Courtney Kadish-Smith

LMHC
Accepting Clients

I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who specializes in both mental health and substance use disorders.

Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in New York

Services
  • Individual
  • Couples
  • Adolescent/Teen

About My Clients

Do you ever feel as though your heart is going to pound out of your chest, or you are worrying about different things constantly? Is it hard for you some days to get out of bed to eat something or even shower? Anxiety and depression can be extremely difficult at times to manage or even feel impossible at times. I don't want you to have to feel this way and struggle with these emotions and feelings anymore. My flexible approach will help introduce healthy coping skills in order to feel better.

My Background and Approach

I graduated from SUNY Cortland with a B.A in Psychology with a minor in sociology. I went on to graduate school at Canisus College of Buffalo and obtained my Clinical Mental Health Counseling degree. I have worked in several different environments such as inpatient for co-occurring disorders, outpatient for both mental health and substance use, and a pediatrician's office offering counseling from anyone of the age 7/8 and up. I am a very flexible therapist in which I am able to meet my patients where they are at and help them achieve their goals using different techniques and types of therapy. My main goal is to help my client feel better about themselves and their lives with providing healthy coping skills to better be able to manage everyday things. My mission is that every client who walks through my door or I meet virtual will feel safe enough in order to open up and be vulnerable to the process that we walk through together.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I truly believe that everyone has the strength or qualities inside of them to be able to change their lives. I feel as though how people get to their full potential is different for everyone and I am here to help them through the storms in order to find the sunshine. Overall I think most clients have unhealthy behaviors they have learned throughout the years which have provided barriers in order to get better for themselves and I believe I can help people change those behaviors with recognizing them and wanting to find ways to improve them. I believe that everyone has a purpose and meaning in this world no matter where you come from and my goal is to help you find that regardless of your gender, race or political beliefs.

Techniques I Use

Specialties
Addiction Counseling Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Person-Centered (Rogerian)
Other Techniques
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Existential Therapy
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Psychoanalytic
  • Relational Therapy
  • Solution Focused Brief Therapy
  • Integrative Therapy

Issues I Treat

Specialties
Anxiety Depression
Insurance Plans Accepted
  • Aetna
  • Cigna
  • Oscar
  • Oxford Health Plan
  • United Healthcare
I offer online counseling in the following states:
I have experience with the following
  • Multifaith

At A Glance

  • Experience: 9 years of practice
  • Languages: English
  • Rate: $80 - 130/session

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