by Elizabeth Singer | Jun 16, 2012 | Depression Treatment
Depression can be a step up from where you are. Are you numb? You take the online depression quiz, and none of it feels true. In fact, you don’t feel much of anything. Are you on autopilot? The work gets done, the kids are fed and clothed. Homework happens and the...
by Elizabeth Singer | May 15, 2012 | Depression Treatment, Mood Booster
Depression got you in its teeth? Fight back with novelty and gentle self-care. Listen to someone else’s Ipod or a radio station. Choose music you don’t know. It’s a way to go somewhere new without leaving the room. Take a cold shower. It will distract your nervous...
by Elizabeth Singer | May 7, 2012 | Finding a Therapist
Test run Buy a session and see how you feel. There are a lot of people doing psychotherapy in New York City. Would you want this person in the car on a trip cross country? Do you feel pulled toward aliveness? Do you have hope? Fit is the interplay of inner...
by Elizabeth Singer | Apr 23, 2012 | Anxiety Treatment, Baby Watching, Neuroscience, Parenting, Stress Regulation
The play space for toddlers at Washington Square Park is a slow, sweet spot. Babies learn to walk there and time stretches out like a summer afternoon. It’s also a good place to do impromptu baby watching. A truck backfires and the babies react. Some older toddlers...
by Elizabeth Singer | Apr 23, 2012 | Depression Treatment, Neuroscience, Psychic Pain, Theory
Researchers out of University of California in San Diego have a new idea about depression. It makes sense to me and I want to share a paraphrase of their article with you. Karen Wager-Smith and Athina Markou hypothesize that stressful life events cause depressive...
