The Mental Health Association in Tompkins County
 
Guide to Mental Health Professionals
   2012 Edition
Therapist Profile

 
Baker-Carr, Susan A.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-R)

215 North Geneva Street
Ithaca NY 14850

256-0882

Office hours:
Mon. - Fri. by appointment only

E-mail:
None

Website:
None

Is office near public transport?
Yes

Wheelchair accessible?
Yes, with prior arrangement.

Languages other than English:
None

Willing to work with an interpreter?
Yes

Willing to use alternative locations?
Yes

Graduate Training:
MSW Family Mental Health, Syracuse University, 1997

Additional Degrees:
None

Additional Certificates/Trainings:
Graduate Certificate of Women's Studies, Syracuse University,1997

Issues of Specialization (in order of priority):
 1. Interpersonal Relationships
 2. Anxiety/Panic
 3. Depression
 4. Marriage/Cohabitation
 5. Chronic Pain
 6. Grief/Loss
 7. Emotional Abuse
 8. Adult Children of Alcoholics
 9. Trauma
10. Crisis

Orientations:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT); Psychodynamic; Family Systems; Developmental Psychology; Feminist; Object Relations

Techniques:
Stress Management; Assertiveness Training; Anger Management

Therapy Support Groups:
Women's Psychotherapy Group

Client Population:
Students; Young Adults; Middle Age; Families/Couples; Gay; Lesbian; Bisexual

Third Party Insurance Accepted?
Yes (Aetna, BC/BS, Chickering, Child Health Plus, Cornell, Emblem Health EPO; Emblem Health PPO; Empire, Excellus; Family Health Plus (some plans), GHI, Health Now, POMCO, RMSCO, UnitedHealthcare (UHC), Value Options)

Medicare
No

Medicaid
No

Fees:
   Individual: 90 - 120
   Family: N/A
   Couple: 90 - 120
   Group: 40
   Testing: N/A
   Drug/Alcohol: N/A

   Sliding
   Individual: Yes
   Family: N/A
   Couple: Yes
   Group: Yes
   Testing: N/A
   Drug/Alcohol: N/A

Comments:
Our goal, working in therapeutic alliance, is to optimize resources to restore, establish, and sustain emotional well being in relational, occupational, intellectual, physical, and spiritual dimensions.


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