Visit my psychotherapy blog for advice about finding the right therapist, the right kind of therapy, and other topics. Here are links to some recent blog posts:

Mindfulness for a Happier Brain
An Epidemic of Overwhelm
Treating Maternal Depression Helps Children
Self Sabotage - What May Really Be Going on
The Gift in Anger
Nature and Mood
How Soon Should I See Change from Counseling?
If You Can't Get Yourself to Go to Counseling
Anxiety, Depression and Nutrition

People interested in counseling may also find neurofeedback to be helpful.

Here are two PDF files that you may find helpful:
Relaxation Response
Sleep Hygiene
The first is a well-validated step by step guide for relaxation developed by Herbert Benson, M.D., that has been used successfully for decades. The second is a Sleep Hygiene Handout. Good sleep is a major component of well-being, and sometimes simple interventions can make a difference. To download these two files, youÂ’ll need Adobe Reader, available free here.

For low fee counseling, try:
National Institute for the Psychotherapies
Washington Square Institute
Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy

Resources for couples:
The Gottman Institute — workshops for couples.
Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships — a book you can read together (and you don't have to be married).
Imago Therapy — books and workshops.
Hold Me Tight is also a good book to read together.
How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It is also a useful book, especially if you are looking for change to happen before your partner gets on board.

Anger management — if you like an Eastern influence, this is a lovely book on healing, taking care of, and learning from anger, by Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hahn.







Mindfulness training is helpful with many mental health conditions. This is a wonderful video of Dr. Jon Kabit-Zinn teaching meditation.

Visit the National Alliance on Mental Illness website. Free support groups, education and other services are available for the mentally ill and the people in their lives.

Click on this link for helpful information about depression. You may want to try this test for depression.

Click here for information about anxiety.

The Mayo Clinic on bipolar disorders.

Mental health information and resources by region are available at Mental Health America.

Therapy-related articles with a holistic context are available at
MyShrink.com.

These are links to the web sites of professionals whom I know and trust:
Located in NYC:
Nutrition
Massage therapy
Yoga for Everyone
Outside of NYC:
Acupuncture in Connecticut
Counseling and Neurofeedback in Boulder, CO

 

Images on this site are the work of Vincent Pucciarelli