<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Breakthrough Psych]]></title><description><![CDATA[Breakthrough Psychology is a telehealth practice led by Dr. Tanya Siff, PhD, a licensed psychologist with 25+ years of experience serving New York, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Dr. Siff specializes in anxiety, depression, trauma, eating disorders, addiction, couples therapy, and life transitions, using a psychodynamic approach that creates lasting change — not just coping skills. All sessions are via secure video. We accept Aetna and Cigna in New York. Free 15-minute consultation available. ]]></description><link>https://www.breakthroughpsychology.health/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:09:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.breakthroughpsychology.health/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Falling in love or Standing in love?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eric Fromm distinguishes between "falling in love," which can be short lived, and "standing in love," which involves action to nurture a relationship, and allows a relationship to sustain itself and flourish in the long term.]]></description><link>https://www.breakthroughpsychology.health/post/falling-in-love-or-standing-in-love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a328f3ea0be590c66dafe44</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:15:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a08b03_a8f239180bc146e3845f7ba646af8724~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_319,h_318,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tanya Siff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a child expresess different emotions]]></title><description><![CDATA["Acknowledge their healthy human emotion, validate it as normal, mirror it back to them" Here is great advice from twentieth-century English pediatrician and psychoanalyst D. W. Winnicott for what the "good enough" parent should do when a child expresses emotions such as anger, jealousy, disappointment, or even sadness: Acknowledge their healthy human emotion, validate it as normal, mirror it back to them, help corregulate their nervous system so that they don't feel flooded and overwhelmed,...]]></description><link>https://www.breakthroughpsychology.health/post/when-a-child-expresess-different-emotions</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a328d2f9b47a7f91ae5f721</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:09:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a08b03_b7ccd5386dec495ab8c16598983c4099~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tanya Siff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Using your free will to its potential]]></title><description><![CDATA[We can use our free will and our ability to take conscious control, to choose in what kind of state we are going to live in. Whatever we chose to focus on expands. Whatever you choose to focus on, you create your personal world. You can choose the world that you live in. You don't want to live in a world that constantly affirms bitterness, resentmentment and frustration, or lack. Instead we need to align ourselves to the inner dominate energy frequency that we desire--one of abundance,...]]></description><link>https://www.breakthroughpsychology.health/post/using-your-free-will-to-its-potential</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a328c40ce85b49c3c4d1719</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:01:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a08b03_91eb4bf3748745ecbe3dedfafbeb8d3e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_903,h_613,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tanya Siff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one door of happiness closes, another opens]]></title><description><![CDATA["When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." Helen Keller I found this quote in the book "Option B" by Sheryl Sandberg, former COO of Facebook, which is a an incredible book for anyone who is dealing with loss or having difficulty coping with disappointment with something in their lives.]]></description><link>https://www.breakthroughpsychology.health/post/when-one-door-of-happiness-closes-another-opens</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a328b0fce85b49c3c4d13e3</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:57:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a08b03_7404744095ba4c1e8cb2b2722634f9ab~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tanya Siff</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>