Diane Spear, LCSW

Diane Spear, LCSW I'm a therapist (LCSW) in the E Vill/Union Sq area of NYC since 1995. Individual & couples counseling My focus is helping people find the joy in everyday life!

I provide marriage and couples counseling, depression treatment, anxiety treatment, work & career support, parenting support, trauma treatment, and substance abuse treatment for older adolescents up through older adults.

Two movies about what makes a meaningful life, and the rile depression can play. Your thoughts?
01/20/2026

Two movies about what makes a meaningful life, and the rile depression can play. Your thoughts?

If you’d like to live a more authentic and connected life, let’s explore together what gets in the way of your satisfaction and pleasure, so you can learn to feel good from the inside out!

Where do your expectations of yourself and others come from? Read below and let me know what you think.
08/20/2025

Where do your expectations of yourself and others come from? Read below and let me know what you think.

How do you handle making mistakes? How do you handle other people making mistakes? Do you have unrealistic expectations of yourself or others?

Are you dealing with grief, either yours or someone’s you care about?
12/19/2023

Are you dealing with grief, either yours or someone’s you care about?

People are often impatient for someone to finish grieving after the death of a loved one. “How long is my sister going to grieve?” they may ask, eager for the person to get over the death and get back to normal.  How long does grief take? “How long is the person going to be dead?” David

Are you annoyed or hurt by your teen pushing you away? This blog post may be helpful. Let me know what you think.
11/05/2023

Are you annoyed or hurt by your teen pushing you away? This blog post may be helpful. Let me know what you think.

We’ve got another Barbie movie post: this one about the relationship between the teenage daughter and her mom, who works at Mattel. Their relationship is pretty typical of many mother-teen daughter relationships. What’s with these sullen teens???? The daughter is trying to establish herself as

One of my favorite types of blog posts to write is one about a movie or tv show. Here’s one about the Barbie movie.
09/27/2023

One of my favorite types of blog posts to write is one about a movie or tv show. Here’s one about the Barbie movie.

Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” is a fun romp of a summer movie that also tackles the impossibility of society’s contradictory demands of women, the futility of defining oneself through one’s relationship with another person, what it is when one gender holds most of the power in society, difficult...

Some thoughts about friendship. What are yours?
09/05/2022

Some thoughts about friendship. What are yours?

This blog post is the second one inspired by Kerri Grote, a woman who died of brain cancer. (Here’s the first one.) Facing life challenges without a partner or children One of the things she wrote about in the letter she left for her friends was the message we get from society: We need a […]

Are you running toward life or away from death? Things to consider from the late Kerri Groste. Let me know what you thin...
08/11/2022

Are you running toward life or away from death? Things to consider from the late Kerri Groste. Let me know what you think.

A good friend from high school recently sent me a FaceBook post about someone, Kerri Grote, who died of brain cancer and left a note for her surviving family and friends. Kerri had lots of wisdom worth sharing, so I’ll quote from her note in the next few posts and use it as a jumping […]

The aging process is quite a ride. It is a time to reflect on one’s life. It’s also a time when some disturbing new fact...
04/18/2022

The aging process is quite a ride. It is a time to reflect on one’s life. It’s also a time when some disturbing new factors can affect your life. The older person has many adjustments to make. Perhaps, friends and family members are dying. Chronic diseases can emerge. Finances and opportunities might be leaner now than in your younger days....

The aging process is quite a ride. It is a time to reflect on one’s life. It’s also a time when some disturbing new factors can affect your life. The older person has many adjustments to make. Perhaps, friends and family members are dying. Chronic diseases can emerge. Finances and opportunities ...

Overworking is far too often considered to be a positive and highly recommended trait. It’s positioned as a factor relat...
04/11/2022

Overworking is far too often considered to be a positive and highly recommended trait. It’s positioned as a factor related to values and ethics. However, it can be a very dangerous trend steeped in both perfectionism and anxiety. Because of our general perception, someone with anxiety-caused overwork syndrome may not seek help. The connection is just not obvious enough. They’re driving themselves too hard but still getting praise....

Overworking is far too often considered to be a positive and highly recommended trait. It’s positioned as a factor related to values and ethics. However, it can be a very dangerous trend steeped in both perfectionism and anxiety. Because of our general perception, someone with anxiety-caused overw...

You may have the desire to be a respectful, active, and validating listener. However, if that desire is not translated i...
04/04/2022

You may have the desire to be a respectful, active, and validating listener. However, if that desire is not translated into action, the point is moot. Worse, your relationships may be damaged. With that in mind, let’s explore ways to ensure you are a good listener....

You may have the desire to be a respectful, active, and validating listener. However, if that desire is not translated into action, the point is moot. Worse, your relationships may be damaged. With that in mind, let’s explore ways to ensure you are a good listener.

There are all kinds of ways to make parenting work, but “bean counting” to make sure things are 50/50 is a recipe for re...
03/28/2022

There are all kinds of ways to make parenting work, but “bean counting” to make sure things are 50/50 is a recipe for resentment and may poison the relationship....

There are all kinds of ways to make parenting work, but “bean counting” to make sure things are 50/50 is a recipe for resentment and may poison the relationship.

Generally, you’ll find many different types of intimacy discussed by relationship and/or psychology experts. These inclu...
03/21/2022

Generally, you’ll find many different types of intimacy discussed by relationship and/or psychology experts. These include affectional, intellectual, emotional, sexual, recreational, spiritual, aesthetic, and social intimacy. While all of them are important, this common list highlights how often financial issues are downplayed in terms of relationships. Yet, money problems continue to be one of the top factors in marital strife and even divorce....

Generally, you’ll find many different types of intimacy discussed by relationship and/or psychology experts. These include affectional, intellectual, emotional, sexual, recreational, spiritual, aesthetic, and social intimacy. While all of them are important, this common list highlights how often f...

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