Living Fully with Chronic Illness: An ACT-Informed Approach
By Paige Gorodetzky, Supervising Clinician Living with a chronic illness can feel like your life split into âbeforeâ and âafter.â Before the diagnosis. Before the flare-ups. Before, your body felt unpredictable. Itâs not just the physical symptoms that you have to deal with. Itâs the grief, the identity shifts, the anxiety about the future, and […]
Feeling Down When the Sun is Up? Reverse SAD and Summer Pressure
By Janna Sayfie, LMSW What comes to. mind when you hear the word “summer”? Close your eyes and see what is elicited in your senses. Smell of sunscreen, softness of your towel, the excitement of seeing a new place? Maybe. Or, maybe it’s the ache of burnt skin, the discomfort of sticky popsicle fingers and […]
September Scaries: The Season is Changing, Are You?
By Lucia Santilli, BA, Clinical Fellow As the sun begins to set earlier, the changing season often stirs up a mix of emotion about what lies ahead. September, in particular, is a time of transformationâushering in new beginnings, routines, and a motivation to tackle those long-postponed projects. However, this shift can also bring new responsibilities, […]
Bringing You the ABC PLEASE Skill In Honor of World Mental Health Day
By Marcy Siegler, LCSW Do early alarm clocks, rushing into meetings, and last-minute uniform scrambles resonate with anyone else? The new school year is underway, and whether you’re a parent, college grad, or law associate who hasn’t found rhythm in the new routine yet, you’re not alone. As we bid farewell to the luxury of […]
Accumulating Positive Emotions: A Guide to Finding Winter Joy
By Fiona Joffroy, Clinical Fellow Even though February is the shortest month of the year, by now the winter days start to seem a little endless. With fewer hours of daylight, our circadian rhythm (which regulates our sleep, mood, and appetite) is thrown, and colder weather is keeping us indoors, limiting our ability to connect […]
Your Values Compass: A Different Way to Set Intentions This Year
By Mikayla Bogart, Clinical Fellow January is often a month filled with pressure to set resolutions- new habits, big goals, and plans to change, transform, and better ourselves. But resolutions donât tend to stick when they come from outside expectations or what we think we âshouldâ be doing. We focus so much on what we want […]
What If Iâm In the Wrong Relationship?
By Katie Mundt, MHC-LP Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD as it is commonly referred to, is a mental health condition in which a person experiences distressing intrusive thoughts, urges, or images (i.e., obsessions), accompanied by psychological or physical behaviors aimed to neutralize or decrease distress (i.e., compulsions). Recently, Relationship OCD (or ROCD) has emerged as […]
Supporting Sleep during the Busy Season: CBT-I (Insomnia)
By Hana Blair As we step into November, the holiday season and the end of the year begins to draw near. This time of the year can be a joyful one, filled with traditions and celebrations, but it can also bring packed schedules and disrupted routines. Between added to-dos and activities, it is easy to […]
The Power of Darkness: Embracing The “Shadow Self” in Spooky Season
By Jordana Goldstein October naturally pulls us toward the idea of darknessâwhether itâs haunted houses, spooky costumes, or Halloweenâs eerie imagery. But darkness doesnât have to be treated as something scary. It can also be seen as a symbol for the parts of ourselves we usually push away, ignore, or feel uncomfortable with. In psychology, […]
Is My Family the Problem? Understanding and Healing Attachment Wounds Across Generations
By Olivia Parsons In family therapy, one of the biggest opportunities and challenges lies in addressing intergenerational family dynamics. This includes patterns of behavior, beliefs, values, roles, and emotional responses, which can be passed down through generations unwittingly. These dynamics are often invisible until closely examined, yet they shape how families communicate, connect, and manage […]