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

 
Schwartz, David B.
Psychotherapist (PhD) and Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)

402 North Cayuga Street
Ithaca NY 14850

330-1886

Office hours:
Mon. - Fri. 10 - 6

E-mail:
jflutezoo@pa.net

Website:
www.aboutdrschwartz.com

Is office near public transport?
Yes

Wheelchair accessible?
Yes

Languages other than English:
No

Willing to work with an interpreter?
Yes

Willing to use alternative locations?
Yes

Graduate Training:
PhD Community Psychology, Union Institute, Cincinnati, OH, 1994

Additional Degrees:
MA Rehabilitation Counseling, Michigan State, Lansing, MI, 1974; BA, Psychobiology, New College, Sarasota, FL, 1970

Additional Certificates/Trainings:
None

Issues of Specialization (in order of priority):
 1. "Stubborn Miseries"
 2. Emotionally-Related Medical Problems
 3. Complex Conditions
 4. Psychoanalytic/Energetic Psychotherapy
 5. ADD/ADHD
 6. Adolescent Development
 7. Adult Children of Alcoholics
 8. Aging
 9. Anxiety/Panic
10. Bipolar Disorder
11. Chronic Pain
12. Compulsive Behaviors
13. Crisis
14. Death and Dying
15. Depression
16. Developmental Disabilities
17. Dissociative Identity Disorder
18. Divorce/Separation
19. Drug Abuse
20. Dual Diagnosis/MICA
21. Eating Disorders
22. Emotional Abuse
23. Grief/Loss
24. Interpersonal Relationships
25. Infertility
26. Obsessions/ Obsessive-Complusive Disorder
27. Personality Disorders / Borderline
28. Phobias
29. PTSD
30. Spiritual Identity
31. Suicide Ideation
32. Trauma

Orientations:
Psychoanalytic; Psychodynamic

Techniques:
Bio-Energetics; Dream Interpretation

Therapy Support Groups:
None at this time

Client Population:
Adolescents; Students; Young Adults; Middle Age; Older Adults; Gay; Lesbian; Bisexual; Trans-gender

Third Party Insurance Accepted?
Cornell HealthNow, and out-of-network reimbursable by Aetna and Martin's Point.

Medicare?
No

Medicaid?
No

Fees:
   Individual: 140
   Family: N/A
   Couple: N/A
   Group: N/A
   Testing: N/A
   Drug/Alcohol: N/A

   Sliding
   Individual: 80 - 140
   Family: No
   Couple: No
   Group: No
   Testing: N/A
   Drug/Alcohol: No

Comments:
I practice with Marne O'Shea, MD and allied practitioners to resolve persistent psychological and physical problems. I blend depth psychoanalytic approaches with recent developments in understanding the nervous system and the human energy field.


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