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New Group Forming: Coming Home to You

New Group Forming: Coming Home to You

by Asher Seruya | Jul 8, 2025 | Thoughts & News from ATC

Coming Home to You Exploring Eating Disorder Recovery and Body Image Injury within the Trans Experience A new group offering a space for adult trans folks (binary trans individuals as well as non-binary folks, 18+) struggling with disordered eating, eating disorders,...
Parents.com: Is Intensive Parenting Helping or Hurting Kids?

Parents.com: Is Intensive Parenting Helping or Hurting Kids?

by Asher Seruya | Nov 3, 2024 | ATC in the Media

Parents.com: Is Intensive Parenting Helping or Hurting Kids? Originally published on Parents.com. By Melissa Willets  Published on October 26, 2024 Fact checked by Sarah Scott There are a lot of things to worry about as modern parents, from the impact...
HelloGiggles: 6 ways to support your partner this holiday season if their family is toxic

HelloGiggles: 6 ways to support your partner this holiday season if their family is toxic

by Asher Seruya | Nov 3, 2024 | ATC in the Media

HelloGiggles: 6 ways to support your partner this holiday season if their family is toxic By KRISTINEFELLIZAR DECEMBER 19, 2018 The holiday season is the time of year when many of us go home and spend much-needed quality time with our families. While nobody’s family...
Elite Daily: Exercise Can Change How You Feel In These 8 Pretty Mind-Blowing Ways

Elite Daily: Exercise Can Change How You Feel In These 8 Pretty Mind-Blowing Ways

by Asher Seruya | Nov 3, 2024 | ATC in the Media

Elite Daily: Exercise Can Change How You Feel In These 8 Pretty Mind-Blowing Ways Originally published on Elite Daily by JORDAN BISSELL DEC. 29, 2018 8 Reasons to Exercise that Have Nothing to Do with How You Look and Everything to Do with How You Feel I have to...
Bustle: 5 Things To Know About The Q In LGBTQ

Bustle: 5 Things To Know About The Q In LGBTQ

by Asher Seruya | Nov 3, 2024 | ATC in the Media

Bustle: 5 Things To Know About The Q In LGBTQ Originally published on July 28, 2016 on Bustle by Marissa Higgins Updated February 20, 2024 What Does “Queer” Mean? Within the LGBTQ community, there’s a lot of discussion about what exactly the acronym and its...
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    November is here and so is daylight savings, which November is here and so is daylight savings, which means we are creeping up on SAD season. Though we might be tempted to wait until the SADs hit to do anything about it, it is actually much more effective to start planning for the SAD months now.

This can look many different ways, and may just mean that you need to pay closer attention to your bio needs and other self care tasks. But for some of us, we may need more targeted support, potentially including medication, supplements, or other tools such as SAD lamps to get us through the SAD period.

If you’re feeling anxious about getting through SAD season without mental health support, be sure to head to the 🔗 in the bio to find out more about how to work with a therapist on our team ❤️‍🩹
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    A Halloween message from associate therapist Sophi A Halloween message from associate therapist Sophie Talmadge Silleck, LMSW!

With Halloween being a time for costumes and candy, we can easily get wrapped up in body image and negative self talk. The precedent for certain kinds of costumes in particular, especially for women and femme presenting folks, can contribute to feeling a little too focused on our bodies, how they look, and what it means to be on display for others. Lingerie and animal ears, anyone?

But if we can put the societal pressures and expectations around costumes to the side, we can remember that Halloween is also about having fun with friends, swapping candy, watching scary movies, having jammie parties, and carving pumpkins. When we’re preoccupied with our bodies and how they look in our costume, it’s hard to be present for these special moments. Instead of focusing on how everyone else is dressing, focus on your comfort and being in the moment with people who bring you joy.

Happy Halloween!
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    So often we come into therapy because we think we So often we come into therapy because we think we are broken toys in need of fixing. We have struggled and suffered and when we have reached out for support, so many have told us that our suffering is our own fault. The conclusion most of us come to, understandably, is that if it is our fault, it is also within our power to “fix.”

The truth, however, is so much more complicated. When we utilize an approach of “fixing”—hyper focusing on coping skills and bandaid solutions without getting at the root of the feeling of not enough-ness—we buy into the idea that we are, in fact, broken. When we shift to an affirmative approach, our goal changes to trying to better understand how the beliefs and narratives we have internalized around our experiences can create this feeling of perceived brokenness, and how we can challenge these narratives and build an identity and understanding of self that is guided by our own intuition, desires, needs, traumas, and lived experience.

It is through this affirmative approach that we can create a life we want to live, and learn how to care for ourselves within distress in a way that is supportive rather than self-shaming.

Shame keeps us stuck; acceptance and curiosity allow us to grow.

Interested in working with one of our therapists? Head to the 🔗 in the bio to find out more ❤️‍🩹
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    To close out Hispanic Heritage Month, the team at To close out Hispanic Heritage Month, the team at ATC wants to acknowledge the pain, anxiety, fear, and anguish the Hispanic and Latine / Latinx communities are currently facing in the United States. Body and bodily autonomy are for everybody, even when the systems that we exist within try to convince us otherwise. You are worthy of being protected. You bring value to the communities you join and create. Our country wouldn’t be what it is without you.

Note! We are aware that the terms Hispanic, Latine, and  Latinx are all limited and controversial in their own ways. Regardless of how you identify yourself, if you belong to the group of people being targeted by this government, this applies to you.

