Dr. Philip Bender is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. He completed his doctoral training at Adelphi University's Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, and then completed a full-time clinical internship at Mount Sinai St. Luke's - Roosevelt hospitals. He has extensive experience treating individuals with depression, anxiety disorders, grief, and unhealthy or unsatisfying relationships.
Dr. Bender specializes in working with young adults, with whom he has worked in multiple settings including Brooklyn College's student counseling center, the Center for Intensive Treatment of Personality Disorders, and Adelphi's on-campus Center for Psychological Services. He also has a specialty in working with creative professionals of all kinds, including writers, musicians, and filmmakers.
In addition to his private practice, Dr. Bender has worked as student counselor for Brooklyn's Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema. Dr. Bender has training and experience working with veterans (Brooklyn Veterans Affairs Hospital), individuals with substance use disorders (Addiction Institute of New York, Beth Israel Medical Center), individuals with chronic medical issues, and members of the LGBTQ+ communities.
Dr. Bender specializes in working with young adults, with whom he has worked in multiple settings including Brooklyn College's student counseling center, the Center for Intensive Treatment of Personality Disorders, and Adelphi's on-campus Center for Psychological Services. He also has a specialty in working with creative professionals of all kinds, including writers, musicians, and filmmakers.
In addition to his private practice, Dr. Bender has worked as student counselor for Brooklyn's Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema. Dr. Bender has training and experience working with veterans (Brooklyn Veterans Affairs Hospital), individuals with substance use disorders (Addiction Institute of New York, Beth Israel Medical Center), individuals with chronic medical issues, and members of the LGBTQ+ communities.
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Depression comes in many forms.
Some people experience it as a persistent sense of emotional pain or anguish.
They may find themselves crying regularly for no apparent reason.
Others might feel depleted, unmotivated, and maybe uninterested in the things they used to enjoy.
Some people experience melancholy, others get short and irritable.
Being depressed is very different from feeling sad.
This is an important distinction.
A depressed person might not feel sad at all, in fact may not feel much of anything.
Some people experience it as a persistent sense of emotional pain or anguish.
They may find themselves crying regularly for no apparent reason.
Others might feel depleted, unmotivated, and maybe uninterested in the things they used to enjoy.
Some people experience melancholy, others get short and irritable.
Being depressed is very different from feeling sad.
This is an important distinction.
A depressed person might not feel sad at all, in fact may not feel much of anything.
Anxiety can impact any area of a person's life.
It can be nagging and pervasive or acute and specific, even rising to the level of panic attacks.
Some people experience anxiety physically-feeling tense, trembling, taking short breaths, having warm or cold sensations.
For others, it can be a lump in the throat or a knot in the stomach.
Anxiety also manifests itself emotionally, as in a general sense of fear or dread, possibly associated with particular things or situations.
And it can impact one's thoughts, such as for the person who worries frequently about everything that must be done, or replays social situations through their memory to scrutinize everything that was said.
It can be nagging and pervasive or acute and specific, even rising to the level of panic attacks.
Some people experience anxiety physically-feeling tense, trembling, taking short breaths, having warm or cold sensations.
For others, it can be a lump in the throat or a knot in the stomach.
Anxiety also manifests itself emotionally, as in a general sense of fear or dread, possibly associated with particular things or situations.
And it can impact one's thoughts, such as for the person who worries frequently about everything that must be done, or replays social situations through their memory to scrutinize everything that was said.
Many people seek therapy because of dissatisfaction with their relationships, which can mean any number of things.
They might be struggling with a particular relationship, e.g.
Therapy can help address all of these issues.
By talking about these things in therapy, you will have the opportunity to see your behaviors and patterns from an outside lens, recognize your habits, and consciously make changes.
For many people, though not everyone, this includes recognizing how some habits may relate back to the earliest relationships, those of the family unit.
They might be struggling with a particular relationship, e.g.
Therapy can help address all of these issues.
By talking about these things in therapy, you will have the opportunity to see your behaviors and patterns from an outside lens, recognize your habits, and consciously make changes.
For many people, though not everyone, this includes recognizing how some habits may relate back to the earliest relationships, those of the family unit.
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