Couples therapy is a wonderful way to resolve conflicts, and develop deeper intimacy and connection, as well as a way to heal individual pain.
Read MoreExperiencing anger is precisely what you want to do if you want to: increase your confidence, feel calmer, buoy your mood, bolster your ability to practice healthy boundaries, improve your relationships – and demand justice.
Read MoreThere are tons of deep breathing practices for relaxation, but did you know you can use it to heal and transform as well? Breathwork wonderfully complements the relational tools of psychotherapy.
Read MoreSomatic therapy works with your “felt experience” to help you uncover what your inner critic so you can cultivate true self-acceptance and tend to your most vulnerable needs and desires.
Read MoreMany people struggle with procrastination, but are not in touch with why they are avoiding these tasks in the first place.
Read MoreDo you struggle to manage perfectionism and your ‘inner critic’ in the creative process? Learn how to identify and manage anxiety related to self-expression and art.
Read MoreMany New Yorkers experience anxiety on a daily basis but are uncertain how to decrease the negative effects that this stress has on their body - Somatic therapy can help.
Read MoreOur clinicians find meaning and purpose in incorporating the body into the therapeutic experience. This approach is healing and experiential — it distinguishes itself from other forms of therapy.
Read MoreTherapy is one outlet that can help ground you in a frenetic place like New York City. This article outlines 3 ways that therapy can help you cope with New York City’s high speed environment.
Read MoreAt Downtown Somatic Therapy, we believe that somatic therapy is a powerful way to address attachment wounds and to experience deep healing and a renewed sense of joy in life.
Read MoreThere are unique challenges when it comes to living in New York City while managing symptoms of PTSD — but therapy can help.
Read MoreSomatic Experiencing (SE), Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and Gestalt.
Read MoreThough anxiety and stress are used interchangeably, they are distinct; understanding the difference helps determine an effective plan for treatment. Read more.
Read MoreClimate change anxiety can feel overwhelming to deal with. Yet DST therapist Melanie Berkowitz says that much of climate anxiety is actually healthy.
Read MoreWorkers don’t always have the kinds of resources to leave a toxic and unhealthy work environment. This kind of violation is called ‘Institutional Betrayal,’ a term coined by psychologist and researcher, Dr. Jennifer Freyd.
Read MoreMany couples avoid talking about infidelity, or are only able to access anger, and as a result never get around to processing the grief, sadness and loss of trust that the infidelity caused.
Read MoreBy acknowledging, and sitting with, how depression makes us feel in our bodies, we can begin to overcome the feelings of “overwhelm” that depression can engender.
Read MoreSometimes one mental health diagnosis co-exists with another one. In the world of eating disorders, depression is the most commonly associated mental health diagnosis.
Read MoreThose of us with anxious attachment style need to take extra care to watch out for ways we may be self-sabotaging our romantic relationships.
Read MoreBy admitting when we are bored, we can begin to move into richer emotional territory. Explore the ideas and emotions that our agitation and boredom are covering up.
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