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Anxiety & Depression Help
Garden City Therapy LCSW
Call 516 828 2622 |[email protected]
Garden City Therapy PLLC
233 7th Street. STE 200 Garden City, NY 11530
Our Approach
Our Mission and Philosophy
Our Heart & Soul
About
We are licensed therapists, mental health counselors and interning clinicians based in Garden City, NY providing therapeutic care to adults. Our practice is informed by over 17 years of experience and we specialize in Anxiety, Mood Disorders, Stress, Adjustment to Life Changes, Grief, PTSD, Relational Issues, the development of coping skills and growth and wellness.
Our rate per session is $80. We also are in network with most BCBS, Cigna, UHC, Oxford, UMR, Healthfirst, Aetna, Fidelis, and Managed Medicaid insurances and work out of network with NYSHIP. Sessions are confidential within the limits of HIPAA and we will inform you of our practice policies so that you feel as comfortable as possible starting out.
We believe that the combination of a solid therapeutic alliance, discovery, understanding, and practical advice leads to the most beneficial outcome and helps in both the short and long term. Reaching out is a big step and contacting a therapist is an accomplishment and sign of growth in itself. We are here to work with you within a confidential and supportive therapeutic relationship to address stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, life changes and variety of concerns.
Together we can examine issues, understand your perspectives, identify patterns and themes in your life, and learn the way you cope and interact in order to help you move towards desired outcomes. Change can be worked on in a way that fits with your sense of identity and personality traits, which can help in making those changes last. Within the context of a trusting, confidential relationship between client and therapist there is an opportunity to share and explore your thoughts and feelings and have them accepted by another. This process is reparative and makes change and growth possible, allowing for a more satisfying and fuller life.
Our philosophy follows a relational style with evidence based techniques drawing from psychodynamic orientations and incorporating cognitive behavioral elements. In other words, we place tremendous importance on the therapeutic relationship and trust, how one relates to themselves and others, and the development of insight and deeper understanding. This also means we will brainstorm, look at patterns with you and give direct advice where needed if we think you may benefit from it.
We are also dedicated to working towards making quality therapy more affordable by providing low cost options including services covered by both managed Medicaid and commercial insurance plans and by offering a reduced out of pocket fee. This is not an easy thing to provide with overhead and insurance rates but we try to strike a balance. We do this by creating a nice group practice culture, advanced training, strategic design, paneling with as many commercial, NYS, and Managed Medicaid insurances that are accepting private practices and having an out of pocket rate at a much more affordable rate than the industry standard. This means that you get help from quality private practice therapists for anywhere from free/$0 to $80 per session.
A personal message from the Executive Director:
Being a therapist requires that special quality that you cannot teach, and not all professionals have that alongside their education and experience. Even when I was an intern starting out my career, clients, clinicians and others always told me 'you just have that therapist gift that is hard to find'. I make certain that my team of therapists are personally engaging, insightful, and work with heart and soul.
I ask myself each time I invite a clinician into this practice 'Would I feel engaged as a client? Might I want to see this person or could I see clients connecting with them well? What unique quality do they offer? What presenting issues might they have a focus in?' In my opinion, they have that special characteristic and they also work ongoing week by week in clinical supervision which gives me a better sense of who they are over time and more assurance to provide the best therapy.
I am able to develop a wonderful group of therapists who provide quality affordable therapy and they help me continue to grow and see things from other perspectives as well, adding to our overall ability to provide the best quality care. Our Garden City Therapists are talented as well as personable. They are here to help and look forwards to getting to know you.
- Michelle Ambalu, LCSW-R
Michelle C. Mayer, LMSW
Nicole Ryga, LCSW
Rosemary Molinari, LPMHC
Verda Williams-Cupid, LMSW
Nicolette Capranzano, LMHC-D
Terrice Bell, LMSW
Stephanie Meisser, LMSW
Tara Johnson, LMSW
Tara Gajewski, LMSW
Porsha Jackson, LPMHC
Amrita Singh, LMHC
Carla D'Alessio, LCSW
Dorothy Pierre, LMSW
Kristen Muscarella, LPMHC
Yuliana Hofstetter, LMSW
