Featured Therapists:
Every month, PTCNY features our member therapists. This month we’d like to introduce you to:
Modes of Treatment:
Individual Therapy, Addiction-only Family Therapy, On-site CISD, Critical Incident Stress Debriefing, CISM, Critical Incident Stress Management
Specializations:
Mood Disorders, Dual Diagnosis, Drug, Alcohol and Addictive Disorders, SAP Assessments, Referrals + Treatment / DOT, Critical Incident Stress Management + Debriefing
Therapeutic Modalities:
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy, Short-Term Solution-Focused Treatment
Laura Florman, LCSW, SAP
After decades of clinical practice, I have recognized that we enter into treatment for three reasons: relationships, relationships, and relationships…most significantly, the relationship we have with our selves. When our problem-solving skills present as lacking, inadequate, or underdeveloped we may suffer greatly. Left unexplored, our fears and frustrations can seem overwhelming. Understanding the complex underpinnings of our thoughts, feelings and actions can provide the window of opportunity for change. My own complementary paths as psychotherapist and musician dovetail into a deeper awareness of that relationship. Together, we might listen to what is not being said.
Specializing in mood disorders, the diagnosis and treatment of addictive disorders plus the assessment and treatment of those effected by traumatic events, Laura Florman provides behavioral health services via in-office, on-site and off-site contact.
Telehealth is provided on an as-needed basis.
Modes of Treatment:
Individual therapy, Couples therapy, and Group therapy; supervision (of individual, couple, and group therapists), and consulting.
Specializations:
Anxiety; Depression; Trauma; Interpersonal Concerns; Eating Disorders; Grief; Separation and Divorce; LGBT affirmative
Therapeutic Modalities:
Interpersonal, Psychodynamic, Systems, and Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy.
Susan Gair, LCSW
My style of work is active and collaborative. I respectfully challenge you to self-reflect on your habitual ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving, with the goal of recognizing both the positive and negative consequences on you as an individual and on your relationships. While listening to the content of what you speak about, I am simultaneously paying attention to your dynamics and patterns of thought, tone and body language. Together we find effective additional ways for you to self reflect and make changes.
I work with adults in individual, couples, and group psychotherapy; I supervise therapists and trainees in individual and group therapy; and I provide consultation and mediation.