Location
Currently conducting teletherapy via FaceTime, Zoom, and Skype during the health crisis.
About
Finances
- Session Fee: $130 per session
- Sliding Scale: Yes
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Out of Network
Qualifications
- License: New York / R 070343
- School: New York University
- Year Graduated: 1980
Additional Credentials
- Certificate: Ackerman Institute for the Fam / Family Therapist
- Certificate Date: 2003
- Certificate: Behavioral Tech / DBT
- Certificate Date: 2008
Laura Mccarthy's Groups
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training
DBT has 3 components; individual therapy, skills training, and phone coaching. The skills training is a 16 week program for teens that teaches DBT skills. The group meets weekly for 90 minutes on Monday nights and cover the following: Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance, and Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills. There is an additional module called 'Walking the Middle Path' that is also offered that involves parents with their children and teaches skills that are essential to families with teens. These skills are the foundation of DBT and are utilized in treatment.
DBT Skills Group for Pre-Teens
Modified program for pre-teens struggling with emotion and behavior dysregulation that includes a parenting module for parents. This is a 12 week program for 90 minutes per week. Screening g is required.
Location
Specialties
- Child
- Emotional Disturbance
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
Issues
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Behavioral Issues
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Divorce
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Life Coaching
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Suicidal Ideation
- Teen Violence
- Trauma and PTSD
- Women's Issues
- self injury
Mental Health
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Personality Disorders
Client Focus
Age
- Elders (65+)
- Adults
- Teen
- Preteen
- Children (6 to 10)
- Toddler
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Interpersonal
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Play Therapy
- Relational
Modality
- Individuals
- Family
- Group
(917) 746-7857