Boundaries are about letting others know how you will respond when their behavior isn’t acceptable to you. But when boundaries start sounding like rules for how people can act around you, it starts slipping away from boundary territory and into demanding people do exactly what you want them to do.

Enjoy the celebrations this holiday season with these tips from our therapists to help you cope with complicated family dynamics.

It’s common to feel nervous before your first appointment. You’re starting something new, where you’re going to have to ask yourself to be vulnerable with someone you don’t know that well, and you might not have any idea what you’re walking into. So what should you expect?

Election time can be very stressful for many, but there are many strategies to help cope with anxieties we experience around this time of year.

Friend breakups can be difficult to navigate, sometimes even more so than romantic breakups. Here are some tips to help move on after losing a friend.

Thinking traps-also known as cognitive distortions–are something we all experience to a degree. They are basically errors in our thinking processes; where context is overlooked, information that was left out is assumed, or we assign motivations that we don’t actually know to the people around us.

Since we all experience them from time to time, we can all benefit from learning how to identify and address them when they show up in our lives.

Anxiety is a normal part of life but there are many who struggle to manage their anxiety. Here are five tips that can help you cope with anxiety.

We all rely on coping skills. There are many different ways to learn about new coping skills so you can support yourself in moments of distress.

Do you wonder if someone you know is going through depression? If so, here are some signs of depression to look out for in someone else and what you can do to help.

There are a lot of reasons why work is stressful to people. How can you cope with stress at work? Here are 4 things to try.

Conflict is not a sign that your relationship is weak or failing–it’s just a sign that you and your partner need to make space for some more intentional communication so you can come together and understand one another. With compassion and intentionality, conflict can actually be a road that leads you to a stronger, more intimate connection.

It’s common to think of boundaries as a way to control someone or a way to end relationships, but boundaries are actually designed to help us maintain our relationships over the long term.

The goal of stress management isn’t to never be stressed again. We’re all going to have stress in our lives, and it can be hard to predict. Instead of eliminating stress entirely, the goal is to increase your resilience to stress.

Being able to draw on multiple modalities allows therapists to explore what fits with each client’s goals and needs. Here’s an introduction to 6 common therapy modalities that we utilize at Anchor Counseling NYC.

Here are 5 things our therapists at Anchor Counseling NY think you should know about starting therapy.