NYC psychiatrists are having a field day; we can expect divorce lawyers to begin cashing in too
/Election snowflakes rush to NYC shrinks’ offices after Trump win
Liberals in deep-blue New York City shocked and disturbed by President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory are flooding shrinks’ inboxes looking for appointments.
“It’s a perfect storm for New York therapists,” said Manhattan psychologist Chloe Carmichael, who estimated she’s received a 15% spike in inquiries from patients. “It’s a repeat of 2016, where a lot of people feel really scared and traumatized and angry.”
On Wednesday morning, New York City-based psychotherapist Alyson Cohen woke up to a deluge of paranoid texts from clients begging for extra appointments this week, many of whom claimed to be “afraid for their futures and that of their children.”
“I’ve even already heard [from] some female clients who say they are now second guessing having children out of fears for their health as it relates to pregnancy-related medical care,” she said.
Here’s the part that’s going to have the matrimonial bar beginning to extend their St. Bart’s holiday reservations from one to two, even three weeks:
It’s worse for couples, said Lisa Brateman, a psychotherapist and relationship specialist in Midtown.
Romance hit the rock for relationships where each person voted for different candidates, Brateman said.
“If a woman was saying ‘What about my rights as a woman?’ and her boyfriend or husband voted for Trump, it felt like a personal unwillingness to understand them,” she said.