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  • Lauren Canonico, LCSW
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  • Sophie Talmadge Silleck, LMSW
Common Binds for Parents of Spicy-Brained Kiddos

Common Binds for Parents of Spicy-Brained Kiddos

by Asher Seruya | Oct 23, 2024 | Instagram Accessibility Text, Neurospicy Parent Group, Thoughts & News from ATC

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New Group Offering! Parenting and Caretaking Spicy-Brained Kiddos

New Group Offering! Parenting and Caretaking Spicy-Brained Kiddos

by Asher Seruya | Oct 21, 2024 | Neurospicy Parent Group, Thoughts & News from ATC

New Group Offering! Parenting and Caretaking Small, Spicy-Brained Humans (ADHD and/or ASD) Are you a parent looking for support in raising a kiddo with ADHD and/or ASHD? We have a group for you! Community support, psychoeducation, and therapeutic processing group for...

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

    Eating disorder and trauma treatment done differently

     

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

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

    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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    Meet the team! ATC is a group of psychotherapists, Meet the team! ATC is a group of psychotherapists, supervisors, consultants, and coaches committed to changing the way we approach mental health treatment.

If you’re interested in working with one of our clinicians, check out the 🔗 in our bio to learn more 👏🏼
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    A reminder to our Jewish community members: you do A reminder to our Jewish community members: you do not need to fast on Yom Kippur if doing so would be a detriment to your health. In fact, the mitzvah of fasting is not a mitzvah if fasting would be harmful to you. Rather, the mitzvah is to nourish, even when your cultural customs might encourage you not to.

The mitzvah we are meant to experience on Yom Kippur is, broadly, to explore your relationship with god, your higher power, your spirituality, etc., and this is most often done via fasting. But this connection and introspection can be accomplished without restricting nourishment.

In my experience, a satisfying and reflective Yom Kippur is *not* about whether you do or don’t eat. It’s about taking care of you, and tending to your relationship with your own humanity and the broader world.

If it’s imperative that you *dont* fast on Yom Kippur for your mental or physical well-being, and you do it anyway… that is not honoring god, your higher power, or your spirituality and relationship to self and community.

Every Jewish denomination has different approaches to the practice of fasting, some more strict and some more lax. Some rabbis might take issue with prioritizing your physical health over your spiritual practice. But as with all things with Judaism, we are allowed to create, develop, and engage with our relationship with our faith in whatever way works best for us. Our Jewishness, and our relationship to it, is our own.

If you’re looking for a therapist to support you in a culturally competent way in eating disorder recovery, check out the 🔗 in our bio to learn more how to work with us 👏🏼
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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 ⤵️

    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
    Meet the team! ATC is a group of psychotherapists, Meet the team! ATC is a group of psychotherapists, supervisors, consultants, and coaches committed to changing the way we approach mental health treatment.

If you’re interested in working with one of our clinicians, check out the 🔗 in our bio to learn more 👏🏼
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🏷️ #nyctherapist #nyctherapy #eatingdisordertherapist #eatingdisordersupport #queertherapist #newyorktherapist #therapyforall #inclusivetherapy #relationshiptherapy
    A reminder to our Jewish community members: you do A reminder to our Jewish community members: you do not need to fast on Yom Kippur if doing so would be a detriment to your health. In fact, the mitzvah of fasting is not a mitzvah if fasting would be harmful to you. Rather, the mitzvah is to nourish, even when your cultural customs might encourage you not to.

The mitzvah we are meant to experience on Yom Kippur is, broadly, to explore your relationship with god, your higher power, your spirituality, etc., and this is most often done via fasting. But this connection and introspection can be accomplished without restricting nourishment.

In my experience, a satisfying and reflective Yom Kippur is *not* about whether you do or don’t eat. It’s about taking care of you, and tending to your relationship with your own humanity and the broader world.

If it’s imperative that you *dont* fast on Yom Kippur for your mental or physical well-being, and you do it anyway… that is not honoring god, your higher power, or your spirituality and relationship to self and community.

Every Jewish denomination has different approaches to the practice of fasting, some more strict and some more lax. Some rabbis might take issue with prioritizing your physical health over your spiritual practice. But as with all things with Judaism, we are allowed to create, develop, and engage with our relationship with our faith in whatever way works best for us. Our Jewishness, and our relationship to it, is our own.

If you’re looking for a therapist to support you in a culturally competent way in eating disorder recovery, check out the 🔗 in our bio to learn more how to work with us 👏🏼
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🏷️ #healthateverysize #healthateverysizemovement #weightinclusive #therapythoughts #therapistsofinstagram #therapistmemes #yomkippur #copingwithgrief #copingwithanxiety #eatingdisorderrecovery #eatingdisordersupport #eatingdisordersurvivor #jewishcommunity #jewishtradition #jewishvalues #nourishthesoul #bingeeatingrecovery #bingeeatingdisorderrecovery #bingeeatingdisoder
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