HelpPRO: Thea Samit, LCSW

Thea Samit, LCSW	Last Updated: 05/05/2012


Office and Contact Information

Therapy Services : Center for Inner Harmony Highland Park, NJ 08904	Phone: (732) 247-0161 Free Phone Consultation: Click Here Email: Click Here Contact: Thea Samit

Gender: Female

Office Hours:

Monday: By appointment
Tuesday: 3pm - 7pm
Wednesday: 3pm - 9pm
Thursday: By appointment
Friday: 2pm - 6pm
Saturday: 3pm - 6pm
Sunday: 9am - 5pm

Response Time to Call:

Weekdays: 1 Day
Weekends: 1 Day

Accessibility:

Are Near Public Transportation

Can Make Home Visits

Can Provide Telephone Counseling

Have Emergency Appointments Available

Offer Evening Office Hours

Offer Weekend Office Hours

Online Therapy Available (email, live chat, video)


Qualifications

Years of Experience: 23

Licensing:

NJ - LCSW [44SCO4713000]

NY - LMSW [055135-1]

NY - Occupational Therapist [003816-1]

Degrees:

MSW

Credentials and Certifications:

Art Therapist (ATR)

Art Therapist (ATR-BC)

Child and Adolescent Therapist

Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)

Expressive Therapist

Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR), Level II Clinician

Psychoanalysis, Certified in

Social Worker, Licensed Clinical

Trauma Treatment, Postgraduate Certificate


Fees and Payment Options

Individual: $80
Group: $50
Family: $80

Sliding Scale: Yes

Private Insurance or Out of Network: Yes

Free Services:

Advocacy

Brief Phone Consultation

Community Education

Initial Consultation/Evaluation

One Hour per wk for Returning Troops and Families

Insurance:

AETNA Inc. (Medicare PPO)	Family Choice Health Alliance (PPO)
AETNA Inc. (Open Choice)	Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield (Horizon Medicare PPO)
AmeriHealth PPO	Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield (Horizon PPO)
AtlantiCare Health Plans, Inc. (PPO)	Mutual of Omaha (Mutually Preferred, Inc.)
CIGNA HealthCare (PPO)	United HealthCare (Options PPO)
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO	WellChoice (PPO)


Problems Served (focus areas are bold)

Addictions/Other (gambling, sex, etc.)	Depression	Life Transitions
Addictions/Substance	Developmental Disability	Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder
Adoption/Foster Care	Dissociative Disorders	Pain Management
Aging	Domestic Violence	Phobias
Anger Management	Eating Disorders	Physical Illness/Impairment
Anxiety/Panic Disorders	Elder Abuse	Self Abuse
Asperger's Syndrome	Family Dysfunction	Sexual Abuse/Rape
Attachment Disorders	Firesetting	Sleep Disorders
Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder	Forensic	Spiritual/Religious Concerns
Autism	Grief/Loss	Stress
Behavioral Problems	Interpersonal Relationships	Trauma/PTSD
Child Abuse and Neglect	Learning Disabilities	Women's Issues


Populations Served (focus areas are bold)

Age Groups:

Adolescents (13-17)	Children (6-12)	Seniors (60 +)
Adults (26-59)	Preschool (Under 6)	Young Adults (18-25)

Specific Populations:

ACOA (Adult Children of Alcoholics)	College Students	Interracial Families/Couples
AIDS/HIV+	Diabetes	Military/Veterans
Biracial	Disabled	Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Brain/Head Injured	Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual	Obese or Overweight
Cancer Patients	Gifted	Sensory Impaired (hearing, vision, etc)
Caregivers	Grandparents	Step Families
Children of Divorce	Immigrants/Refugees	Twins
Chronic Illness


Treatment Methods and Approaches (focus areas are bold)

Theoretical Approach:

Advocacy	Expressive Therapy	Parent Guidance
Behavioral	Feminist	Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
Behavioral Medicine	Focusing	Play Therapy
Biofeedback	Geriatric Consultation	Prevention
Body Centered Psychotherapy	Gestalt	Psycho-Educational
Coaching	Holistic	Psychoanalysis
Cognitive/Behavioral	Home Study	Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Contemplative	Humanistic	Psychodrama
Crisis Intervention	Imago Relationship Therapy	Psychodynamic
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)	Information and Referral	Relational
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)	Internal Family Systems (IFS)	Sandplay Therapy
Dream Work or Analysis	Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)	Short-Term (Brief Treatment)
Education Consultation	Jungian	Social Support
Eidetic Image Therapy	Long-Term	Supervised Visitation
EMDR	Mediation	Thought Field Therapy (TFT)
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)	Meditation/Relaxation	Transpersonal Psychology
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)	Narrative Therapy	Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Evaluation/Diagnostic	Occupational Therapy	Vocational Counseling/Rehabilitation
Existential Psychotherapy	Outreach

Methods Used:

Educational or Psycho-Educational	Group	Peer Support
Family Systems	Individual	Supervision/Consultation


Religious and Multi-cultural Experience (focus areas are bold)

Religious Experience:

Buddhist	Hindu	Muslim
Christian	Jewish

Multi-cultural Experience:

African-American	Haitian	Native American
Arabic	Hispanic	Pacific Islander
Asian	Irish	Portuguese
Caribbean	Italian	Russian


Professional Associations

American Art Therapy Association (AATA)

Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA)

Association for Humanistic Psychology (AHP)

International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD)

National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

Sandplay Therapists of America (STA)

Sidran Institute

Society for Spirituality and Social Work

Groups


Small peer play group for high functioning autism

Address will be furnished during contact.

Group Focus:

Autism/PDD
Asperger's Syndrome
Developmental Disability

Group Status:
Group Type:

Forming
Social Skills

Member Age:

Children (6-12)
Adolescents (13-17)

Member Gender:

Any

Location:	Office in private home Highland Park, NJ 08904
Phone:	(732) 247-0161

Meeting Day:	Saturday
Meeting Time:	Afternoon