Latest Blog Posts for Catherine Boyer Psychotherapy Blog

• How Soon Should I See Change from Counseling?
  on Nov 20, 2015 in counseling psychotherapy
  That's a question most people starting a course of psychotherapy have - how long will they be coming to their new therapist's office?I think that you can often very quickly - even in the first session - have a sense that your therapist "gets you" and...
• Foods Your Brain will Thank You For
  on Jun 24, 2015
  Having as healthy a brain as possible can't help but be good for psychotherapy.Nutritionist Barbara Mendez, who has guest posted here, wrote a post a while back on her own blog Roots and Seeds titled Six Foods Your Brain Will Thank You For.Here are t...
• Our Brains are Wired for Connection to Others
  on May 13, 2015 in brain Dr. Dan Siegel Mindsight neurobiology psychotherapy The Developing Mind
  Our brains are hard-wired for connectionForbes Magazine recently published an interesting article titled Study: To The Human Brain, Me Is We. Here's the heart of the article:A new study from University of Virginia researchers supports a finding...
• Decluttering for Mental Well-being
  on Mar 4, 2015 in Catherine Boyer counseling Marcia Sloman NAPO psychotherapy Under Control Upper West Side
  An interesting and helpful article by professional organizer Marcia Sloman of Under Control is titled Why People Hold onto Stuff and may help you understand yourself better.Personally, this office makes me feel something could fall on...
• Happy Holidays!
  on Dec 20, 2014
  Wishing all of you a happy holiday season! Catherine Boyer, MA, LCSWNew York City Psychotherapy...
• Best Description of Depression
  on Oct 29, 2014
  "The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep away from me in that moment." Andrew Solomon says this about depression in his TEDx talk that eloquently and accurately describes the experience of de...
• Urban Green Area Residents are Happier
  on Jul 14, 2014
  BBC News article Green spaces have lasting positive effect on well-being says that urban dwellers who move to a greener urban area experience more positive effects than if they get a promotion or a new job.I know New York City's wonderful parks contr...
• Sleep Therapy Seen as Aid for Depression
  on Jun 16, 2014 in depression insomnia
  According to the New York Times article, Sleep Therapy Seen as Aid for Depression, curing insomnia can double the chance that people with depression will recover fully.Why am I not surprised? Because for more than 25 years that's been my experience t...
• Is There a Glut on Anti-Depressants?
  on Apr 14, 2014
  New York Times writer Roni Caryn Rabin wrote a thought provoking article last fall titled, "A Glut of Anti-Depressants.Two alarming statistics she cites:One in ten Americans now takes anti-depressants.For women in their 40s and 50s, this rises to one...
• Talk Therapy May Reduce Biological Symptoms of PTSD
  on Mar 10, 2014 in Catherine Boyer ptsd therapy Upper West Side psychotherapy
  PTSD changes the brain - in the way certain genes express themselves, for example, and in shrinkage of the hippocampus, which plays an important role in memory consolidation.This Science Daily article, Talk therapy may reverse biological ch...

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