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Do I Need Therapy?
In recent years the idea of therapy has gained significant credibility. What was once hidden due to a negative stigma, is now rather mainstream due to the significant successes that people now talk about in everyday life. The results of … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, depression, individual therapy, infertility, new york city, therapy
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What Can You Learn in Couples Therapy?
New York is a stressful place to live in. While the hustle and bustle of the city can bring energy to your life, there is also a pressure to keep up and always be moving. People rarely take a few … Continue reading
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Tagged couples therapy, new york city, relationships, strengthening relationships
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Managing Work/Life Stressors
Many factors have contributed to the apparent increase in anxiety and depression in recent years. As I mentioned in a recent blog post, social media allows us to see many problems in the lives of others, and some sensitive people … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, depression, managing stress, work life stressors
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Teen Depression and Cell Phone Use – Is There a Connection?
There’s no doubt there has been a frightening increase in depression and suicides in recent years, particularly among teenage girls. According to the CDC, between 2010 and 2015, suicide among girls increased by 65% and severe depression increased by 58%. … Continue reading
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Tagged cell phones, depression, smartphones, suicide, teen suicide
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When You are Fighting all the Time
Are you and your spouse fighting all the time? All relationships go through ups and downs, but the stress that constant fighting puts on your life can be substantial. At times you may want to throw in the towel and … Continue reading
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Problems in Your Marriage: Is Co-Dependency to Blame?
Often couples therapy starts with one spouse or partner coming to my office with a laundry list of complaints about the other. They do not feel appreciated, they feel they do everything for the relationship and feel “less than” in … Continue reading
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Empathy and Depression
Is it possible to have “too much” compassion? You may not be aware that taking on the pain of others in order to ease someone else’s distress may overburden your own emotional health. But, what does that mean? If you … Continue reading
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Starting Couples Counseling
In the beginning of a relationship, it’s hard to imagine that there would ever be a need for couples counseling. You are happy, in sync, in love. But, the realities of life slowly re-emerge, especially in the hustle and bustle … Continue reading
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Coping with Infertility
Recently, Giuliana Rancic shared her very private struggle with infertility with readers of USA Today. Stories by people in the public eye who struggle with anxiety, depression and infertility can bring comfort to many who read their words. We realize … Continue reading
Posted in Couples Therapy, Infertility
Tagged IVF, nyc, surrogacy, therapist, therapy
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Communication and Infertility
You’ve been trying to conceive a baby for some time and still you are not pregnant. You worry that something may be wrong. Sometimes, this is the most difficult stage in the process of dealing with infertility – just admitting … Continue reading
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