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04/26/2026

Le***an Visibility Day.
To every le***an, q***r woman, and nonbinary person in our community: we see you, we celebrate you, and we're glad you're here.

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04/25/2026

Growth in therapy doesn't happen in a vacuum. When someone starts to change, the people around them don't always welcome it, and that tension is real, and worth preparing for.

Katelyn Moloney shares one tool for navigating this: writing a letter. Sometimes it gets sent. Sometimes it doesn't. Either way, it creates space to articulate what's shifted without getting derailed by the emotional charge of a face-to-face conversation, and without turning the moment into being about the other person's reaction instead of the boundary being set.

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04/22/2026

Every win you chase and every loss you carry will ask something of you. And the version of you that comes out the other side isn't the one who started.

Victoria O'Leary explore how growth isn't just surviving. It isn't just becoming more of who you already are. It's making peace with who you're in the process of becoming, even when that's disorienting, even when you didn't choose it.

The losses reshape us. So do the dreams we finally reach. Both invite us to step outside what's familiar and meet a version of ourselves we couldn't have predicted.

That's not something to push through. It's something to get curious about.

04/18/2026

Facing social anxiety isn’t about forcing yourself into uncomfortable situations all at once. It’s about building evidence, one small step at a time.

An anxiety ladder helps you start where you are and move at your own pace. Maybe that’s saying hi to a coworker. Maybe it’s sitting in a shared space without needing to talk. Each step builds proof that you can handle more than anxiety tells you.

Exposure therapy works because it challenges the stories our minds create about what will happen. Most of the time, the feared outcome doesn’t come. And when discomfort does show up, you find out you can survive it.

That evidence accumulates. So does confidence.

If social anxiety is something you’re navigating, you don’t have to figure it out alone. Our clinicians are here.

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04/17/2026

Anxiety has a way of presenting guesses as facts.
One tool for shifting that: an anxiety record. Writing out what you’re worried about, when it shows up, and what thoughts accompany it creates just enough distance to start examining those thoughts rather than just experiencing them.
From there, realistic thinking exercises help move anxiety from a vague sense of dread to something more concrete and more workable. Questions like how many times has this actually happened? or what would I say to a friend with this same worry? can begin to deflate the power of thoughts that feel certain but aren’t.
This is part of the CBT-based approach we use when working with social anxiety.

04/16/2026

Feeling anxious in social situations? These two exercises can help you come back to yourself, no matter where you are.Joe Walz, LMHC walks you through the 4-7-8 breathing technique and a mindful anxiety observation exercise designed to help you ground, gain perspective, and build self-compassion around what you’re experiencing.Social anxiety doesn’t have to run the show. These are tools you can actually use.📲 Follow for more mental health support from our team of therapists in NYC.
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04/15/2026

When we’re anxious, we tend to spiral because we’re hyper-focused on our own racing hearts or shaky hands. This “internal focus” makes us more self-conscious, which—you guessed it—makes us more anxious.

The Fix: Shift your focus outward.

Really listen to the person speaking.

Focus on the environment around you.

Replace self-judgment with curiosity.

By connecting with the present moment, you take the spotlight off your anxiety and put it back on the human connection. 🤝

Check out the full video for more on “Gradual Exposure” and how to build your social confidence one small step at a time!

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04/14/2026

Social anxiety doesn’t just live in your head. It lives in your body, your sleep, your nervous system.
Managing it isn’t one thing. It’s a combination of lifestyle shifts that lower your baseline anxiety, and deeper work that addresses the thoughts and feelings underneath.
A few places to start: what you’re eating, how you’re moving, how much you’re sleeping, and whether you have a mindfulness practice that actually works for you. Not the one you think you should be doing.
Small, consistent changes create the conditions for bigger healing. And for some people, that bigger healing includes working with a therapist or exploring medication. There’s no shame in needing support.
We’d love to hear from you: what’s helped you manage social anxiety? Drop it in the comments. anxietyrelief #

04/13/2026

04/11/2026

Values aren't just something you believe in. They're something you practice.

Emily D'Amore shares a simple exercise to help you move from knowing your values to actually living them: a pen, some paper, and three intentional action items is all it takes to start.
Try it this week.

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04/10/2026

You got the promotion. The car. The title. And something still feels off.
Emily D'Amore on the difference between goal-based and value-based living, and why achieving everything you were supposed to want doesn't always feel the way you thought it would.

Growth isn't just about doing more. It's about asking whether what you're doing actually means something to you.

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04/08/2026

Growth isn't always about adding more. Sometimes it's about letting go of what was never yours to carry.
Unlearning is some of the quietest and most profound work that happens in therapy, dismantling the beliefs, patterns, and survival strategies that made sense once, and no longer serve you.
It takes time. It's supposed to.

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