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

 
Sisson, Bernard Riley
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-R)

313 N. Aurora St.
Ithaca NY 14850

280-8340

Office hours:
Daily (including weekends), 9am - 6pm

E-mail:
brsisson@twcny.rr.com

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?
Yes

Graduate Training:
MSW, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY, 1988.

Additional Degrees:
MA History, N.Y.U.

Additional Certificates/Trainings:
None

Issues of Specialization (in order of priority):
 1. Depression
 2. Anxiety/Panic
 3. Relationships
 4. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
 5. Eating Disorders
 6. Procrastination
 7. Addiction
 8. Couples
 9. Parenting/Family
10. Grief/Loss

Orientations:
Family Systems, Self Psychology, Psychoanalytic, Psychodynamic

Techniques:
Eclectic

Therapy Support Groups:
Eating Disorders; Self-Esteem

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

Third Party Insurance Accepted?
Yes (Aetna, Cornell Student Insurance, Excellus, Value Options)

Medicare?
No

Medicaid?
No

Fees:
   Individual: 100
   Family: 100
   Couple: 100
   Group: No
   Testing: Yes
   Drug/Alcohol: No

   Sliding
   Individual: Yes
   Family: Yes
   Couple: Yes
   Group: No
   Testing: No; Assessment 150
   Drug/Alcohol: No

Comments:
It is the goal of therapy to achieve symptom relief by overcoming anxiety about self that is grounded in your history of experience. I work from a framework that views symptoms as a demonstration of anxiety about self: physically, intellectually and/or emotionally.


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