“You're imperfect, and you're wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.”
-Brene Brown
Finding the Right Therapist for You
On this page you will find a number of helpful resources to assist you in finding a therapist that can best meet your needs.
I do not maintain a wait list and if I am not available for psychotherapy, these are the resources I have vetted that can help you to find a therapist.
EMDRIA
If you have found me and are interested specifically in a therapist who is trained or certified in EMDR therapy, EMDRIA has a wonderful therapist directory as well with similar features to Psychology Today.
Local Online Therapist Directories
Ithaca Region Therapist Group
The IRTG website provides a place for individuals and community organizations to locate private therapists and mental health professionals with current openings or waitlists.
I would recommend starting here first.
Psychology Today
Psychology Today is a standard directory of psychotherapists that many members of the Ithaca therapy community utilize to advertise their practices, introduce themselves to the community, and also indicate their current availability. You can sort listings by the insurance accepted, fees, models of psychotherapy, and more.
Open Path Collective
Open Path Psychotherapy Collective is a nonprofit nationwide network of mental health professionals dedicated to providing in-office and online mental health care—at a steeply reduced rate—to clients in need.
Finding a BIPOC Therapist
Inclusive Therapists
The mission of Inclusive Therapists is celebrating marginalized identities, abilities, and bodies. Inclusive Therapists offers a safer, simpler way to find a culturally responsive, LGBTQ+ affirming, social justice-oriented therapist. They center the needs of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and 2SLGBTQIA+ intersections (QTBIPOC). They amplify the voices and expressions of Neurodivergent and Disabled Communities of Color.
Inclusive Therapists is a mental health liberation movement creating change through decolonial education, collective care, and activism.is a standard directory of psychotherapists that many members of the Ithaca therapy community utilize to advertise their practices, introduce themselves to the community, and also indicate their current availability. You can sort listings by the insurance accepted, fees, models of psychotherapy, and more.
REBUILD
Launched in January of 2022, REBUILD connects BIPOC formerly incarcerated individuals to therapists of color. Therapist connectors (including formerly incarcerated people and people who have lived experiences with mental health challenges) assist in matching formerly incarcerated and injustice-involved individuals with therapists of color. This assistance includes finding and vetting therapists, setting up appointments, facilitating the payment process, and paying for therapy for some.
REBUILD connects BIPOC formerly incarcerated individuals to therapists of color, in partnership with Darkness RISING Project, BEAM, Mariame Kaba and Depressed While Black, with the support of generous donors.
Finding a LGBTQIA+ Therapist
QuIPP
QuIPP is a group of mental health professionals who specialize in working with marginalized groups…especially the LGBTQIA+ community. Their therapists know the basics of what it means to be “other,” queer, kinky, poly, spiritual, religious & queer, and systemically-oppressed. So, you won’t have to waste time explaining why your pronouns must be respected, what a polycule is, or why you panic when you see police.
National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network
National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network (NQTTCN) is a healing justice organization actively working to transform mental health for queer and trans Black, Indigenous and People of Color (QTBIPOC).