Co Authored by Cass Biron, LCSW, Valarie Merced, Clinical Intern, and Timothy Bidon, Sex Positive Coordinator As entheogens and consciousness altering practices enter the cultural consciousness of the west, the mental health field is recognizing… Read More »Understanding Psychedelic Prep and Integration
Spravato Considerations by Cass Biron,LCSW, Iris Hood, MA and Timothy Bidon As our psychedelic team grows, we wanted to provide a bit of an overview over how Spravato treatment works and things to consider when… Read More »So you Want to Try Spravato…
Connection is one of the driving forces on the planet. From infancy, we are guided by our nervous systems to seek out another person to care about and for them to reciprocate that care to… Read More »Couples Therapy: learning to love each other better
Trauma has been a part of the human experience for millennia and our responses to trauma are adaptive. If we didn’t recognize a traumatic experience as dangerous we wouldn’t know to avoid it in the… Read More »Connecting the Dots: Childhood Trauma, PTSD, and Substance Use Disorder
America, we need to talk about the political sex scandal. A staple since the founding of the US government, politicians and their sexual “deviancies” have long informed our national attitudes towards sex and sexuality. From… Read More »Shame and Scandal: The Politics of Sex Negativity
Often, there can be confusion when people receive recommendations that they or their child get an evaluation. There are a lot of terms used, such as: evaluation, testing, assessment, psychological, psychoeducational, and neuropsychological. But what… Read More »Psychoeducational Testing For Children
The day after the 2016 election, I left the office with my boss and spent the afternoon in a nearby Irish pub crying into Baileys and coffee. I could never have predicted what the ensuing… Read More »Coping with Election Anxiety
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and attention on widely-documented police brutality against POC, many white Americans are opening their eyes to what marginalized folks have known for generations: the glaring racism of American law enforcement. America’s… Read More »The Need for New Mental Health Emergency Response
The past few months have been full of constantly shifting social norms and regulations. When recommendations for social distancing first went into place in mid-March, there were mixed reactions and responses. Not everyone bought into… Read More »How Mentalization Can Help Us Navigate Reopening the Country
As mental health professionals, we are all too aware that the current situation is a manifestation of generational trauma and systemic oppression. The existential threat of state-sanctioned violence against black and brown bodies is inexcusable.… Read More »Solidarity
Michael Gilberg is a Special Education attorney who is himself on the autism spectrum. His lived experience combined with legal expertise has made him a prominent voice in Disability Rights and Special Education Law. He… Read More »Autism Spectrum Disorder in a Pandemic: Interview with Michael Gilberg, Esq
This is a phrase that I commonly hear from friends, colleagues, and patients during this time. People are having a difficult time motivating themselves to exercise, eat healthy, and continue to maintain a daily routine… Read More »“What’s the Point?” A Lesson from DBT
This past week the American Journal of Psychiatry published an exciting new study “Stanford Accelerated Intelligent Neuromodulation Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression (SAINT),” which is highlighted in this recent piece in Inverse. We interviewed our Chief… Read More »SAINT and Depression: An Interview with CSO Owen Muir, MD
These are some strange and down-right scary times we live in. For many of us, especially those of us in densely populated urban areas, the concept of “going out” is becoming an increasingly distant memory.… Read More »Together and Apart: Maintaining Human Connection Despite Physical Distance
Over the course of the past week, it has become increasingly clear that we, as a society, need to make unprecedented adjustments to our behaviors in order to slow the spread of COVID-19 across our communities. As… Read More »Flatten the Curve with Telemental Health
A journey from the pits of anxiety and depression to the front desk of a mental healthcare practice It should have been a beautiful morning; the sun was shining brightly into my bedroom. I could… Read More »It’s Okay to Not Be Okay
You’ve probably heard of Special K, but have you heard that this “club drug” has a special use? A version of it is now being used to officially — and legally — treat depression. Esketamine… Read More »Could A “Club Drug” Cure Depression? Let’s Talk About Esketamine
It’s any parent’s worst nightmare: imagining your child sitting in an emergency room after they’ve done the unthinkable and made an attempt to take their own life. Everything about a suicide case, especially when it comes… Read More »Hidden Costs: How Excessive Mandates can Impact You and Your Child
Brooklyn Minds is changing the standard of mental health care. In order to support their mission of supplying high quality mental health treatment to all who seek it, Brooklyn Minds will now accept Cigna Insurance.… Read More »Brooklyn Minds Now Accepts Cigna Insurance
During pregnancy, a woman’s life is impacted on all levels: biologically, psychologically, and socially. This is why conception, pregnancy, undergoing miscarriages, IVF, or the basic complications of a healthy, naturally-conceived pregnancy can cause significant hormonal changes and mood swings, as well as a decline in mental wellness.