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

 
Bertelsen, Kris
Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC, MAC, CASAC);
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Master Addiction Counselor, Certified Addiction & Substance Abuse Counselor

415 N. Tioga St., 2nd floor
Ithaca NY 14850

272-7247

Office hours:
Call for appointment

E-mail:
None

Website:
None

Is office near public transport?
Yes

Wheelchair accessible?
No, but other arrangements can be made

Languages other than English:
None

Willing to work with an interpreter?
Yes

Willing to use alternative locations?
Yes

Graduate Training:
MA Psychology, Community Mental Health/Marriage and Family, Lone Mountain College, San Francisco CA, 1975

Additional Degrees:
None

Additional Certificates/Trainings:
EMDR-cert.; CASAC + MAC; Trauma Certification from University of Buffalo

Issues of Specialization (in order of priority):
 1. Trauma
 2. Depression
 3. Grief/Loss
 4. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
 5. Drug Abuse
 6. Adult Children of Alcoholics
 7. Alcohol Abuse
 8. Crisis
 9. Death/Dying
10. Infertility

Orientations:
Dream Work and Sandtray; EMDR; Family Systems; Interpersonal; Jungian; Modified Cognitive-Behavioral; Thought Field Therapy

Techniques:
EMDR; Thought Field

Therapy Support Groups:
None at this time

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

Third Party Insurance Accepted?
Yes (Value Options pays)

Medicare?
No

Medicaid?
No

Fees:
   Individual: 70-90
   Family: 100-150
   Couple: 100-150
   Group: Maybe
   Testing: No
   Drug/Alcohol: 400

   Sliding
   Individual: Yes
   Family: Yes
   Couple: Yes
   Group: No
   Testing: No
   Drug/Alcohol: No

Comments:
Each person brings to the therapeutic container a unique set of circumstances. I believe each client elicits a slightly different therapist.


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