By Dahlia Mayerson, LMSW

There remains a perception in our society today that a person needs to have some sort of calamity or personal crisis to warrant going to therapy.
Many clients report during their initial phone consultation that family and friends do not always understand why they’re seeking support. “Why are you airing your dirty laundry to a stranger?” “You have a great life, why do you need to talk to someone?”

Why do people seek therapy?

How do you know that it would be helpful?

How do you know when is the right time to go?

So here…

by Lindsay Hylek, LMSW

Imagine an alien accidentally teleported to your neighborhood and started exploring your favorite stomping grounds. What would they

…see?

…hear?

…smell?

…taste?

…feel?

What conclusions would they draw about their new environment?

Would they be able to pinpoint the country? state? city? street?

The answer is…maybe.

Anthropologists believe that “place” is shaped by our sensory perception and vice versa. Every single corner of the globe is a unique amalgamation of visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, and tactile input/output. If we pay close enough attention, we can use this information to orient ourselves and make interpretations about our…

By Dahlia Mayerson, LMSW

When I first became a therapist, I had a serious case of imposter syndrome. I could not believe that people trusted me with their fears, secrets and anxieties. I didn’t feel like I had a right to be sitting in the therapist’s chair; I doubted my skills and my knowledge. There was a moment a few months into becoming a therapist, I was listening to a client tell a story in which she told her friends “something smart my therapist had said.” My response, “Oh, whose your therapist?” …

By Brett Dupuy, LMSW

Everyone experiences shame. But what most people probably don’t realize is that there are 2 kinds: Regular shame vs. Core shame.

The 2 types of shame:

Shame is that excruciating feeling that signals we fell short of who or what we wanted to be in the eyes of another. Our body reacts to shame in visceral ways: our face gets hot, we want to run, lash out, or check out. For some of us, this is a temporary state that passes — we experience regular shame, and we move on. We’re able to frame the shaming situation as a singular event…