Written in collaboration with Laura Vladimirova of Resilient-Mind.com and heldheart.com, a CBT-I trained therapist. There is a paradoxical conversation that happens around pregnancy and postpartum sleep. The message is: “Get used to it, you won’t be sleeping!” While some normalization of is helpful for planning ahead, the real issue is that during this time less […]
A big word has been floating around a lot lately: Trauma. It isn’t that trauma didn’t exist before this time of social media, memes and instant information — more so, it is that we, as a global community, have timely access to psychoeducation, resources and are better able to name and identify symptoms. Further, unfortunately,
Most clinical professionals are guilty of the same thing: Using acronyms and jargon when it comes to talking about their specialities. Sure, when chatting with another therapist, saying something like, “The client really wanted to try DBT,” doesn’t sound the least bit off. Yet, when recommending treatment without explanation to someone looking for help, it
Thank you to After Third and Karolina Belwal for this great interview on how parents can cope during this stressful time and any stressful time in the realm of parenting.
Phobias are a common mental consideration for people in the U.S. From spiders to heights, if you find yourself preoccupied with fear or intrusive thoughts when it comes to something that other people seem not to mind, you may be one of the 10% of the public that has a phobia. While someone’s dislike of
Welcome and thank you for stopping by to learn more about our practice! We are a practice of three clinicians based throughout Brooklyn and New York City: Liza Morkovich, LCSW, Dr. Jennifer De Mucci, PsyD, and Gabrielle Jakob, LMHC. We truly love what we do. We take a great deal of pride in supporting our
