By Hannah O'Grady, LMSW I know, I know, you’ve heard it all before: take your meds, sleep 7-9 hours per night, an apple a day keeps the doctor away, etc. etc. Most of us can recite these recommendations in our sleep, and I personally can’t remember the last time I...
By J.P. Consiglio, LMHC Picture this: It’s a cool autumn afternoon. The leaves outside have been turning vibrant reds, yellows and oranges as they fall toward the ground below. Your family is outside, raking the leaves into a perfect pile that they will soon plunge...
by Thanos Nioplias, LMHC After a long winter of social distancing, isolation and several rounds of quarantine, the spring of 2021 has finally sprung! For many, spring and the warm weather that comes with it offer unique opportunities to set new goals, change...
By Hudi Kowalsky, LMHC Recent events at the global, national and local levels have left many of us feeling uncertain. Our offices and leisure spaces have been shuttered due to COVID-19. We have been forced to spend more time in solitude, and we have been denied many...
By Becca Brodoff, PsyD Over the past few months, I’ve noticed a shift in myself and in my patients. When COVID-19 was first showing up in the U.S., anxiety was running high. Most people were overwhelmed by the uncertainty of the illness and how it would affect them...
By Staci Berkowitz, Ph.D. We are now in the midst of a COVID-19 crisis. If you are a human on this planet right now, you have likely experienced any number of emotions that are normative reactions to crisis situations, including fear, anxiety, sadness, frustration,...
By Nikki Eskenasi, PsyD Throughout the past few years, the phenomenon of FOMO, or the fear of missing out, has plagued many of us at one time or another. In the age of social media, and particularly around the holiday season, we may find ourselves making comparisons...
By Yoni Sobin, PsyD Lesson #1: Origin Stories “A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a little boy’s shoulders to let him know that the world hadn’t ended.” Batman reflected these words at the end of The Dark...
By Thanos Nioplias, LMHC Most people believe that the primary symptom of depression is sadness. Even though this perception is somewhat accurate, depression is, in reality, a much more complicated state that includes not only negative emotions but also physiological...
