Feeling Lonely on Valentine's Day? Tips and Tricks for Coping.
No matter what your situation is, if you’re feeling like a lonely heart this Valentine’s Day, here are some tips and tricks to enjoy your day and take care of yourself.
Mental Health Resources for Black History Month
Black History Month 2023 has arrived! We believe in the fundamental importance of engaging in anti-racist work and acknowledging and addressing the obstacles that members of the Black Community face daily and in their search for mental health care and support. We believe that therapy and medical care should be accessible to everyone and something that all people can feel comfortable and confident using to feel and live their best. It is our responsibility as socially just and anti-racist therapists to engage in work everyday to enhance our anti-racist practice, educate ourselves, and work to provide supportive therapeutic spaces and opportunities for everyone.
Why Do New Year’s Resolutions Fail?
Understanding How Social Media Can Impact Your Mental Health & How To Reduce Its Negative Impact
Understanding How Social Media Can Impact Your Mental Health & How To Reduce Its Negative Impact
In this day and age, most of us spend many hours a day on social media. While there are many benefits to social media, including increased information sharing and maintaining connection with more friends and family, it can have a variety of detrimental impacts on our minds and bodies.
Why Do I Feel Like I’m Running Out of Time?
As we get close to the end of 2022, more and more clients are coming in with the same complaint: “I feel like I am running out of time.” They note a feeling of wasting time, losing time, and a desire to appreciate and make the most out of their time. There is an underlying fear that they won’t have enough time to do whatever it is they want to do or think is important to do. This sensation of quickly running out of time spans genders, age groups, and life circumstances. Where is this coming from and why is it so acute right now?
I’m Considering Beginning or Restarting Therapy - What Can I Expect?
Beginning or returning to therapy can be a nerve-wracking experience. Taking this step is something to be proud of. You are engaging in conscious and intentional work to ask for help and to begin to build a stronger support system and understanding of yourself. While therapeutic experiences differ across practices and providers, we can provide you a glimpse into what you can expect when you begin online therapy here at the New York City Psychotherapy Collective.
Being a Therapist During the Overturn of Roe v. Wade
How to Overcome Body Image Issues and Enjoy the Beach Body You Already Have
Summer is heating up, and if you're like many women, you're struggling with insecurity about your "beach body." You may be emotionally beating yourself up because you didn't spend the winter hitting the gym to be beach ready, or you may have started a fad diet to try to slim down fast. You may even be avoiding attending events because you don't like how you look in your summer clothes. It's time to let go of the "beach body" pressure!
Improving LGBTQIA+ Mental Health & Being a Better Ally
It's Pride Month, and we want to use this opportunity to stand alongside the community and spread awareness around the LGBTQIA+ mental health challenges resulting from discrimination. LGBTQIA+ is an inclusive term that includes people of all genders and sexualities, such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer, intersex, asexual, pansexual, and allies. While each letter in LGBTQIA+ stands for a specific group of people, the term encompasses the entire spectrum of gender fluidity and sexual identities.
How to Take Charge of Your Mental Health and Overcome Anxiety as a Woman in Today’s World
You are a determined woman. You know how to work hard to reach your goals and make stuff happen. You're experiencing a lot of success in different areas of your life, but you can't help wishing things felt better, that you felt better. The thought of letting others know what you've known all along—that you don't have it all figured out even though you look like you do—may make you feel sick to your stomach, but you're not sure how much longer you can keep faking it.
Maternal Mental Health & The Hidden Side of Motherhood
A few days ago, we celebrated Mother's Day. A day designed to honor and spoil mothers. It sounds nice, right? And it is— for some—like those with a healthy relationship with their mother and those who desired and had children in their ideal situation. But society tends to glamorize motherhood, which can place unbearable pressure on people who struggle with things like the desire to be a mom, the identity shift that occurs in motherhood, how to balance all the responsibilities of life, and the anxiety of the many unknowns that come with raising children
How to Overcome Anxiety Of Capitalism and Women's Work
We are at the tail end of financial literacy month. There is a lot to unpack as women regarding finances and emotions, especially now. We haven't been able to eliminate the gender pay gap. We are underrepresented in the financial industry. And after seeing how women were disproportionately impacted in the workforce during the pandemic, you may be wondering, does any of it even matter?
The Role of the Gender Pay Gap on Women's Mental Health & How to Take Action
Emotional Intelligence: The What, Why, & How of Improving Your EQ
Lately, emotional intelligence has gotten a lot of hype in the professional world, but it remains a vastly underrated skill. The term is thrown around in business articles and human resource managers trying to make the right hire. Still, critical pieces of the conversation are skipped over, such as what it really is, why it matters, and what steps you can take to develop the skill. If you're ready to see how improving your emotional intelligence can improve areas of your life, you’re in the right place because below we're sharing the details with you.
How to Be Happy When Life Doesn't Look Like You Want
Do you keep waiting to be happy until you have the life of your dreams? Are you working hard to get all your ducks in a row so everything will be perfectly in place in life and you can finally enjoy yourself? Do you feel like there is a list of tasks you need to cross off before having what you want in life? Stop! You don't have to wait until you have enough, feel like enough, have accomplished enough, and have met all the other "enoughs" in your mind to find joy and fulfillment in life.
Overcoming Fatigue, Burnout, and the Desire to Check Out
Here's a not-so-difficult trend to pick up on—women are burnt out. Pandemic fatigue has set in, and we're all tired, both mentally and physically, from carrying what feels like the weight of the world on our shoulders. We've lived through two years of jumping from one unknown situation to the next. Some days it felt like all we could do was keep putting one foot in front of the other. It's exhausting, and if you've hit that point, you may feel tempted to check out and just let life happen. However, we want to share a few strategies to help you resist that temptation and regain control of your life.
What Role is Trauma & Its Ongoing Impact Having On Your Life?
You may read the title above and think this article isn't for you because you haven't experienced trauma in your life, but we encourage you to keep reading. Some of our clients show up seeking help for trauma they've experienced, but many more show up to therapy for help with things like anxiety, depression, work-life balance, or managing relationships. Through our work together, we uncover they've experienced trauma that plays into their experiences and the perception they have of themselves and the world. As a result, they feel validated as they gain awareness and understanding of how these experiences truly impact them on a daily basis.
Is Toxic Positivity Hurting You? Learn to Embrace Difficult Feelings
The past two years have been challenging for everyone, and we have all worked to deal with the impact of the constant uncertainty of the world in our own way. We worked to do our best to remain optimistic despite the rollercoaster of emotional situations placed in our path. As a result, many of us are experiencing overwhelm and burnout in 2022.
Help! How Do I Handle The Narcissist in My Life?
Relationships are complicated, right? We've all heard that and likely experienced it, and it's not just romantic relationships; relationships with our parents, colleagues, friends, and anyone we interact with regularly can bring up challenges. While it’s true that relationships can be hard, it reaches a whole new level when the relationship is with a narcissist. The usual rules and tactics for making communication work go out the window. If you're trying to manage life with a narcissist, you need an entirely new playbook.
Am I Depressed? How to Recognize & Overcome Depression in Women
Let's get right to the point—research is finding 1 in every 3 adults in America is experiencing depression. The statistics are alarming but understandable in light of what has transpired in the world in the past two years. A lack of energy, increased anxiety, sadness, and overwhelm are feelings most of us have experienced since the start of the pandemic. They are also signs of depression. If you aren't feeling like yourself anymore or haven't in a long time, this article is for you.