Doorknob Comments was named for a phenomenon that sometimes happens at the end of a therapy session, when the patient may mention something important and riddled with conflict, right as you’re walking out the door. Equal parts frustrating and enlightening, it surfaces key issues which may—or may not!—get addressed anytime soon.
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Dr. Grant Hilary Brenner
MD, FAPA
Grant Hilary Brenner, MD, DFAPA is a psychiatrist and an expert on mental health, relationships, and self-care and wellness who has been featured on CBS Radio, NPR, and more. Dr. Brenner brings nearly two decades of consultation, workshops, speaking engagements, therapy, and coaching to his clients, who range from individuals seeking to overcome emotional obstacles and build resilience to executives seeking to optimize their performance in the workplace.
He writes Psychology Today’s popular “ExperiMentations” blog and he is the co-author of Relationship Sanity: Creating and Maintaining Healthy Relationships and Irrelationship: How We Use Dysfunctional Relationships to Hide from Intimacy and an author and editor of the book Creating Spiritual and Psychological Resilience: Integrating Care in Disaster Relief Work. He is a 2004 recipient of the President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) from the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation for his disaster mental health work in New York City following September 11th, and he also received the Ivan Goldberg Distinguished Service Award for his efforts to bring mental health awareness to a wider and more diverse audience.
He is co-founder and former CEO of Neighborhood Psychiatric Associates of Manhattan, now part of a larger mental healthcare system, and serves on the faculty of the Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital and on the Board of Directors of Vibrant Emotional Health (formerly MHA-NYC). He lives in New York.
Dr Fara White is a board-certified psychiatrist who practices psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, and corporate wellness consulting on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Currently a candidate in the postdoctoral program for Psychoanalysis at NYU, she specializes in successfully treating patients with anxiety and depression, PTSD and trauma-related disorders, and attention deficit disorders (ADD/ADHD).
From an early age, Dr Fara White was fascinated by hearing people’s stories and understanding their behavior. She is driven to help each of her patients heal at the deepest level, unblock themselves from limiting behavioral patterns, and shift their perspective in order to truly maximize success in their lives in a real and authentic way.
Dr. Fara White
MD