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

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

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

273-3063

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

E-mail:
dr.cathie@cathiesimpson.com

Website:
www.cathiesimpson.com

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:
Adolescents; Students; Young Adults; Middle Age; Gay; Lesbian; Transgender

Third Party Insurance Accepted?
Yes (Aetna American Behavioral, APS, APS EAP, Cigna, Corphealth, Deer Oaks EAP, EBS-RMSCO, Fidelis Care, First Choice EAP, Great West, Healthnet, HealthNow, Humana, Integrated Behavioral Health EAP, Life Solutions (PsychCare), LifeSynch (Humana), MHN, Military OneSource, MVP, Multiplan, OptumHealth, PHCS (Mulitplan), PsychCare, TEAM EAP, United Behavioral Health, United Healthcare, Value Options)

Medicare?
No

Medicaid?
No

Fees:
   Individual: 80 (140 first session)
   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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