Resources

Emergency Mental Health Services

If you are experiencing a mental health crisis and are unable to wait until your next scheduled appointment for support, below are resources you can use to help you through this moment. However, if you are experiencing a true medical or psychiatric emergency, please call 911.

24/7 Suicide Hotline - Call 988

Lifeline - Provides information and referrals within the Finger Lakes region, for individuals struggling with a mental health crisis or thoughts of suicide

Call 211

Monroe County Mobile Crisis Team - Psychiatric emergency team that can help you or your loved one who is struggling with a severe mental health crisis; provides assessment and resources

Call 585-275-5151

Rochester Regional Behavioral Health Access & Crisis Center - located at St. Mary’s Medical Campus Building

Call (585) 368-3950

Affinity Place Respite Services - No fee, short-term respite for individuals struggling with a mental health crisis

Call (585) 563-7083

Addiction Services

Rochester Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

Call (585) 232-6720

Rochester Narcotics Anonymous (NA)

Call (585) 235-7889

ROCovery Fitness- For recovery support through fitness, sober living, wellness and community

Call (585) 484-0234

What is Experiential Dynamic Therapy?

Experiential Dynamic therapy is an umbrella term for a therapeutic approach that comes from Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP), created by Habib Davanloo. ISTDP is a type of therapy designed to help people quickly access and process deep emotions that may be causing psychological problems. It focuses on uncovering unconscious feelings, especially those related to past trauma or unresolved conflicts, to promote healing and change. Sessions aim to achieve significant therapeutic progress in a shorter time than traditional therapies.

Though I use various approaches in therapy and consider myself an integrative practitioner, my work is strongly influenced and informed by ISTDP techniques and principles.

Below are some resources you can use to learn more about this approach.

Videos about the Mind-Body Connection

Learn more below about the mind-body connection and how our emotions can play a role in somatic disorders, like chronic pain conditions with no acute physical cause.