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July 3, 2024
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July 3, 2024
I 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 ArticleMy relationship with my mom is making me very sad
July 3, 2024
I'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 ArticleFeeling like a failure without a driver's license
July 3, 2024
I'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 ArticleHow to deal with severe anxiety?
July 3, 2024
i'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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Maintaining Therapeutic Gains
July 2, 2024
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…
Full ArticleTrauma: More than Just "What"
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Dependency in Therapy
June 23, 2024
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…
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Thank 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 ArticleASK Fay: How can I feel empowered - not victimized?
June 20, 2024
How 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 ArticleASK Fay: How can I help my daughter with her career?
June 20, 2024
My 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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How to Improve Your Sex Life
June 9, 2024
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…
Full ArticleFear & Expecting in NYC
June 5, 2024
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…
Full ArticleCommunication, Couples Therapy, & the Weekly Walk
June 5, 2024
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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Simi Schwartz
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"Making" Your Bashert-Workshop For Newlyweds
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Evan Imber-Black: Guru of Couples and Family Therapy
May 31, 2024
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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Ashtrays for Kids
May 23, 2024
A beautiful analogy for parents about self care. What we can learn about FAA regulations and why there are still ashtrays on airplanes.
Full ArticleThere's a lesson in everything!
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Direction is key!
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Going deep
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Are you broken? Do you need to be fixed?
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Here's the secret to happiness
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