The Institute also offers a comprehensive treatment referral service that provides low cost psychotherapy and multiple-times-per-week psychoanalysis to the community. One of the first psychoanalytic institutes to develop a Trauma Treatment Center, MIP offers a two year training program specializing in the treatment of trauma. MIP has a Multicultural Committee, which focuses on the impact of cultural variables as it informs our practice. Our Institute is dedicated to rigorous training, self-discovery and creativity in a warm, open-minded, and supportive environment for learning and professional development. Founded upon an egalitarian ethos, MIP supports and encourages each candidate's active involvement in all aspects of the Institute community.
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Services Offered
*The Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis (MIP) offers licensed mental health professionals the opportunity to obtain low-cost clinical consultation services from highly experienced psychoanalysts, all Supervising Faculty at MIP. These services are open to clinicians of all levels of experience, including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and psychiatric nurses. Services will be tailored to each therapist's needs. These services can benefit therapists in many ways, including helping the therapist who: * Wants to deepen his or her capacity to engage with new patients and set the therapeutic frame * Is working with issues or patients with diagnoses that the therapist has little experience in * Has reached an impasse with a patient * Is involved in a process or enactment with a patient that is both anxiety-provoking and not well understood * Wants to deepen their work with transference - countertransference issues
Education and Training - MIP offers an intensive and comprehensive psychoanalytic training program, a license-qualifying program in psychoanalysis, a certificate program in trauma studies, and a one-year program in psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
Low-Cost Psychotherapy - the Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis provides low cost psychotherapy and multiple-times-per-week psychoanalysis to people in the New York Metropolitan area, including many students, actors, artists and others who do not have access to affordable mental health treatment in a private practice setting. In light of the changing mental health care climate, which emphasizes quick fixes and offers limited resources to people seeking individual treatment, programs like ours are essential to fill the gap left by insurance company policies.
Fees and Payment
The fee for the initial consultation is $40. Fees for treatment are low to moderate and will be determined by your therapist during your consultation, using a sliding scale. Your fee will be based on your income and any other relevant financial circumstances. Our goal is to provide quality treatment that is affordable to those who need it.
Services Offered To: Adults
Special Groups: Bilingual
Payment: Sliding Scale
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A community counseling agency is a group therapy practice that offers affordable mental health services. Most are independent non-profit agencies, state agencies, or publicly-funded agencies. A few may restrict who is eligible for services, so it is a good idea to check when you call.
Community counseling agencies are generally more affordable than other therapy providers, but how much more affordable they are will depend on whether you qualify for a discount or sliding scale fee (or if they accept your insurance). Many, but not all, have a policy that they won't turn away anyone due to inability to pay. You should ask about their fees when you first call.
Expect to talk to kind people who want to help you find the care you need. Most community agencies strive to connect you with a live person within 24 hours, if not immediately. If you're asked to hold or leave a message, don't give up; just leave a message and wait. You should hear back pretty quickly.
Most agencies try to set up an initial assessment appointment within a week (some do within 24 hours), though the waitlist to start therapy is usually longer—about a few weeks on average. If you're not eligible or if the agency is not right for you, it's usually still worth it to call or drop in, because staff are knowledgeable about local options and can often refer you to one.