anxiety and how therapy, particularly Gestalt therapy, can provide support.
100 Indie Mental Health Songs to Promote Healing and Offer Support
Music has personally gotten me through intense challenges in life. Ever since Daniel Powter gave me permission in 2005, when I’m having a bad day, to “sing a sad song just to turn it around,” I’ve often done just that. I know many of us feel music in that way. These songs are upbeat, mostly indie, pop/punk-ish songs with sad yet relatable lyrics. I hope you find something that resonates with you.
What is Gestalt Therapy and What Does it Look Like for Me?
Gestalt therapy is a form of practicing therapy that is centered around awareness and collaboration. The main tenets of Gestalt therapy are phenomenology, dialogue, field theory and experimentation. Gestalt therapists are focused on the here and now and utilize the relationship between client and counselor to facilitate change outside of the therapy office. This article will go into each of those and what that could look like for you when in sessions with a Gestalt therapist.
Parenting a Child or Teen with ADHD: Tips from a Therapist
Parenting is hard. ADHD is hard on both the parent and the child or adolescent. As they get older, ADHD becomes a minefield of negative self-perception, self-doubt and shame. Here are some ways we believe that you, as their parent, can help.
Frogs, Lily Pads, Transformation and Therapy
Why is our logo a frog? Present Authentic Development or PAD, brings to mind lily pads and frogs. Both are actually are rich symbols of transformation and progress in mythology and folklore across various cultures.