The Mental Health Association in Tompkins County
 
Guide to Mental Health Professionals
   2008 Edition
Therapist Profile

 
Pitkin, L. Paul
Reverend Doctor; Pastoral Counselor; Licensed Mental Health Counselor (D. Min., LMHC)

222 Forest Home Dr.
Ithaca NY 14850

533-7349

Office hours:
Mon. 4:00pm-6:00pm, Tues. 9:00am-5:00pm

E-mail:
None

Website:
None

Is office near public transport?
Yes

Wheelchair accessible?
Yes

Languages other than English:
None

Willing to work with an interpreter?
Yes

Willing to use alternative locations?
No

Graduate Training:
D. Min. Family Therapy, Colgate Divinity School, Rochester NY, 1991

Additional Degrees:
None

Additional Certificates/Trainings:
Residency in Psychotherapy, Onondaga Pastoral Counseling Center, Syracuse NY, 1988; Fellow in American Association of Pastoral Counselors; Licensed Mental Health Counselor #002295-1

Issues of Specialization (in order of priority):
 1. Spiritual Identity
 2. Stepfamily Issues
 3. Marriage/Cohabitation
 4. Divorce/Separation
 5. Grief/Loss
 6. Depression
 7. Anxiety/Panic
 8. Anger
 9. Trauma
10. Parenting/Family

Orientations:
Cognitive-Behavioral; Family Systems; Object Relations; Psychodynamic; Spiritual

Techniques:
Anger Management; EMDR; Insight/Interpretation

Therapy Support Groups:
None

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

Third Party Insurance Accepted?
No

Medicare?
No

Medicaid?
No

Fees:
   Individual: 40-99
   Family: 40-99
   Couple: 40-99
   Group: No
   Testing: No
   Drug/Alcohol: No

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

Comments:
The goal of pastoral counseling is the use and integration of one's spiritual meanings with one's emotional experience to bring about growth and well being of one's personal life and/or relationships.


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