When you go into the field of education, you are dedicating your life to serving of others.  Sometimes, the educational environment can be a lot to handle and you may feel ill-equipped to manage the pressures of the day.  Working with students can be exhausting. Being an administrator can be exhausting.  It can be hard to remember to take care of yourself or to build professional and social resources to have a life that has balance.  You may be seeking a place where you can have some self-efficacy for teaching or administrating, and a feeling that you can have some competencies in living your life.  Are feeling overwhelmed?   Are you looking to try to get a grip on your life?   Are looking to develop a fuller life that incorporates professional and personal goals?  Dialectical Behavior Therapy could be right for you.

Whether you are working in public, private, or parochial primary, secondary or higher education, New York City offers a lot of challenges when it comes to teaching and administration.  The stress can be consuming.  I can relate to your experiences having taught in all domains from Pre-K to graduate school.  I am currently on the faculty of Fordham University, where I teach teachers about being more effective with their craft.  In my professional work, I have noticed that educators often need help managing their personal and professional lives.

As a psychologist teaching DBT in NYC for educators, I am customizing the learning of Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation and Distress Tolerance within in the context of the educator’s professional and personal world.  I am seeking to help you feel more present, to use your wise mind, to develop high-quality relationships within in the school and beyond.  I want to help you feel more aware of your emotions, to learn how to process them better, and to learn how to take care of yourself in good times and in bad.

Teaching and administration can be a 24-hour job. Should it be?  You need to learn how to take perspective and how to take breaks so that you can restore yourself and rededicate yourself each day to your craft.  You also need to know how the educational system works and how you can insure that you get the support and recognition that you deserve.   In addition, you need to learn how to develop a full healthy life that goes beyond the school.  DBT can help.

You may notice that some of your colleagues are able to find a balance between work and personal life.  They may be skillful in problem-solving life’s challenges as it relates to the field of education and to their adult lives.  Some people were taught these skills at an early age and have been practicing them for a long time.  Others needed to learn them and have become more skillful through practice.  Since you have committed yourself to a career of teaching, you recognize the benefits of life-long learning.  These skills are applied philosophies of life that you can learn, too, in order to make your life better.  They can help you feel more in control and more empowered.

Individual and group therapies available.

Please contact me at dr.matthew.mandelbaum@gmail.com or 212.933.0758 for a complimentary 20-minute consultation about DBT in NYC for educators.