DBT Psychological Services of Long Island
Psychologist, PhD
Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $180
- Pay by ACH Bank transfer, American Express, Cash, Check, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa
Insurance
- Optum
- Oscar Health
- Oxford
- UMR
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
- Out of Network
Qualifications
- Psychologist: Kim Lynn Lehnert
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of New York / 013596-1 Kim Lynn Lehnert
- In Practice for 27 Years
- Attended Case Western Reserve University, Ph.D., Graduated 1997
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Addiction
Expertise
- ADHD
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Child
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Relapse
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Gambling
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Mood Disorders
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
Age
Participants
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Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Compassion Focused
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Family / Marital
- Humanistic
- Integrative
- Interpersonal
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Person-Centered
- Positive Psychology
- Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)
- Social Thinking
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Groups
DBT Skills Groups
The College-Aged/Young Adult Group meets weekly from 4 to 5:30pm on Tuesdays and focuses on teaching 5 skills modules: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, Interpersonal Effectiveness, and Middle Path Skills. Issues related to being a young adult/college-aged person transitioning to more adult responsibilities and concerns are addressed. The Adult DBT Skills Groups teach Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness skills. The Wednesday Adult DBT Skills Group meets weekly from 4 to 5:30pm. The Thursday Adult DBT Skills Group meets weekly from 1:00 to 2:30pm.
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Location
DBT Psychological Services of Long Island
5225 Nesconset Highway
Building 1, Units 7 & 8
Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776
Multi-Family DBT Skills Group
Group meets weekly and focuses on psychoeducation re: diagnoses, advocacy, and the DBT treatment approach. Five DBT skills modules are discussed in detail and include: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, Interpersonal Effectiveness, and Middle Path Skills. Family members can ask specific questions about their loved ones and are provided with relevant and specific skills coaching so they can learn to be more effective in supporting and advocating for their loved one. Research clearly indicates that family over-involvement predicts success for loved ones in DBT.
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DBT Psychological Services of Long Island
5225 Nesconset Highway
Building 1, Units 7 & 8
Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776
DBT for Children
Our affordable DBT-informed program for pre-adolescent children can help children who struggle with emotion dysregulation and behavioral dyscontrol. Children and parents are taught Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, Interpersonal Effectiveness, and Middle Path skills together. Parents learn how to be more effective in helping their children manage their emotional distress. Research has clearly established that parental involvement in therapy predicts better therapeutic outcomes for children.
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DBT Psychological Services of Long Island
5225 Nesconset Highway
Building 1 Units 7 & 8
Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776
Location
Primary Location
DBT Psychological Services of Long Island
5225 Nesconset Highway
Building 1, Units 7 & 8
Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776
(631) 707-9163Email us
Additional Location
Mount Sinai, NY 11766
(631) 707-9163