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

 
Simpson, Cathie
Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), PhD

316 E. Court St., Suite 1
Ithaca NY 14850

273-3063

Office hours:
Monday - Saturday 8:00-6:00

E-mail:
None

Website:
None

Is office near public transport?
Yes

Wheelchair accessible?
No

Languages other than English:
None

Willing to work with an interpreter?
No

Willing to use alternative locations?
Yes

Graduate Training:
PhD, Clinical Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria CA, 2005

Additional Degrees:
MA, Counseling, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria CA, 1998

Additional Certificates/Trainings:
Critical Stress Management; Dialectic Behavior Therapy

Issues of Specialization (in order of priority):
 1. Divorce/Separation
 2. Suicide Ideation
 3. Depression
 4. Death/Dying
 5. Anxiety/Panic
 6. School Issues
 7. Spiritual Identity
 8. Crisis
 9. Eating Disorders
10. Grief/Loss

Orientations:
Cognitive-Behavioral; Existential; Family Systems; Jungian; Object Relations; Spiritual

Techniques:
Talk Therapy; Gestalt; Meditation; Visualization; Dream Interpretation

Therapy Support Groups:
Pet Death Bereavement Group

Client Population:
Children (0-6); Children (7-12); Adolescents; Students; Young Adults; Middle Age; Gay; Lesbian; Transgender

Third Party Insurance Accepted?
Yes (Aetna, APS, Cigna, Corphealth, First Choice EAP, Healthnet, MHN, MVP, PHCS, United Behavioral Health, United Healthcare, Value Options)

Medicare?
No

Medicaid?
No

Fees:
   Individual: 80
   Family: 80
   Couple: 80
   Group: 25
   Testing: N/A
   Drug/Alcohol: N/A

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

Comments:
I believe that healing only happens through relationships with others. Our brains actually change from being with a compassionate person.


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