Heather Sanford
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW, MPA
Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $125
- Couple Sessions $150
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by Cash, Check, Paypal
Insurance
- Aetna
- Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
- Out of Network
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of New York / 089431-01 Heather Sanford
- In Practice for 12 Years
- Attended Binghamton University, Graduated 2012
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Trauma and PTSD
- Anxiety
- Depression
Expertise
- Adoption
- Attachment related trauma
- Bisexual
- Dual Diagnosis
- Emotional Disturbance
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Transitions
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Parenting
- Parenting adopted/foster children
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Stress
- Transgender
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Types of Therapy
- AEDP
- Attachment-based
- Culturally Sensitive
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Integrative
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Groups
Emotions Education 101- 8 sessions
The group can best be described as a gentle learning experience to understand your emotions and defenses and help you work the Change Triangle to find your calmest, most authentic self. Connecting and sharing with others about emotions helps normalize emotions and decreases aloneness. This group is designed for people who are working through their own struggles with anxiety and depression, as well as for people who are supporting others on their journeys. In this group, you will learn to better understand and work with emotions - not changing emotions, but having a different experience with them.
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Location
Telehealth
Ithaca, NY 14850
AEDP based Processing Groups Friday 12-1pm EST
Each session begins with a meditation and includes spaces for everyone to check in and talk about something that is going on for them or what came up during the meditation. I guide the group discussion to help recognize defenses and inhibitory emotions that interfere with one's ability to experience the core emotion(s) occurring and then move through those emotions into a more open hearted place. We focus on ourselves and our own experiences with emotions, are supportive of each other, but we do not give advice to each other, we speak from our own truth.
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AEDP based Processing Groups Monday 1-2pm EST
Each session begins with a meditation and includes spaces for everyone to check in and talk about something that is going on for them or what came up during the meditation. I guide the group discussion to help recognize defenses and inhibitory emotions that interfere with one's ability to experience the core emotion(s) occurring and then move through those emotions into a more open hearted place. We focus on ourselves and our own experiences with emotions, are supportive of each other, but we do not give advice to each other, we speak from our own truth.
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