Leon Garber LMHC

About

Leon Garber is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in Brooklyn, NY. He specializes in treating obsessive compulsive disorder, perfectionism, and existential issues, including the more philosophical question of how to cultivate a meaningful life. He writes about these topics and others on his blog, Leon’s Existential Cafe, and co-hosts Seize the Moment Podcast, which addresses mental health struggles across a wide spectrum.

Recent Posts

The Sometimes Scary Uncertainty of Limerence

While limerence usually fades in time, a more extreme form of it, often associated with a psychological disorder, is much harder to remedy.

Should I Cut People Off or Tolerate Them?

This moral quandary continues to consume us despite no clear resolution.

Truth Is the Remedy for a Constant Need to Be Reassured

The need for chronic reassurance is stoked by repeated attempts to gain it, so letting go, rather than controlling, tends to be more helpful.

Learning How to Live with Uncertainty

Living with fear is difficult, but chronically avoiding it can lead to harmful consequences.

How Perfectionism Is Associated with Cyclothymic Disorder

Cyclothymia often goes unnoticed because it's less severe than bipolar disorder, but the decisions associated with it may still lead to harmful consequences.

How Perfectionism Contributes to Social Anxiety Disorder

Social anxiety disorder is sustained, in part, by distorted thoughts about oneself and the belief that one needs to be perfect.

Is Passion Overrated?

It's argued that passion is overrated, yet it helps us cope with our inevitable failures and disappointing successes.

Depression and Anxiety in Gifted Children

Anxiety and depression in gifted children tend to manifest from perfectionism, the inevitable failures of grandiose expectations, and existential anxiety.

Help! I Can't Make a Decision

Chronic indecisiveness is caused by extremely high self-oriented expectations, self-doubt, and dysfunctional ways of thinking.

Limerence and Maladaptive Daydreaming

Limerence is bidirectionally related to maladaptive daydreaming. Yet, the problem is deeper than any specific frustration. Both indicate an inability to cope with life.