The Mental Health Association in Tompkins County
 
Guide to Mental Health Professionals
   2010 Edition
Therapist Profile

 
Kwintner, Michelle
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

120 East Buffalo Street
Ithaca, NY 14850

592-4134

Office hours:
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:
None

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

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 (please inquire)

Medicare?
No

Medicaid?
No

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

   Sliding
   Individual: Yes
   Family: N/A
   Couple: N/A
   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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