Panthea Saidipour, LCSW - NYC Counseling for Young Professionals

07/30/2022

08/25/2021

Mental health professionals: I highly recommend Clinical Journeys, a one year training program to help you engage more deeply and work more effectively with your clients. Applications are due by September 1st and the program is open to clinicians everywhere.

Hello friends! The application deadline for PPSC’s fabulous 1-year training program, Clinical Journeys, is SEPTEMBER 1. Our course is available on Zoom and eligible for 60 NYS CE credits. For anyone curious about training or simply wishing to stay sharp + supported in their work, Clinical Journeys is an excellent taster of eclectic practice.

Registration + more info available at www.PPSC.org/one-year-program . Please PM with questions — and share with anyone interested!

xM.
-- with Marisa Mickel, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center

07/28/2021

"Biles, Osaka and others in their generation have been vocal about putting their mental health first and the expectations of others, at best, second."

👏👏👏

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/27/sports/olympics/russia-wins-gold-medal-gymnastics.html

The departure of the top American star during the women’s gymnastics team final gave Russia a clear path to victory.

03/26/2021

“𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐈𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝

It has been hard for me to find words. This is a particular challenge for me because as a trauma therapist, it is my job to help people find the words that go missing when an overwhelmingly painful event happens... And yet, when a traumatic event overwhelms me, I also lose my ability to speak.”

Trauma is defined by the traumatized.

01/22/2021

What is political is also inextricably personal. Internal and external are always intertwined, so both are always in therapy.
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Amanda Gorman stirringly said, "Even as we grieved, we grew."

Grieving is the bedrock of growth, in therapy and in life.

What happens when we don't grieve? We ignore loss. We minimize pain. We deny harm.

How do we repair and heal?

Read on:
http://pantheacounselingnyc.com/even-as-we-grieved-we-grew/

09/28/2020

All traumas have three things in common:
1. Bad things are done to someone.
2. Good things are withheld.
3. Other people act like it’s normal. (i.e. There’s denial and gaslighting.)*
(*Source: Salman Akhtar)

Racism is trauma.

From before the founding of this country, the trauma of racism has been transmitted through generations and it persists today.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/america-s-racial-reckoning-putting-spotlight-black-mental-health-n1241127?cid=eml_nbn_20200927

The pandemic, economic anxiety, and reignited fights on racist structures have created a “mental health tsunami” in the Black community.

09/22/2020

What is political is also inextricably personal. And YES, you can talk about that in therapy.

Check your registration status, even if you voted in the primaries earlier this year.

Dedicated to building the political power of young people. Register to vote, check your registration status, and more. Fast, easy, secure, nonpartisan.

07/23/2020

“My emotions, both good and bad, were never something my family sat around the dinner table discussing. Instead, it was assumed we all would hide or work through our negative emotions by ourselves.”

"As a health care professional, I have seen firsthand how BIPOC receive lesser care."

07/03/2020

Minimizing is gaslighting.

What white people and other allies do in conversations about the mental health effects of racism matters.

06/12/2020

For anyone who questions why a therapist might share a “non-neutral” “non-clinical” point of view, please know this.

05/29/2020

Anger can be a powerful mobilizing force for change.



https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234

**Note this article is continually updated to ensure each item is accurate and needed today.**

04/25/2020

“It’s ‘good enough’ time... If you decide to take your classes Pass/Fail, if you don’t have it in you to go the extra mile on a research paper, if the problem set you’re working on doesn’t meet your usual standards, don’t beat yourselves up. You are not taking the easy way out; you’re making wise choices. Good enough is the best decision right now.”

When the anxiety about all I’m not doing begins to creep in, I remind myself that whatever I’m doing is good enough.

04/10/2020

04/07/2020

Friends and fellow teachers: I’ve seen some heart-breaking displays of emotion-shaming in our wellness communities these past days and weeks - to one another and to ourselves. Perhaps you’ve experienced same. If you are at peace in these trying times, please use your equilibrium to spread compassion. And if you are not at peace, I commend you on being human. We cannot control the uncontrollable by denying our feelings (or anyone else’s). We can, however, relieve our discomfort by allowing it. I know, it sounds contradictory. If your emotions feel overwhelming right now, you aren’t alone. In addition to the many resources we each practice, a therapist can help. Reach out for a referral. Love to you all.

04/06/2020

We can’t underestimate the extreme emotional trauma that many people are feeling now.

We thank Headspace for their partnership to offer New Yorkers much-needed free meditation and mindfulness content as a mental health resource.

Check it out here: www.headspace.com/ny

03/24/2020

“There is something powerful about naming this as grief. It helps us feel what’s inside of us.”

The coronavirus pandemic has led to a collective loss of normalcy.

03/23/2020

𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, so if it feels hard that's because it 𝒊𝒔 hard.

I’m not big on reassurance and I’m not an advicey therapist, so in this post I offer what I called backhanded reassurance (really, validation) and I pose some open invitations (not suggestions!).

March 23, 2020Backhanded Reassurance for COVID-19: This is Not a Staycation Posted By : Panthea Saidipour/ 0 comments / Under : How Therapy Helps , When Life Gets Messy If you’re enjoying virtual tours of national parks on your TV, browsing world renowned museums from your couch, taking a free Ivy...

03/20/2020

This isn’t a staycation so it’s okay to not force yourself to act like it is. I see you, productivity pushers! If that’s working for you, great, you do you. If it isn’t, then can you allow yourself to just do whatever feels most soothing for you right now?

At this moment, take a breath and see if you can relax your jaw. (I just noticed I was holding my breath too.) Grab some tea, and go easy. At a time like this one all my clients are going through t…