Cognitive & Behavioral Consultants of Westchester and Manhattan, 1 North Broadway, Suite 704, White Plains, NY 10601. Cognitive & Behavioral Consultants of Westchester and Manhattan is a group private practice in White Plains, NY. Clinicians in the practice use cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for people across the life span, for children ages 3 and up through adulthood. Presenting problems for children, adolescents, young adults and adults include anxiety disorders, mood disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), behavioral difficulties, disruptive behavior, conduct disorder, substance-related disorders, binge-eating disorder, personality disorders, self-injury, and suicidality. Treatment includes individual treatment, group treatment, and parent training. DBT treatment has 4 separate tracks, including the tween DBT program, the adolescent DBT program, the young adult DBT program, and the adult DBT program. DBT treatment includes individual DBT, a group skills training which for tweens and adolescents is a multifamily group, 24 hour a day coaching from one’s individual therapist, and for parents of tweens and adolescents, coaching from the multifamily group leader. Additionally, family sessions are held as necessary. A skills and support group for parents of young adults in DBT treatment will begin September 8, 2015; it will be 16 weeks long. The adolescent DBT program is 24 weeks (6 months) long; its multifamily group is relatively small, with a maximum of 4 or 5 teenagers, so that the group size is 12-14 people, with two co-leaders. The young adult DBT program and the adult DBT program are 32 weeks (8 months) long. Once these programs are completed, there is a tween graduate group which will start in Fall 2015, and there is an adolescent graduate group. CBT treatment includes individual treatment and group treatment. Current CBT groups are as follows: a child social skills group that includes those with autism spectrum disorder, for children ages 7-10; a child anxiety group, for children ages 8-12; an adolescent anxiety disorders group, for those with social anxiety and other anxiety disorders, that will start in September 2015; and an adult anxiety disorders group. The groups meet weekly. Clinicians in the Westchester office include the following, and all the clinicians use CBT and DBT, unless otherwise noted: Lata K. McGinn, Ph.D. (CBT only), Alec L. Miller, Psy.D., Jennifer Steinberg, Ph.D., Courtney Berry, Ph.D., Chad Brice, Ph.D., Margaret Areizaga, Psy.D., Johanna Berger, Ph.D., Elizabeth A. Courtney-Seidler, Ph.D., Suzanne Davino, Ph.D., Amanda Edwards, L.C.S.W., Becky H. Lois, Ph.D. (CBT only), Faria Kamal, M.A., Anges Sellinger, Ph.D., Jacquelyn N. Smith, L.C.S.W.-R (DBT only), Linda Spiro, Psy.D., Joanna Watson, M.A. (DBT only), Johanna Wekar, L.C.S.W., Irene Zilber, Ph.D., Emma Zoluth, M.S., and starting in September, Lauren Bonavitacola, Psy.D., Magda Buczek, Psy.D., Kelly Graling, Ph.D., Jessica Renz, Psy.D., Sally Riggs, D.Phil. (CBT only) and Faye Rigogiannis, Psy.D. Cognitive & Behavioral Consultants of Westchester and Manhattan is expanding to train professionals, and now offers a CBT Five Day Foundational Training for clinicians. Cognitive & Behavioral Consultants of Westchester and Manhattan offers DBT training in elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools, in which school personnel, including psychologists, social workers, guidance counselors, and special education teachers, are trained to deliver comprehensive DBT. After the DBT training, consultants return regularly to the school for 2 years. Cognitive & Behavioral Consultants of Westchester and Manhattan is not on insurance company panels, and so is out of network. There are a range of professionals including psychology externs, postdoctoral fellows, and social workers and psychologists, that are available for treatment, with a range of fees that vary with professional experience. The Cognitive & Behavioral Consultants of Westchester and Manhattan’s Westchester offices are a suite in a professional building in the main retail center of the city. Parking is either in the City Center at White Plains garage on Martine Avenue, or at the garage in the building just before the One North Broadway building on North Broadway. Please contact Cognitive & Behavioral Consultants of Westchester and Manhattan by phone at (914) 385-1150 x5, or by email at info@cognitivebehavioralconsultants.com. For more information, please see their website at www.cognitivebehavioralconsultants.com.
