Healing Emotional Pain: How to Recover When Life Crushes You
Life provides suffering, healing requires help. How do you recover when you feel utterly crushed by life? When your heart literally aches with every beat? Whether you saw it coming or didn’t, the feeling is the same: you’re devastated. You gasp at your vulnerability and wonder, “Why did this happen?” Life dishes up so many […]
Normal Adolescence or Not? Three Signs Your Teen Needs Therapy
How to tell the difference between normal adolescence and more serious conditions. Some kids pass through adolescence swiftly, with little turmoil. For others, puberty detonates like a time bomb; once it goes off, nothing is the same. As a psychotherapist, I’ve sat with many brokenhearted parents as they agonize over their teen’s behavior, mystified by […]
New Play Explores Therapist Burnout
Burnout and the Psychotherapist “THE TALKING CURE” an exciting new one-act play produced by the New York Theater Festival at the Guild Theater, Jan 26, 28 & 29th, opens with Dr. Arthur Russo, a Manhattan psychotherapist suffering, feeling tormented by his patients. “In the beginning seeing patients was a pleasure. But after twelve long years, […]
Parent’s Guide to the Gender Revolution
Your teenager is changing. You’re not sure what’s happening. You’re concerned. Gender identity 101 for Parents. Maybe your daughter ditched dresses for battered jeans and a leather jacket. Maybe your son started growing his hair long and wearing touches of make-up. You wonder, “Is it a fad? A phase? A sign of mental problems?” Welcome […]
7 Best Parenting Tools for Raising Teens in New York City
The ultimate resource guide for city parents. New York City can a teenager’s dream — and a parent’s nightmare. A massive playground with endless possibilities, and unforeseen hazards. At my New York City Parenting Workshops, parents of teenagers inevitably appear the most stressed out. Who can blame them? Compare NYC to other US cities and […]
Jewish Community Center of Stamford
Jewish Community Center of Stamford 1035 Newfield Avenue | Stamford, CT 06905 tel 203.322.7900 | fax 203.329.7546 | www.stamfordjcc.org November 16, 2016 Hi Sean, From the minute I got to school today, I heard rave reviews from our staff about your presentation. One parent that attended with a teen emailed the following to me – […]
Therapy Secrets: 5 Signs You Have the Wrong Therapist
Doubt the value of your therapy? Maybe your therapist is the problem. You shopped around, dipped into your savings, and found a psychotherapist for yourself. But after a handful of sessions, you (and your bank account) aren’t feeling any better. Before you berate yourself, doubt the value of therapy or begrudge your karma, consider this: […]