Blogs Archives - Nysa Therapy

An Open Letter To Feeling Type Therapists

March 11, 2022
Blogs, Training

Dear Feeling Type Therapist, I have always struggled to identify my theoretical orientation and I used to feel so uncomfortable when people would ask me to do so. I learned about psychological theories in school in an abstract way. I could retain the information long enough to pass exams but…

The Cycle of Harmful Romantic Relationships Can Be Broken – Learn How in This Month’s Lunch & Learn

February 14, 2022
Blogs, Training

Most people first learn how to love through developing attachments to their parents and caregivers throughout infancy and early childhood. But when those first attachments are unstable, they can become insecure and lead to unhealthy and potentially harmful romantic relationships throughout adulthood. Good news: this cycle can be broken! Here at Nysa Therapy we have methods…

The Power of The Clinical Compliment

February 2, 2022
Blogs

We all like to receive compliments. That makes them powerful. When Insoo Kim Berg and Steve de Shazer developed solution focused therapy, they molded compliments into a potent clinical intervention. Let me tell you how the clinical compliment is different from the social compliment. A social compliment is a comment about…

Understanding Narcissism With Our January Lunch & Learn

January 14, 2022
Blogs, Training

WHEN DEALING WITH NARCISSISM IT’S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE FOCUS ON YOU. Statistically speaking, most of us will have family members – or patients with family members – that have narcissism or some version of narcissism such as histrionics or anti-social or dependent personality. You’re not going to get rid…

Working With The Dependent Personality

January 5, 2022
Blogs, Personality Disorders

Dependent personality is a kind of narcissistic personality. But, unlike its famous cousin, dependent personality appears weak and often comes to therapy rather than refusing to come. All of the personality disorders have their unique difficulties. DPD is difficult because it dominates with weakness; it controls the therapist by being…

Our December Lunch & Learn Examines Giving & Receiving Gifts

December 14, 2021
Blogs, Training

Accepting Gifts May Lead To The Gift of Better Mental Health, in December’s therapist training webinar series. As we enter the holiday season, the idea of giving and receiving gifts is commonly on our minds. But when that idea finds its way into therapy, it’s not uncommon to reject it…

Our Beautiful Fluid World

December 7, 2021
Blogs

Carl Jung said that all personalities are made up of a female part and a male part, kind of like the Yin Yang symbol. The female part is Yin and a male part is Yang. In the past, babies with female genitals were channeled toward Yin and usually ended up…

Our November Lunch & Learn Webinar is Taking On Therapist Burnout

November 12, 2021
Blogs, Training

Our Lunch & Learn Therapist Training Webinar Series Returns in November, with a timely discussion of therapist burnout. Part of the Nysa Method to treating personality disorder is keeping therapists connected to their work, their patients, and themselves. Time and again, when our therapists learn safe methods and practices for…

Vulnera-phobia in Therapists (And How to Resolve It)

October 26, 2021
Blogs, Training

Vulnera-phobia is a term we use at Nysa Therapy that means exactly what it sounds like: The fear of being vulnerable. We often think of this fear as something that we, as therapists, are meant to resolve in our patients and clients. But we also see how the fear of…

October Webinar: Understanding Cutting & Other Self-Harm Behaviors

October 12, 2021
Blogs, Training, Videos

As part of our Lunch & Learn personality disorder training series for therapists, we’re taking on a topic that most therapists have faced: cutting and other self harm behaviors. As part of our Therapist Development Program, Nysa Therapy has launched a free webinar series taking on topics that matter to…

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