Rhythm Wellness NYC

Therapy for the stuff you don't tell friends 🤫
🧠 Anxiety, trauma & life transitions
In-network. No judgment.
Jack Szary, LMHC | Lindsay Levine, LMHC

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Healing isn’t about making the feelings go away. It’s about learning to handle them in a different way! 🌱👁💪

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[4/4] One shift is sometimes all it takes. The worry might not disappear. But your relationship to it can change. And that change is what your kid actually notices. Sometimes it only takes one shift to break a cycle. What's the summer worry your brain keeps replaying?

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[1/4] Summer break isn't a break if your brain is still running the school-year anxiety program. The routines change. The worries don't. Here's one CBT tool I teach parents for the summer transition.

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[3/4] Ask: what's the evidence? For the worry AND against it. Your child survived last summer. They learned things you didn't schedule. The brain ignores evidence that doesn't fit the anxiety story. Your job is to read the whole page, not just the scary paragraph.

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"You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." — Buddha

In CBT, we call this the inner critic. The voice saying you should have handled the transition better. It isn't wisdom — it's anxiety in disguise. You don't have to believe it.

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Question

What's the summer thing everyone else seems excited about that secretly stresses you out?

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"How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised by anything that happens in life." — Marcus Aurelius

The Stoics trained in discomfort. Your subway platform in July is a philosophical gym. The heat and crowds aren't interruptions. They're the practice.

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[4/4] One thing that helps: cold water on your wrists. It triggers the mammalian dive reflex, which tells your nervous system you're safe. It's not woo. It's biology. If you are in crisis, call or text 988. What's your subway platform survival trick?

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[1/4] Your heart is racing. You're sweating. You feel dizzy. Is it a panic attack or is it just 85 degrees on the subway platform? Your body often can't tell the difference. Here's why.

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[3/4] The NYC summer combo is brutal: extreme platform temps + no AC + crowded cars + the pressure to look fine while melting. Your body is screaming. Your face is smiling. The gap between them is where anxiety lives.

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Men don't say "I'm struggling." They say "I'm fine." Then they drink, game, work, or scroll until 3 AM. Men's Mental Health Month starts today. "Fine" is often a smoke screen for things we won't name. If you are in crisis, call or text 988. What's your word for "struggling"?

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Pride Month isn't just celebration. For many LGBTQ+ folks, it's also family tension, identity pressure, and the mental health cost of spaces that don't feel safe. Joy and vigilance coexist. Allyship means acknowledging that burden. If you are in crisis, call or text 988.

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Mental Health Awareness Month ends today. If you meant to start therapy and didn't, that's not failure. That's information. The month ended. The need didn't. We're here when you're ready. 💚 #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #RhythmWellness

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Hot girl summer and hot boy summer are seasonal performance anxiety with better lighting. The pressure to be on from Memorial Day to Labor Day is real. In NYC the rooftop culture makes it worse. 🙃 #SummerAnxiety #NYCLife

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Memorial Day kicks off summer social season. BBQ invites. Rooftop bars opening. For people with social anxiety, summer is harder than winter. Does summer make your anxiety better or worse? Genuinely curious. 🌞 #SocialAnxiety #MentalHealth

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Parents: how many school events do you have left before June 26? I'm counting 7 and I'm not okay. Drop your number. No judgment. 😅 #NYCParents

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Three: the parent permission slip. You don't have to be on every moment. Boredom is not neglect. Which one are you trying this weekend? Let me know. 💬 #ParentingTips #SummerWithKids

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Your kid thinks it's summer. Their school does not. Three ways to survive the Memorial Day to June 26 gap without losing your mind. ���

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Two: the weekend preview. Friday night, map out the weekend with your kid. Predictability reduces anxiety for everyone, including you. 📅