Cognitive Behavioral (CBT) Therapists in Ithaca, NY

I am currently accepting new clients. Welcome! Thank you for taking this first step. Everyone struggles or feels overwhelmed at times, and developing a trusting relationship with a therapist can help. I work with individuals who are experiencing anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. I also work with people who are looking to heal from the impacts of trauma. I enjoy working with college students, graduate students, and other adults of various ages.

Are you seeking evidence-based psychotherapy to help you achieve your goals or manage your symptoms in the most effective way? If you or your child are struggling with your mood, anxiety, trauma, obsessive or unhelpful thinking patterns, chronic pain, or behaviors you wish to change, I or another qualified therapist at the MindWell Center may be able to help you.

Let me tell you a secret, therapy is not a one size fits all type of thing! I wish it were as it would make life so much easier, but the fact is every person is different and requires sessions catered to their own unique backgrounds, environments, and goals. As a psychotherapist, my aim is to work with you on getting to wherever you want to be in life, so I invite you to reach out if you are interested in taking a bumpy ride through the road of self-discovery.

Are you seeking evidence-based psychotherapy to help you achieve your goals or manage your symptoms in the most effective way? If you or your child are struggling with your mood, anxiety, trauma, obsessive or unhelpful thinking patterns, chronic pain, or behaviors you wish to change, I or another qualified therapist at MindWell Psychology may be able to help you.

If you want to change thought patterns or behaviors, you may need to work with your body because it too has developed habits that support your cognitive and emotional habits. What distinguishes me as a psychotherapist is the amount of attention I give to the bodily components of mental/emotional habits and the resources I can bring to improve the body-mind connection. In my practice I use EMDR, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy), IFS (Internal Family Systems), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Neurofeedback (direct brain-training), and EFT (tapping to get traumatic memories unstuck).

CURRENTLY I AM NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS. Please allow me the opportunity to serve you. Through a holistic, warm, and safe approach, together we uncover and bridge your strengths with effective strategies that will bring you healing and connection to yourself, work, family, and others. You can move beyond limiting patterns that hold you back -- things like depression, anger, emotional reactivity, anxiety, worry, stress. I support transformation in how clients perceive themselves and their world, resulting in powerful change. I can educate and empower you on your journey toward a healthy, integrated body, mind, and spirit.

Accepting clients in person and telemed- It is hard to know when to seek help and where to find it. I offer one free consult session to help you figure it out. I work with college age students struggling with family, social, and identity stressors, as well as anxiety, panic, and depression. I also enjoy partnering with children and teens to address depression and anxiety. At times, when a young person has a concrete diagnosis, I can offer short term targeted treatments for OCD, anxiety, impulsivity, organizational skills at home, and social and emotional skills. Resilience is at the core of my work.

Are you seeking evidence-based psychotherapy to help you achieve your goals or manage your symptoms in the most effective way? If you or your child are struggling with your mood, anxiety, trauma, obsessive or unhelpful thinking patterns, chronic pain, eating, or behaviors you wish to change, I or another qualified therapist at MindWell Psychology may be able to help you.

While you are uniquely special, your struggles are more common than you think. We all have challenges, and often in very universal ways. It’s all part of the human experience. Psychotherapy is a great way to help guide you through life’s trials and tribulations. It can be profoundly healing to have a safe space in which to be affirmed and productively challenged. Together we can explore issues related to ambivalence, shame, resilience, boundaries, connection, confidence, and self-development in order to help you fully show up in your life.

I am a Licensed and Board-certified Clinical Psychologist with over 9 years of experience working as a psychotherapist. I have worked with clients with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, drug, alcohol and process addiction and PTSD. I have also been fortunate to serve as a LGBTQ+ Veteran care coordinator at the VA medical center. In that role I provided psychological evaluations of TransX Veteran's readiness to start hormone treatment and provided LGBTQ+ affirmative psychotherapy.

Challenges and occasional catastrophes are inevitable, and serve to strengthen our confidence in the long run. If our fear and negativity are running the show, however, we get stuck. Let's pick apart the patterns that do not serve and re-author a peaceful, vibrant future. Using a combination of psychotherapy and coaching allows us to uncover destructive patterns, heal, and then move forward in a positive, purposeful direction. What are the painful ideas, feelings and memories that fuel your reactions?