With compassion and integrity at the core of my practice, I work collaboratively with clients to elicit strengths, build skills, and support healing. I utilize traditional and holistic approaches, including EMDR, and create a safe place to enhance well-being.
I am passionate about helping people develop a greater sense of ease, peace, and satisfaction in their lives. For over twenty years I have provided psychotherapy and led workshops for people of all ages. I am a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in New York state. For more information, visit www.cindydern.com.
I see children, adolescents and adults in individual, couple, group or play therapy. I am a trained a client-centered, play, cognitive-behavior, and group therapist. I also completed my training as a modern psychoanalyst. I trained in so many approaches because I believe it is important to find the right modality or combination of modalities for each person, there is no such thing as one method fits all. Together, you and I, will figure out what works best for you.
I have found that group therapy provides a tremendous asset to individual therapy, thus at this point I run a variety of groups: a children's group, a preadolescent group, an adolescent group, a young adult group, adult groups, a rape/sexual abuse victim support group, parent support group, and a supervision group. I truly love my work!
I am an internationally trained psychologist, licensed in New York and Germany, a certified group therapist, a NY certified school psychologist, a NAAP certified psychoanalyst, a German board certified psychodynamic psychologist both for adults, and children and adolescents.
In my 20 years of private practice in the Hudson Valley, I have treated hundreds of adults, children and adolescents and conducted innumerable psycho-educational evaluations and accompanied many parents to the various Child Study or Committee of Special Education meetings.
I have a general practice for a wide range of issues and a wide variety of folks. I also have a specialty in Asperger's Syndrome, High Functioning Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (NOS) and Non-Verbal-Learning Disorder.
I offer social skills development, socialization groups, IEP planning, teacher training, and family counseling.
I have a PhD in Clinical Psychology from City University of New York. I am an active participant in the therapy process, offering direct and clear suggestions when clients might find that helpful. At the same time, I have a very calm, reassuring, and patient presence with people. In other words, if you need support, or just want to vent, I'm there for you. If you want concrete steps for moving forward with your life, I am more than happy to make recommendations. I feel truly blessed to be able to help others, no matter what challenges, neurologically or otherwise, that people face.
I offer
traditional, brief and mindfulness based work with individuals, couples
and families. For the past decade I have been working with
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), which is a combination of eastern
and western practices. DBT helps people learn how to control their
emotions, instead of having their emotions control them. It is a
clear and comfortable way to address problems with depression, anxiety,
addictive behaviors, impulsivity and relationship problems. I
focus post graduate training in helping survivors, people who struggle
with learning disabilities, Reactive Attachment Disorder and intimacy
issues. I also provide workshops and seminars to organizations,
schools and universities, as well as groups in DBT and Coping Skills.
Telephone:
845-679-8522 FAX: 845-679-8522
I have been working as a psychotherapist and teacher
for the past 17 years. I was trained at Columbia University Graduate School of Social Work and
Bank Street Graduate School of Education, with undergraduate training at Tulane
University/Newcomb Collge.
I am also a glass artist and bead maker, with a strong sense of humor.