Interested in working with one of our therapists? Head to the 🔗 in the bio to find out more ❤️‍🩹

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    Affirmative Therapy Collective LCSW LLC

    Body, Sex, Trauma, Neurodivergent, and LGBTQ+ Affirmative Psychotherapy

    Eating disorder and trauma treatment done differently

     

    80 University Pl, Suite 2G, New York, NY 10003

    info@affirmativetherapycollective.com

    (646) 504-1615

    Quick Links

    • Individual Psychotherapy
    • Couples, Relationship, & Family Therapy
    • Group Psychotherapy
    • Supervision & Consultation
    • In-Person Clinicians
    • Therapeutic Approaches
    • Instagram Accessibility Text

    Connect with us on Instagram

    affirmativetherapycollective

    🌈All of you is welcome here🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
    Body, Sex, Trauma, & LGBTQIA+ Affirmative Therapy
    🛋️ NYC
    🖥️ NY, NJ, CO, CT, FL, MI, MN, PA, WI
    New clients ⤵️

    November is here and so is daylight savings, which November is here and so is daylight savings, which means we are creeping up on SAD season. Though we might be tempted to wait until the SADs hit to do anything about it, it is actually much more effective to start planning for the SAD months now.

This can look many different ways, and may just mean that you need to pay closer attention to your bio needs and other self care tasks. But for some of us, we may need more targeted support, potentially including medication, supplements, or other tools such as SAD lamps to get us through the SAD period.

If you’re feeling anxious about getting through SAD season without mental health support, be sure to head to the 🔗 in the bio to find out more about how to work with a therapist on our team ❤️‍🩹
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#seasonalaffectivedisorder #depressionsupport #nyctherapist #queertherapist #newyorktherapist #seasonaldepression #therapythoughts #mooddisorders #mooddisorder #moodsupport #inclusivetherapy #holidayblues
    A Halloween message from associate therapist Sophi A Halloween message from associate therapist Sophie Talmadge Silleck, LMSW!

With Halloween being a time for costumes and candy, we can easily get wrapped up in body image and negative self talk. The precedent for certain kinds of costumes in particular, especially for women and femme presenting folks, can contribute to feeling a little too focused on our bodies, how they look, and what it means to be on display for others. Lingerie and animal ears, anyone?

But if we can put the societal pressures and expectations around costumes to the side, we can remember that Halloween is also about having fun with friends, swapping candy, watching scary movies, having jammie parties, and carving pumpkins. When we’re preoccupied with our bodies and how they look in our costume, it’s hard to be present for these special moments. Instead of focusing on how everyone else is dressing, focus on your comfort and being in the moment with people who bring you joy.

Happy Halloween!
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🏷️ #halloween2025 #bodyimagehealing #sizeinclusive #halloweencostumeparty #radicalselfacceptance #healingbodyimage #haes #healthateverysize #eatingdisorderrecovery #compareanddespair #halloweenthoughts #therapistthoughts #nyctherapist #nyctherapy #newyorktherapist #queertherapist
    So often we come into therapy because we think we So often we come into therapy because we think we are broken toys in need of fixing. We have struggled and suffered and when we have reached out for support, so many have told us that our suffering is our own fault. The conclusion most of us come to, understandably, is that if it is our fault, it is also within our power to “fix.”

The truth, however, is so much more complicated. When we utilize an approach of “fixing”—hyper focusing on coping skills and bandaid solutions without getting at the root of the feeling of not enough-ness—we buy into the idea that we are, in fact, broken. When we shift to an affirmative approach, our goal changes to trying to better understand how the beliefs and narratives we have internalized around our experiences can create this feeling of perceived brokenness, and how we can challenge these narratives and build an identity and understanding of self that is guided by our own intuition, desires, needs, traumas, and lived experience.

It is through this affirmative approach that we can create a life we want to live, and learn how to care for ourselves within distress in a way that is supportive rather than self-shaming.

Shame keeps us stuck; acceptance and curiosity allow us to grow.

Interested in working with one of our therapists? Head to the 🔗 in the bio to find out more ❤️‍🩹
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🏷️ #radicalselfacceptance #affirmativetherapy #inclusivetherapy #newyorktherapist #nyctherapist #nyctherapy #copingmechanisms #holistichealingjourney #mentalhealthsupport #therapeuticsupport #mentalhealthtools #radicalselfcare
    To close out Hispanic Heritage Month, the team at To close out Hispanic Heritage Month, the team at ATC wants to acknowledge the pain, anxiety, fear, and anguish the Hispanic and Latine / Latinx communities are currently facing in the United States. Body and bodily autonomy are for everybody, even when the systems that we exist within try to convince us otherwise. You are worthy of being protected. You bring value to the communities you join and create. Our country wouldn’t be what it is without you.

Note! We are aware that the terms Hispanic, Latine, and  Latinx are all limited and controversial in their own ways. Regardless of how you identify yourself, if you belong to the group of people being targeted by this government, this applies to you.

Interested in working with one of our therapists? Head to the 🔗 in the bio to find out more ❤️‍🩹

#hispanicheritagemonth #hispanicheritage #therapyforall #inclusivetherapy #antifascism #nyctherapist #nyctherapy #queertherapist #culturalcompetence #culturalhumility #anxietysupport #anxiousthoughts #depressionsupport #traumasupport
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