Alexandra Stratyner, Ph.D., is a New York City-based licensed psychologist specializing in cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness skills training. Dr. Stratyner ...

Friendships with other parents are invaluable to our mental health but there are times when those friends turn out to be harming our mental health more than helping. Toxic friends are passive ...

Realizing a friend is toxic is tricky because initially toxic folks are nice. Yet, slowly and methodically, the toxic person often convinces the other person in the friendship that they are the ...

We all have that one friendship that feels more like a drag than a delight. You know the one: the friend who never asks how you are, who drains your energy every time you meet, or whose presence just ...

Toxic friendships have a way of bringing you down instead of lifting you. But how can you spot a toxic friendship? Friendship should be sweet, enjoyable, and supportive. I mean, our friends are among ...