Therapists of New York

02/11/2026

Neuroscience suggests the brain operates as a prediction machine, constantly trying to minimize surprise and uncertainty in order to conserve energy and maintain stability (Friston, 2010). When outcomes are unclear, the same neural systems involved in threat detection are activated making uncertainty feel dangerous, even when what lies ahead is good (Grupe & Nitschke, 2013).

This is why people sometimes sabotage growth: not because they don’t want better, but because the unknown feels unsafe.

02/05/2026

An affair doesn’t just break trust. It breaks meaning. It shatters the story a couple believed about their relationship: Who we are. What we mean to each other. What’s safe. And that’s why “just forgive and move on” never works. Healing after an affair isn’t about pretending it didn’t happen. It’s about building something new from the truth.

Check out this post to see what real repair often looks like in couples therapy!

01/05/2026

If everything feels louder, heavier, or harder than it used to, your nervous system may be overwhelmed.

Overstimulation isn’t a flaw. It’s a signal.

Tap through the slides below to learn more about overstimulation in parents and some strategies that can help.

12/17/2025

Join us on Thursday, January 15th to celebrate the publication of Juliane Maxwald’s Psychoanalytic S*x Therapy: Exploring the Unconscious Life of S*xuality. Visit the link below to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sex-shame-the-unconscious-a-book-talk-with-juliane-maxwald-tickets-1969841579190?aff=oddtdtcreator

12/15/2025

Join us on Thursday, January 8th to celebrate the publication of Joseph and Lynne Scalia’s book: Critical Consciousness: Beyond Impasses in Environmentalism, Psychoanalysis, and Education. Visit the link below to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-unconscious-ideological-determinants-in-institutional-rigidity-tickets-1974923984802?aff=oddtdtcreator

12/11/2025

Interested in exploring couples therapy but your partner is on the fence? Tap through the slides for tips on how to navigate the conversation in an empathetic and informed way.

12/02/2025

Just three days left to register for Dr. Aleksandra Rayska's course "The Language Beneath Words: Reading the Body's Stories in Psychotherapy", this Friday, 12/5! Click the link below to register:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-the-bodys-stories-in-psychotherapy-2-ces-tickets-1797656491959?aff=oddtdtcreator

Discover how movement and somatic awareness can unlock new pathways to healing in your psychodynamic practice.

11/24/2025

There's still time to register for Dr. Aleksandra Rayska's course on reading the body's stories in psychotherapy, next Friday, 12/5! Click the link below to register:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-the-bodys-stories-in-psychotherapy-2-ces-tickets-1797656491959?aff=oddtdtcreator

Discover how movement and somatic awareness can unlock new pathways to healing in your psychodynamic practice.

11/10/2025

Just three days left to register for Drs. J. Christopher Muran and Catherine F. Eubanks’ CE course, ""Alliance Rupture Repair,"" this Thursday, 11/13! Click the link below to register:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/alliance-rupture-repair-3-ces-tickets-1797546502979?aff=oddtdtcreator

An integrative, transtheoretical approach to recognizing alliance ruptures and collaborating with patients to repair them.

11/04/2025

For the final installment of the fall series of our continuing education program, Dr. Aleksandra Rayska is returning to teach "The Language Beneath Words: Reading the Body's Stories in Psychotherapy". Tap through the slides to read more about the course, or visit the link below to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-the-bodys-stories-in-psychotherapy-2-ces-tickets-1797656491959?aff=oddtdtcreator

11/03/2025

There's still time to register for Drs. J. Christopher Muran and Catherine F. Eubanks’ CE course on recognizing and repairing ruptures in the therapeutic alliance, coming up next Thursday, 11/13! Click the link below to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/alliance-rupture-repair-3-ces-tickets-1797546502979?aff=oddtdtcreator

An integrative, transtheoretical approach to recognizing alliance ruptures and collaborating with patients to repair them.

10/27/2025

Just three days left to register for Dr. Emily Pedowitz's CE course ""Stage 2 of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: Restructuring Bonds"" this Thursday, 10/30! Click the link below to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stage-2-of-emotionally-focused-couples-therapy-restructuring-bonds-3ces-tickets-1567995810679?aff=oddtdtcreator

The course covers how to integrate the theory and interventions in stage 2 of EFT for couples.