mindfulness in a holding Environment
On Mindfulness
Mindfulness means to be observant of internal and external processes, no longer as ruled by them in one's consciousness. It resonates with evenly hovering attention and free association in psychoanalysis and with object relations. By recognizing one's internalized sources of criticism and solace (objects), one sees them shift in a holding environment/potential space of creative and playful thought. Changing unhealthy patterns of behavior is only possible through altering thoughts, feelings and dynamic internal fantasies. We then embody a freer mind.
Private Practice, individual Sessions
Dr. Dylan Marks, DSW, MA, MSW, LCSW
I offer individual psychotherapy in-person and virtually at 303 Fifth Avenue. I work with adolescents and young adults on behavioral regulation and healthy self-expression, discovering what identity and the world means to them. I also work with older adults on coming to terms with loss and their own conflicts regarding present relationships and themselves. I treat depression and anxiety, as well as bipolarity, OCD, addiction, ADHD, autism, schizoid and personality disorders.
I help people in their pursuit of a sense of meaning in their lives, repairing or accepting relationships, overcoming addiction and grief. I work as well with couples on recognizing each other's dynamic needs. Mindfulness is utilized for behavioral and perspectival change, as is CBT. I use CBT and Jungian shadow work when needed, as well as EMDR for trauma therapy.
I encourage playfulness with imaginative spontaneity; thus, space is created for the patient's searching of their own vital truths and repairing through them. I provide a holding environment where people feel safe confiding their vulnerable self-states.
I help patients to improve their perspective-taking and communication in their different relationships, changing unhealthy patterns and becoming free from harsh self-criticism, as well as idealized fantasies leading to self-denigration. There is a focus on embodying one’s constructive fantasies by taking responsibility for their subjectivity.
I accept most major insurance, including Anthem (BCBS), Aetna, Cigna, United Healthcare, Carelon and Medicare, with a sliding scale for non- insurance.