How to Know When It’s Time to Pivot Careers?
Knowing when it’s time to pivot in your career can feel slippery, one minute things are fine, and the next, you’re wondering if you’re just wasting your best years in the wrong place. This guide is here to help you tune into those subtle, sometimes stubborn signs that your work life isn’t matching what you […]
Why New Yorkers Struggle to Find Work Life Balance?
Living and working in New York City isn’t for the faint of heart. This is the city that never sleeps, a place famous for ambition, opportunity, and, let’s be real, a relentless pace. While the drive here pushes us to achieve and grow, it also turns the pursuit of work life balance into a high-stakes […]
Why Do Lawyers Have a High Burnout Rate?
Many lawyers in New York City spend years functioning at a high level while quietly carrying chronic stress, emotional exhaustion, and a growing sense that the life they built no longer feels sustainable. At Midtown NYC Therapists, our group practice in Midtown Manhattan offers burnout therapy in New York City for attorneys, finance professionals, and […]
How Do NYC Entrepreneurs Deal With Stress?
Running a business in New York City can take a serious toll on our mental health. Between long hours, financial pressure, and the nonstop pace of NYC, many entrepreneurs find themselves stuck in survival mode. In our work with founders and high-performing professionals across Manhattan and Brooklyn, we often see stress turn into burnout, anxiety, […]
Imposter Syndrome vs. Perfectionism: How They Feed Each Other?
Many high-achieving professionals in New York City quietly wrestle with two forces that often travel together: imposter syndrome and perfectionism. In our work at Midtown NYC Therapists based in Manhattan, we regularly meet lawyers, creatives, tech professionals, entrepreneurs and founders who appear successful on the outside yet feel an internal pressure to prove themselves again […]
How to Cope with the Pressure to Succeed?
Pressure to succeed affects many of us living and working in New York City, where ambition, competition, and high expectations are part of everyday life. In our group therapy work at Midtown NYC Therapists, we regularly meet students, professionals, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and creatives who feel overwhelmed by the constant need to achieve. As therapists facilitating […]
How to Balance Dating with Career?
Balancing dating with a demanding career in New York City can feel especially complicated. Here in Manhattan, where late nights at the office and long commutes are the norm, many high-performing professionals quietly wonder how to build a meaningful relationship without losing momentum at work. At Midtown NYC Therapists, we work with adults navigating exactly […]
How to Get Off the Apps and Meet People?
If you live in New York City and feel burned out by dating apps, you are not alone. In my work with high-functioning professionals across Manhattan and Brooklyn, I often meet people who are successful in their careers yet frustrated in their dating lives. I’m Jason Marx, Psy.D., LCSW, CGP, founder of Midtown NYC Therapists. […]
How Does Self Esteem Therapy Work?
Self esteem therapy digs beneath the surface to help us understand, heal, and ultimately change how we see ourselves. Instead of simply focusing on symptoms or surface-level advice, this kind of therapy gets to the root of what keeps our self-worth in check, tangled, or even in the basement. A good therapist doesn’t just patch […]
How Does Depression Therapy Work?
Depression therapy isn’t just one thing, it’s a journey, not a quick tune-up. It takes guts to search for answers, but you’re in good company if you’re here. Depression itself isn’t simply “feeling down”; it’s a real, complex health issue that seeps into our thoughts, feelings, and even our bodies. We’ll walk through what depression […]