“Sex Therapist- doesn’t that mean you sleep with your clients?”
I have been interested in sexuality for as long as I can remember, which, incidentally, is about as long as I knew I was gay. I had wanted to go into the mental health field, and as soon as I took my first sexuality course my sophomore year at college, I knew that this was the direction I wanted to pursue. I took as many courses I could find, which surprisingly for the University of...
Read MoreSuzy explains psychotherapy for yogis…
While the purpose of Yoga is the expansion of consciousness beyond all suffering, many yoga practitioners still struggle with their basic psychology. This is mainly due to the commercialization of public classes, which has toppled the sacred and transformative aspects of the practice. Large, sweaty classes are not inherently a negative thing, since physical yoga offers a multitude of...
Read MoreWhen emotions get physical
I was recently thinking about how our bodies give us physical signs when we are experiencing different emotions. When I was younger, I used to get so frustrated at how easily my face would flush red when I was experiencing emotion. It was not always when I was embarrassed; I would blush when I was feeling nervous, called on in class, talking to a new person, mad, and many other...
Read MoreYogic Psychotherapy – Part I
Non-dual, yogic philosophy teaches us that we are all emanations of the One (Shiva, God, Consciousness, Love, Essence, Nature, etc.) This perspective has many implications for the practice of psychotherapy – let’s turn our attention to just a couple. First of all, as human beings our lives are ALL sacred, no matter how each of us thinks, feels and behaves. In other words, the...
Read MoreInsurance & Therapy, pt 2: What other therapists are saying…
We do not accept insurance- And here is why… Right now there is a discussion on one of the mental health groups on LinkedIn about the problems with the DSM and using insurance in therapy. I wanted to share a few of the exchanges here in response to a post by Hilding Ohrstrom, LCPC: To DSM or Not to DSM, that is the question….. Earlier in my career, I used to think...
Read MoreREBT Intro # 4
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Read MoreJosie discusses who goes to therapy and who becomes a therapist
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Read MoreWhat’s Your Cup of Joe?
Yesterday I tweeted “Sometimes a good book, insightful conversation, cup of coffee/tea goes a long way!” and I started thinking about how sometimes the best part of my day is drinking a piping hot cup of strong coffee. Every morning I wake up and either make myself a cup of coffee of I go to one of my coffee spots in downtown Brooklyn and request the perfect cup from a barista. To...
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Read MoreGuilt and Self-Loathing. Welcome to NYC.
“Hurt” by NIN gets me every time. I feel like it is kind of the anthem for guilt and self-loathing for my generation, and the song is all the more poignant as covered by Johnny Cash. It may surprise you how much of my job is spent dealing with guilt and self-hatred, which sometimes comes out as “I hurt myself today”. People beat themselves up for having too much sex, for not...
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