We’re excited to offer a new personality disorder training series! At Nysa Therapy, we provide therapists and students studying to be mental health professionals with the skills and tools they need to effectively treat personality disorder. That’s why we are proud to announce the launch of our “Lunch & Learn”…
Pop culture can be an excellent example and opportunity for learning about personality disorder. If you’ve seen it, you will never forget Jim Carey as Joel and Kate Winslet as Clementine in the 2004 cult classic, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. If you don’t want to read spoilers, this blog…
Most people lead lives of quiet desperation.
Henry David Thoreau
Most people lead lives of quiet desperation. – Henry David Thoreau – As strange as this might sound, I’ve always loved this quote. Since I was a teenager this quote has explained a feeling I have about many of the people I meet every day. Most are friendly and appropriate…
What is Personality Disorder? We are often asked this question by both patients and clinicians. Our definition most certainly goes beyond what you’d find in the DSM, because at Nysa Therapy, our focus is on WHY personality disorder makes sense, and why mental health practitioners should EXPECT patients to act…
Happy Pride Month! June is here and that means we have a whole month to shout out our pride in the millions of LGBTQ+ family, friends, and communities around the world. All of us at Nysa Therapy are hardcore devoted supporters of LGBTQ+ people. There is a reason for this. …
As we enter the New Year, it is common for us to reflect on the past and set goals for the year ahead. While there is nothing inherently wrong with intention setting or making resolutions, these practices can miss the mark in therapy with patients who are struggling with personality…
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,…