Why You’re Burning Out Working From Home (And How To Fix It)
Have you been working from home a lot lately? If you’re like many New Yorkers, you’ve been working remotely since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Since then, perhaps you’ve come to appreciate the many benefits that remote work provides. At the same time, you may have discovered remote work’s tendency to erode…
What Is Secure Attachment? Debunking 5 Common Myths
Attachment styles are a hot topic and for good reason. A person’s attachment style—developed in childhood—can affect everything from how they communicate to what qualities they look for…
How To Overcome Loneliness During The Pandemic
When COVID-19 appeared in the spring of 2020, many people hoped it would be over in a few months. Few relished the idea of shutting themselves up into apartments and putting their social lives…
What Are Clear Indications of Secure Attachment in Adult Relationships?
You’ve started dating someone new and you’re feeling pretty hopeful! What are some of the dynamics to keep an eye out for that indicate your new potential partner has the capacity for developing a securely attached relationship?
How to Cope With Everyone Else’s Fertility When Yours Is in Question
Are photos of ultrasounds filling your news feed? Is there another pregnant person everywhere you look? Coping with the fertility of others can be profoundly painful when navigating infertility of your own.
Disorganized Attachment Style: Common Pitfalls That Reveal the Problem
Early childhood relationships can impact our way of experiencing all relationships thereafter. If you notice yourself going hot and cold in relationships, even when your partner is consistent, you may have developed a disorganized attachment.
The 4 Attachment Types and How They Impact Your Relationships
Have you ever felt like you’re repeating the same relationship over and over again? Don’t worry, you aren’t doomed to repeat the past forever but change starts with an understanding of what your attachment style is and how it impacts your relationships.
Are You Bringing More to the Table Than Your Date? – 5 Clues That You’re Dating “Down”
You are a smart, successful person. Therefore, you shouldn’t sell yourself short when it comes to dating. How can you strike the right balance between non-judgmental dating and settling by “dating down”?
Career-Life Balance: What to Do About Dating When It Feels Like Your Work Is Your Primary Relationship
You devote a lot of time and energy to your career. In fact, it feels like your career is your primary partner in life. It gets your attention, passion, and commitment. There’s nothing wrong with that but how do you also make time for a love life with another human when you are so focused on your career?
Featured in PsychCentral: How to Figure Out Who You Are Outside of Work
Pleased to have been featured again in PsychCentral, this time in a great piece about making space for your identity beyond the parameters of what you do for a living. All too often, and ESPECIALLY in NYC, we get wrapped up so tightly with work…
Featured in Romper: 7 Topics To Avoid In The First Year Of A Relationship
This article is an endeavor to help those who are trying to develop healthy relationships, and are in those awkward first 12 months where what to say and what NOT to say can be confusing.
Featured in Bustle: 11 Seemingly Innocent Habits That Can Sabotage A New Relationship Before It Starts
The website Bustle has some fun articles, everything from pop culture to parenthood, as they say. When I contribute to articles for websites like Bustle, I love the opportunity to provide impactful tidbits that may help to improve even just one reader's relationship. In this recent article…
Featured in Romper: 7 Signs That Your Easy-Going Partner Actually Doesn't Care Enough
I really enjoy contributing to quick-read articles that might give someone just a hint of an idea about how to do things differently and, hopefully, more effectively…
Do You Need A Psychologist?
You’ve decided to look for a therapist in NYC to help cope with social anxiety and you’re noticing lots of different combinations of letters after therapists’ names. What you really want is a great therapist, but you’re not sure about…
Featured in Martha Stewart Weddings: Should You Comment On Your Partner's Bachelor(ette) Party Plans?
Oy. This is a touchy subject. You are madly in love with your betrothed and ready to walk down the aisle. Plans are underway for the perfect wedding. Suddenly, you learn that your partner has planned @#$%* for their bachelor(ette) party…
Featured in Bravo: When Is It OK to Complain to Your Friends About Your Relationship Drama?
While they often focus their programming on the lighter side of life, the Bravo network (which describes its goal as to "deliver the best in food, fashion, beauty, design and pop culture to the most engaged, upscale and educated audience in cable") also often adds in some really useful information for self and relationship improvement. I'm pleased to have been featured…
Featured in PsychCentral: Are You Using Work to Numb Yourself?
I'm proud to have been featured in this article on PsychCentral, the Internet’s largest and oldest independent mental health online resource. The article…
Top 3 Myths about Virtual Counseling, Online Therapy, and Online Psychotherapy in NYC
As a busy, driven, successful person navigating the demands of a life in NYC, you have figured out that there are certain “short-cuts” or methods of facilitation that make your life…
What to Expect From Online Counseling, Online Therapy and Online Psychotherapy in #NYC
I hope my recent 3-part guide to finding an online therapist in NYC was useful to you and that you’ve scheduled yourself for ongoing sessions with a great virtual counselor. Now that you’re about to get started…
FAQs About Online Counseling, Therapy and Psychotherapy in #NYC
In the fast-paced and majorly stimulating life of a New Yorker, finding a peaceful place in which to explore your inner self can be a challenge. Hell, even finding a few minutes of peace…