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

 
Kwintner, Michelle
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

120 East Buffalo Street
Ithaca, NY 14850

592-4134

Office hours:
day and evening by appointment

E-mail:
kwintner@twcny.rr.com

Website:
None

Is office near public transport?
Yes

Wheelchair accessible?
No

Languages other than English:
None

Willing to work with an interpreter?
Yes

Willing to use alternative locations?
Yes, If clinically indicated

Graduate Training:
MSW Clinical Social Work, Smith College School of Social Work, Northampton, MA, 2003

Additional Degrees:
Certificate, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center of North Carolina, Durham, NC, 2000

Additional Certificates/Trainings:
Certificate from International Psychotherapy Institute in Chevy Chase, MD

Issues of Specialization (in order of priority):
 1. Depression
 2. Interpersonal Relationships
 3. Anxiety
 4. Trauma
 5. Identity
 6. Emotional Abuse
 7. Adolescent Development
 8. Marriage/Cohabitation
 9. Bipolar/Manic Depression
10. Parenting/Family

Orientations:
Object Relational; Psychoanalytic; Psychodynamic; Relational

Techniques:

Therapy Support Groups:
None at this time

Client Population:
Adolescents; Students; Young Adults; Middle Age; Older Adults; Gay; Lesbian; Bisexual; Transgender

Third Party Insurance Accepted?
Yes (Aetna, Aetna Student Health)

Medicare?
Yes

Medicaid?
No

Fees:
   Individual: 100
   Family: N/A
   Couple: 100
   Group: N/A
   Testing: N/A
   Drug/Alcohol: N/A

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

Comments:
I view therapy as a collaborative process that allows unhelpful or painful patterns to shift so that room opens up to live with greater authenticity, freedom and creativity.


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