Articles by Dr. Gordon

A parent comes in and says “I don’t understand why Jimmy won’t talk at school! He loves playing games with his siblings and we practice our letters together every day. Why is he being like this? I could tell he was nervous when I dropped him off on the first day of kindergarten, but why … Read more

You’ve known you had an anxious kiddo for years. They were always a little reluctant to separate, the first to articulate a worry, and would tell you they were scared of….fill in the blank: vomiting, dogs, mean kids, spiders, the dark, climate change, death… You talk to your pediatrician, and s/he gives you several names … Read more

If you work in New York long enough, you notice something about burnout — it does not show up all at once. It accumulates. The late nights start feeling normal, the weekend emails creep in, and eventually your nervous system begins to treat rest like an interruption. By the time most adults ask for help, … Read more

Anxiety rarely announces itself as a big event. More often, it shows up as a pattern you barely notice until you are already inside it — the same worry replaying on the walk to the subway, the same avoidance dressed up as “I’ll handle it tomorrow,” the same tight shoulders by 4 p.m.  What starts … Read more

There’s this moment that a lot of people experience right before deciding to seek help. Something has just happened that upset you, and you realize you can’t keep doing the same things over and over again and hoping for a different outcome.  It’s time to make a change.  You look it up online, and suddenly … Read more