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One tasks of therapy is to develop deeper self compassion and acceptance. In order for this to happen you need to feel that your therapist has authentic compassion for, and…
Full ArticleHi Fay! I admire your work. I've recently started shidduchim and there's people saying to look into someone, l have my own personal feelings about it, but i don't want…
Full ArticleMany things my dad does get me irritable. Loud chewing/ crunching/talking loudly on the phone. I'm super sensitive to noises. He gets angry at me fast. This creates a tense…
Full ArticleHi Fay! My friend lives in a toxic household and she needs to get out. She wants to go to Isreal. She is 20 years old and has no one…
Full ArticleI have social anxiety. I am afraid of silences during conversations... and therefore avoid them altogether. Having a stutter complicates things. I've tried many meds and therapies to almost no…
Full ArticleI'm 39 married b'h. I didn't had easy childhood went through trauma. Dealing w/t social anxiety. (I did CBT & EMDR route my problem I feel rejected.) didn't make friends…
Full ArticleI enjoy work mostly, but when I get home, I crash - I feel very lonely and empty inside - like I need a booster -caffeine. And then even after…
Full ArticleI've been having lately lots of arguments with my mother and we haven't been getting along and it's been making me very sad. I used to get along with her…
Full ArticleI'm 35 & don't have my driver's license. Parents didnt drive so thought " no way to practice." & " live in Brooklyn & dont need it." Now, so hard…
Full Articlei've been struggling with severe anxiety for the past few weeks, can you help me figure out a way to deal with it? I'm not managing my day to day…
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When Jacob* had started seeing me, he had been in a pretty good place. He had just stopped with his previous therapist, who was moving out of the area. He…
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Am I too dependent on my therapist? This is a question that many people in therapy find themselves asking. Especially people with a history of attachment wounding…
Full ArticleThank you Fay for all that you do. How do I deal with my different parts that show up (like anxious part, anger part, depression part, hopeless part) I'm in…
Full ArticleHow can I feel empowered and not victimized when s/t that I x like happens. I'm not thrilled at all w paying for this, and have a lot of resentment/anger…
Full ArticleHi Fay, thanks for this opportunity! Any tips for what to do when i get triggered in public and cant leave? BH have tools, but it normally involves crying it…
Full ArticleMy daughter is X a strong student. She needed P3 & got a local diploma. Seminary is hard, got some credits. College will be hard, maybe too hard. Is there…
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One common reason couples come to see me is that they want to improve their sex lives. Often times, one partner wants sex more than the other. The reasons why…
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Lots of couples seek therapy when they start planning for a family. It makes sense: the prospect of having a child brings up new and long-standing issues in couples. …
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In his stories, novels, and parables, Franz Kafka captures how strange, hard, and bewildering it is to be alive. He writes about the feeling of being too late, that one…
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I give homework to couples therapy clients after our first session, and it’s usually pretty basic. I might encourage couples to establish a weekly meeting where they divvy up domestic…
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I was lucky to have known and studied with the eminent couples and family therapist, Evan Imber-Black, who died yesterday at the too-young age of 80. Dr. Imber-Black directed and…
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