“Depression is a thief, and I will not let it steal my daughter.”
My mother said this to me in her bedroom an October afternoon with a ferocity in her eyes I will never forget. She sat with me on the floor as the thoughts that consumed me gargled, undecipherable, in my mouth as I tried to speak aloud my deep paranoia and fear.
Read MoreImposter syndrome, that creeping sense that you’re not good enough and you don’t deserve what you have, affects 70% of people at some point in their lives.
Everyone experiences imposter syndrome differently. No matter how you experience imposter syndrome, it’s not a comfortable feeling. We’d like to share some of the approaches that have been helpful in facing imposter syndrome in the past.
Read MoreJuly is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. In this week’s blog piece, we are grateful to hear from Sahaj Kohli Senior Editor of HuffPost, and founder of Brown Girl Therapy, a wellness community and space for South Asian women and first-generation individuals. Sahaj share’s her perspective with us today on why minorities and first-generation individuals should consider going to therapy.
Today, we are excited to hear from Maria Sosa, Registered Marriage and Family Therapy Intern and Integrative Nutrition Health Coach on her perspective today about the ways in which we label food and how it can impact our mental health. Maria offers some ways in which we can help gain some extra support, especially during these Summer months when we may be feeling a bit more body conscious.
Read MoreToday, we hear from Meg Josephson @citytherapist, on 5 Ways to Make the Most of Therapy. Meg provides some important tips to help you commit to showing up and doing the work, which can sometimes be both intimidating, and incredibly rewarding. We hear you, and hope that these tips offer some extra support.
Read MoreToday on our blog, we are so grateful to hear from Michelle Young, an actress based in NYC, who shares her experiences with therapy and why she suggests it is important to find the best fit for you.
Read MoreToday we are grateful to hear from Angela Collevecchio from Chill Chief, a health and wellness website dedicated to helping people with resources and actionable steps in dealing with anxiety. Angela discussed her experiences with mindfulness practice in coping with her own feelings of anxiety, and takes us through her mini mindfulness practice in 4 easy steps.
Read MoreToday on our blog, we hear from writer Laurie Larson on how therapy can help support you in getting a restful nights sleep. Read more about the differences between discussing your sleep with a therapist, and using sleep aids for a restful night.
Read MoreToday we hear from Dr. Julie Groveman, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, on understanding anxiety and how we can learn to work through this very common and also challenging emotion. Julie offers 6 concrete tips that help us to gain strength and find ways to cope.
Read MoreIn today’s post, we hear from Liz Beecroft, licensed social worker, mental health advocate, and content creator in Brooklyn. Liz introduces us to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a helpful therapeutic technique, and shares some tips and tools to better shift our perspective.
Read MoreLet's talk about how to prepare for your first session with your therapist, with guest writer and NYC therapist, Julia Colangelo, LCSW.
Read MoreThis week, we hear from Mika Leonard and Lindsay Meck, co-founders of Onward—a post breakup concierge service. Mika and Lindsay talk to us about all of the challenges breakups can bring, how stressful a life transition like a breakup is, and how it may be beneficial to explore therapy as a way to receive additional support and ease during this difficult time.
Read MoreThis week, My Wellbeing community member and LCSW, Zoe Reyes, discusses life transitions and challenges and describes how sometimes we can feel anxious or even stuck during life’s events, both positive and negative. Zoe explains 8 ways therapy can help us learn about ourselves and how to cope with stressful life events.
Read MoreSometimes, when we aren’t feeling our best, we receive suggestions from others that we should “just do something.” In this week’s post, NYC mental health counselor Robert Sullivan explains to us why the intention and engagement involved with the activities that we choose impacts whether or not the activity is actually helpful.
Read MoreEarlier in the year, NYC practitioner Abbi Klein helped us to better understand how grounding techniques can be helpful for managing anxiety. Today, Abbi takes our learning even further as she explains the physiological and biological roots of anxiety.
Read MoreAllyson Byers helps us to see how tools learned in therapy can be used and helpful in everyday life outside of session hours. Read more here.
Read MoreNYC psychoanalyst and clinical psychologist Therese Ragen, PhD helps us to better understand what psychoanalysis is and how it can be helpful.
Read MoreA few weeks ago, we featured a blog post that helped us to understand what group therapy is really like, and today we break down the topic even further to explore 8 specific benefits of group therapy.
Read MoreIn this week’s post, NYC therapist and My Wellbeing member Alison Pepper shares with us about what Buddhist psychotherapy is and how it can be helpful for many people, even people who do not practice Buddhism.
Read MoreThe conversation around therapy is finally changing. Learn in this 2-min video about how stigma is going down and why going to therapy and taking care of yourself makes you a stronger, healthier you.
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