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Michael Z. Jody, L.P., M.A., M.A. New York State Licensed Psychoanalyst (L.P.) My Website: <a href="http://www.michaelzjody.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.michaelzjody.com</a> <img src="http://www.michaelzjody.com/image003.jpg"> PSYCHOTHERAPY & COUNSELING FOR INDIVIDUALS AND COUPLES Treatment of Anxiety, Depression, Career Issues, Creative Issues, Relationship Problems, (couple counseling, marriage counseling, partner counseling) Sexual Problems Body Image Problems Issues with Low Self-Esteem ____________________________________________________________________________ HOW DOES TALK THERAPY WORK? There is a writers’ saying: “How can I know what I think until I see what I say?” Technically this is called “shaping at the point of utterance.” The same principle applies to life in general and to therapy in particular. Discussing one’s thoughts, feelings, conflicts and problems with another person is usually a great help. If that person is professionally trained, caring, smart, sensitive and objective, then talking with that person and exploring your difficulties and concerns can be of tremendous assistance. Airing your thinking aloud with a professional, detached, focused, and yet compassionate second ear, helps you to unpack your emotions, rethink chronic problems and anxieties, and live more consciously. It can help you gain clarity. The next time you find yourself (choose one of the following, or substitute your own problem here) depressed; anxious; creatively blocked; in conflict with a mate; struggling with interpersonal relations; or engaging in an unhealthy behavior like reaching for a drink, or some fattening food, you may be better able to comprehend why you are driven to do so, and make conscious some connections that were previously unconscious. What just happened to trigger the feeling, or the injurious behavior? Why did it occur then? Must it always happen like that? What can you do to prevent it from happening again? Self-awareness and understanding are necessary first steps to turning such uncomfortable, unproductive, and injurious behaviors around. Real change can only follow self-understanding. And it is such real changes that finally allow you to free yourself from chronic problems and live your life with greater pleasure and freedom. ______________________________________________________________________________ REASONABLE RATES, SLIDING SCALE FEES INSURANCE ACCEPTED BUT YOU MUST CHECK WITH YOUR INSURANCE CARRIER CALL FOR AN INITIAL CONSULTATION (917) 825-8565 New York City (TUESDAY — WEDNESDAY) 156 Fifth Avenue (at 20th Street) Suite 534 New York, NY 10010 Amagansett (THURSDAY — MONDAY including weekend hours) Harold McMahon Medical Center 530 Montauk Highway, Suite 201D Amagansett, NY 11930 QUESTIONS? Please feel free to call (917) 825-8565 or email me at:
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AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS: Member: The American Counseling Association (ACA) Member: American Psychological Association (APA) Division of Psychoanalysis Member: The International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors (IAMFC) Associate Member: National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP) Some Helpful Online Resources: The American Psychiatric Association: <a href="http://www.thebody.com/apa/apapage.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thebody.com/apa/apapage.html</a> The History of Psychology: <a href="http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/index.htm</a> National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis: <a href="http://www.npap.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.npap.org</a> American Psychoanalytic Association: <a href="http://www.apsa.org/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.apsa.org/index.htm</a> American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: <a href="http://www.afsp.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.afsp.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=1</a> Suicide Prevention/Information: <a href="http://www.helpguide.org/mental/suicide_prevention.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.helpguide.org/mental/suicide_prevention.htm</a> New York Psychoanalytic Institute and Society: <a href="http://www.psychoanalysis.org/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.psychoanalysis.org/index.html</a> A Guide to Clinical Psychology and its Practice: <a href="http://www.guidetopsychology.com/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.guidetopsychology.com/index.html</a> My Own Web Site: <a href="http://www.michaelzjody.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.michaelzjody.com</a> |
