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Micah B. Engel, NP-P Brooklyn, NY 11201, USAMicah B. Engel, NP-P is a board-certified nurse practitioner in psychiatry providing medication management and person-centered therapy to children, adolescents, and adults. His specialties include ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, trauma disorders, bipolar disorders, depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia. He is currently employed at Four Winds Hospital and Mosaic Mental Health. Mr. Engel also sees clients at his private practice. Mr. Engel is licensed to treat clients located in NY, NH and NM.
Zooming out: How to gain perspective on life (slsanderslmft.com)
Zooming out: How to gain perspective on life
One of my hobbies is photography which gives me the opportunity to focus on and photograph the things I find particularly beautiful. In fact, I then turned around and created a poster in my office from it, which serves me as a reminder of this very concept. When I stand behind the camera, I notice that I point my camera in the dire …
The season of scrubbing has begun, when rubber gloves come off the shelves and feather dusters finally get their chance to shine. After what always feels like a long winter, it's time to crawl out of hibernation and pull back the shades, as we start tackling the home organization projects backlogged in our brains for the last few months. We have containers to label and stacks to file–all part of the effort to tidy up and get our lives in or …
My daughter recently showed me a music video that she knew I'd enjoy. It was a country tune sung by a father on memory lane, reminiscing about his little girl’s youth now that she was all grown up. Walking through the town in which his daughter once skipped and played, he thinks back to all the things he didn’t realize he’d miss one day, and reminds the rest of us that before we know it, we’ll surely feel the same. It was …
Why are certain interactions so beautiful to witness?
Imagine a businessman dressed for work, with a small pink backpack slung over the shoulder of his suit, hunching over slightly to hold his daughter’s hand as they walk to school.
Picture a secular Israeli soldier and a yeshiva bochur sitting down together to catch up over coffee.
Consider a great-grandmother listening with rapt attention as her great-grandson relates how he m …
Dear Therapist:
For many years I was in a relationship with a very challenging family member.
There were very compelling reasons why I was unable to set appropriate limits in this relationship and therefore made the choice to just swallow, give in and avoid confrontations.
It's quite a few years later now and even though I am a pretty positive person I started to feel worse about these very trying years. I realized that I need help pr …
Dear Therapist:
As a rebbe I am often asked to make recommendations for what type of help is best for a bochur. When a child or teenager is struggling socially (but otherwise a pretty normal kid), what type of help is best for him? Is it social skills training? Help with social anxiety? Or is he just maybe an introvert that is best left alone? I know that you can't answer for a child you never met but I am wondering if you could gi …
