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About
I bring warmth, empathy, extensive experience, and deep passion to my work as a clinician. I am a seasoned therapist, with over 30 years of experience, who you can talk easily to and trust with your deepest concerns. I view therapy as a collaborative relationship to which I bring compassion and a capacity to be completely present as we work together to resolve the challenges you struggle with. While I have specific training in family systems, psychodynamic, and cognitive behavioral treatment, I tailor my therapeutic approach to fit each person's unique and evolving needs.
I have particular expertise in problematic eating/body image concerns, sexually compulsive behavior, child/adolescent issues, as well as couple and family therapy. I graduated from the Women's Therapy Centre Institute and Ackerman Institute For The Family, and have advanced training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy.
I believe that individual difficulties are informed by both the familial and cultural context. With children, I engage parents, equipping them with tools to help their child make lasting changes. I help women connect their struggles to toxic messages about food and body transmitted by their families and the culture.
Call or Email Jody Porter for a free 15 minute consultation now - (914) 292-3201
Finances
- Sliding Scale: Yes
Pay By:
Cash, Check
Accepted Insurance Plans
- POMCO
- UMR
- Out of Network
Verify your health insurance coverage when you arrange your first visit.
Qualifications
- Years in Practice: 40 Years
- License: New York / R030482-1
- School: Hunter School of Social Work
- Year Graduated: 1983
Additional Credentials
- Certificate: Ackerman Institute For The Family
- Certificate Date: 1988
- Certificate: Women's Therapy Centre Institute
- Certificate Date: 2015
Jody Porter's Groups
Mothers of Daughters With Eating Disorders
Group for mothers whose daughters struggle with eating/body image issues. Provides safe, non-judgmental space for members to empower themselves so they can support their daughters, helping members challenge the powerlessness and helplessness that accompany parenting a daughter with an eating disorder. Members explore their reactions triggered by their daughters. Group works toward strengthening each mother's anti-eating disorder voice. These voices can be mobilized to help daughters challenge destructive eating practices, challenge culturally based toxic ideas about body/food, offering new ways of thinking about living freely in a female body in our thinness obsessed culture.
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Specialties
- Eating Disorders
- Women's Issues
- Parenting
Issues
- ADHD
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Child
- Depression
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Family Conflict
- Marital and Premarital
- Relationship Issues
- Sexual Addiction
- Transgender
Mental Health
- Mood Disorders
Sexuality
- Bisexual
- LGBTQ+
- Lesbian
Client Focus
Age
- Elders (65+)
- Adults
- Teen
- Preteen
- Children (6 to 10)
- Toddler
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Emotionally Focused
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Feminist
- Interpersonal
- Narrative
- Play Therapy
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Somatic
Modality
- Individuals
- Couples
- Family
Last Modified: 27 Jun 2020
(914) 292-3201