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Psychotherapy Center of New Jersey

What is Psychoanalytic Therapy?

Psychoanalytic therapy is an in-depth learning experience through which individuals can make significant and positive changes within their lives. Therapists listen very carefully and help people to identify dysfunctional patterns that have hindered their enjoyment and success in life. We believe that psychological and emotional conflicts can interfere with daily living and prevent people from realizing their potential. Anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and relationship problems can be difficult to alleviate without professional attention. Psychoanalytic therapy fosters emotional growth and psychological health, which like anything of value takes time and investment. Many clients have benefited from intensive forms of psychoanalytic treatment by participating in more than one session per week.

How to Start

After contacting the Center, an initial assessment is made to determine if our services will meet your individual therapeutic needs. If the nature of the difficulty can be helped by psychoanalytic therapy, then a therapist will be assigned. Fees and scheduling arrangements are made with your therapist during the first consultation session.

Our Staff

The staff at the Psychotherapy Consultation Center is composed of dedicated mental health professionals, each of whom have experience helping people with a wide range of personal and emotional difficulties. These experienced therapists may include: licensed psychologists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW), physicians and licensed psychiatric nurses. All psychotherapists are involved in some phase of their postgraduate professional training at IPPNJ.

Fee Arrangements

Fees are determined based on a client's ability to pay. Fees start at $30.00 per session. Therapists are available who meet eligibility requirements for insurance coverage. Clients who wish to participate in more than one therapy session per week may be eligible for a fee reduction.

Educational Services

In addition to our psychotherapy services, speakers are available for lectures or group discussions on a variety of psychological topics. Our professional staff and members have expertise in a wide range of adult mental health issues, including:

Intimacy
Personal Relationships
Creativity
Emotional Growth
Parenting
Self Esteem
We believe, as mental health professionals, that offering our knowledge in these areas is an important and uniquely beneficial service for the entire community. Please see IPPNJ's Speaker's Bureau for further information.

Psychotherapy Center Committee: Harlene Goldschmidt, Ph.D, Coordinator; Irwin Badin, Ph.D; Cecele Kraus, M.S.W.; Helen Strauss, Ph.D; Gerald Woolf, Ph.D.

For More Information Call 1-800-870-5940

Here Is What We Offer

Individual Psychotherapy for Adults
Referrals to Psychotherapists in Private Practice
Moderate Fees Based on a Sliding Scale
Locations throughout New Jersey
Therapy services may be arranged in Bergen, Mercer, Passaic, Burlington, Middlesex, Somerset, Essex, Monmouth, Union, Hunterdon, Morris counties

Managed Care
The Psychotherapy Center of New Jersey together with the Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis of New Jersey is helping patients understand the benefits of psychotherapy beyond short term care. We help make long term treatment affordable by offering moderate cost psychotherapy.

We are highly trained, dedicated therapists who strongly believe in the importance of mental health and the value of long term treatment. We believe that there is no substitute for the trust, caring and healing that occurs in the relationship between a patient and his or her therapist.

Our work with patients over the years has shown that people given the care they need will learn healthier ways to cope with problems in their lives. This emotional healing process cannot be rushed with artificial deadlines based on profit margins.

The Psychotherapy Center fees are based on each patient's financial situation. The initial consultation is $30.00 and the ongoing fee is established with the therapist during the first meeting. In this way more members of our New Jersey community can afford needed psychological treatment despite reductions in mental health care benefits.

The Psychotherapy Center is also helping HMO therapists find good referrals for patients whose individual insurance benefits may run out before they experience the full benefit of psychotherapy.

We have therapists in private practice located throughout New Jersey. Call and ask for our free information packet.