Psychology & Mental Health Blog | Dr. Michael Brustein, PsyD
Specializing in anxiety, depression relationships & self-image
Psychology & Mental Health Blog | Dr. Michael Brustein, PsyD
Specializing in anxiety, depression relationships & self-image
The Buddhist Hell Realm Isn’t Just for the Dead: You Might Be Living There Now
Picture this: Your morning begins with a jolt of anxiety from your phone's notifications. Traffic is unbearable, and you're certain every driver is deliberately trying to ruin your day. At work, each email feels like a personal attack, and every deadline is a...
A Psychedelic Journey at MASS MOCA
Spoiler Alert: The following blog reveals details about Artist Laurie Anderson’s Aloft piece Artist Lori Anderson’s virtual reality piece Aloft puts you on a plane whose destination elegantly unravels and places you into a subconscious interior filled with questions...
Resolutions
Should you make a New Year’s resolution? At some point, someone may ask you if you have a New Year’s resolution. Like many people you may have some ideas regarding changes you want to make, but you may be ambivalent about taking action. Considering by February,...
Coping with An Angry Partner
Today research indicates many millennials are waiting longer than previous generations to get married. In a recent study 43% of millennials endorsed the idea of having a 2-year marriage license that could be renewed like a car lease. One could imagine the new marriage...
Feel Like a Fraud? Living with Imposter Syndrome
It is notable that many NYC psychotherapists and psychologists find their therapy offices filled with high achieving millennials with big jobs, but bigger doubts. These high achieving and ostensibly successful people who in-spite of their accomplishments, promotions,...
Why New Yorkers are So Depressed? The Role of Perfectionism
On almost every block in New York City you will find either a bank, Duane Read or Starbucks. If you look close enough you will also find a psychotherapist. In the popular 10003 zip code on Psychology Today there are over 500 plus psychotherapists or psychologists...
Red Light – Green Light – What’s Your Color?
You may remember the childhood game Red Light, Green Light 123. On green the kids run and on red they stop. The child who follows the rules and gets to the stoplight, i.e. the person yelling out red or green, first wins. Simple enough. The adult version of the game...
What Makes Love Last?
What Makes Love Last? As we know there are couples that stay happily married for many decades. How do they do it? When pondering this question, the movie, “When Harry Met Sally” came to mind. In the opening scene, as a schmaltzy jazz soundtrack plays in the...