This month, Matt has been quoted in several publications on relationships, drawing on his experience as a couples and relationship therapist. Most recently, Matt answered the question “Why Did My Mortgage Feel So Much More Serious That My Marriage?” in HerMoney. He explained why even when feeling good about a major life decision, such as signing a mortgage or getting married, we can also experience stress and anxiety.

Both Matt and Tribeca Therapy’s Senior Therapist Kelly Scott provided book recommendations on relationships for Business Insider in “The 5 Books That Relationship Therapists Think Everyone Should Read.” Matt’s pick was Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish’s How To Talk So Your Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, which, although about parents communicating with their children, is the best available set of instructions for having meaningful conversations where the work is being done to really make the other person feel heard. 

Finally, in “8 Relationship Lessons You Can Learn From ‘The Office,’ According To A Therapist,” Matt presented the practical relationship advice that can be gleaned from the various relationships depicted in NBC’s comedy The Office in Insider. Though fun to watch, the couples on the show can, as Matt noted, provide some essential relationship lessons, from lack of communication to the problematic dynamics inherent in dating a coworker. 

On the Tribeca Therapy blog, Matt focused on the common criticisms about antidepressants, namely that they are overused. Wanting to complicate this criticism since some people experience real relief from antidepressants, Matt explained his concerns about antidepressants related to how their use seems to almost entirely ignore the role of trauma in suffering. In another post, “Hey Busy Couples: The Enemy Is Stress, Not Each Other,” Matt explored how easy it can be for couples, in which one or both partners are under stress, to turn that frustration onto their partner because we, as a culture, are alienated from our own experience of stress.