nysateam, Author at Nysa Therapy

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Separation vs Attachment-Based Disorders

February 22, 2018
Personality Disorders, Training

Here at Nysa we talk a lot about either attachment-based personality disorders or separation-based personality disorders. Many people have not heard of personality disorders being divided up into these two categories so I thought I’d take a minute to explain how I understand this division. I’ll start by pointing out…

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The Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference 2017

December 19, 2017
Blogs

Steve, Mary and I just returned from the Evolution of Psychotherapy conference in Anaheim, CA and have so much to report. We attended presentations by Judith Beck, John and Julie Gottman, Harville Hendrix, Helen LaKelly Hunt, Sue Johnson, Otto Kernberg, Harriet Lerner, Peter Levine, Cloe Madanes, Scott Miller, Ernest Rossi,…

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Personality Disorders Demystified: A Review from a NYSA Therapy Newbie

October 30, 2017
Personality Disorders

On October 12th the NYSA therapy team revealed several new techniques for treating borderline personality disorder. My initial reaction: WOW! Until now, my education surrounding personality disorders has been minimal and largely consisted of ways in which personality disorders are difficult to treat.

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Training and Tacos! Perfect together.

October 4, 2017
Training

This just in…we at Nysa Therapy have hired one of our favorite Chico Mexican restaurants, Amigos de Acapulco, to bring their food truck to our upcoming training on October 12, 2017 at Chico Women’s Center. If you were on the fence about coming to our training, this should be just…

I had no idea.

September 19, 2017
Nysa Clinic

In September of 2016 I had a job that I loved and left with a heavy-heart. I thoroughly enjoyed my co-workers and clients and had finally figured out how to manage all the paperwork. It was there that I had had my first encounter with someone with Borderline Personality Disorder…

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A Foot In Each World

June 27, 2017
Personality Disorders

Nysa Therapy is almost 20 years old now. It’s hard to believe I’ve been doing this for so long. But, the truth is, treating personality disorder is very hard and it takes a long time to get things right; a real long time. So, let me take you back to…

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A Tornado Hit My Doll House

June 27, 2017
Nysa Clinic

I LOVE ORDER!! I’ve always loved order. But more than order itself, I love making order out of chaos and cleaning up messes. In fact, one of my childhood memories is pretending that a tornado was blowing through my doll house. I’d wave my hands around in every room, scattering…

Welcome to the new NysaTherapy.com

March 27, 2017
Nysa Clinic

We are all very excited here at Nysa Therapy to introduce you to our new website. The new nysatherapy.com is not only a great place to get introduced to our work, but also a dynamic and ongoing resource to become informed about our unique approach to treating personality disorders.

Author: nysateam