IFS has become increasingly popular with both therapists and people seeking therapy. Since I write about, teach, and practice IFS, people often ask me how the two treatments compare. In my last post, part one of comparing IFS and CBT, I wrote about how each...
Meghan Umansky, Counselor, New York, NY, 10012, (347) 763-6161, Hi! I believe everyone has the capacity to change and grow, to heal from past trauma and to reclaim their relationship with themselves. My approach is relational and client-centered, with a
and that they are not just spatial but social. ‘Broad cognitive maps,’ he posited, lead to empathy, while narrow ones lead to ‘‘dangerous hates of outsiders,’ ranging from ‘discrimination against minorities to world conflagrations.’ Indeed, anthropologists today, especially those working in...
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Rick Grimes is the kind of ISTJ who wakes up in the apocalypse, takes one look around, and immediately starts getting things under control. He’s not here for panic, sentimentality, or wasting time onwhat ifs—he’s here tosurvive. His introverted sensing (Si) keeps him grounded in what...
by personality type, there are certain fears that are mentioned again and again by specific personality types. Over the years I’ve spoken with hundreds of people about fear and sorted out the specific things that each type mentions the most. I’ll be exploring those fears in today’s ...
Admittedly, among Western intellectuals today, materialism is the default philosophical position, one often unthinkingly assumed to be self-evident–but that doesn’t make it true. It simply means that materialism, at this period in history, is more popular than dualism. To this a materialist mi...
Today I’m choosing to focus on “control.” In my opinion it’s absolutely the most basic issue for reducing stress and increasing health and happiness. For today it’s directed to people who enjoy at minimum a home with comfortable temperature, a stocked refrigerator, food preparation (or ...
Self-care, defined as the deliberate and self-initiated attempt to take care of oneself, is widely accepted today as an essential tool to enhance clinician wellbeing and overall efficacy of treatment (Kottler,2011; Norcross & VandenBos,2018; Skovholt & Trotter-Mathison,2016). Though research on...
Our patients also participate in ongoing therapy through our extensive network of trained psychotherapists, with modalities like EMDR, Couples Therapy, IFS, and more. View 17 Photos Our patients come to us for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to anxiety, depression, PTSD, eating ...