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Cara Maniaci
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, LCSW-R
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448 Manville Road, Pleasantville, NY 10570
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My approach to therapy is psychoanalytically informed, borrowing tools from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-based approaches. I take time to get to know the person in their present day-to-day life, as well looking carefully at past history, patterns of thought and behavior, and relationship dynamics. My goal is for my clients to develop a deepened relationship to themselves. This work involves us partnering to find language and create structures that facilitate change.
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Many of my clients are struggling with careers or relationships. I am especially attuned to the joys and pitfalls of creative work and see artists of all types. I work with individuals from many cultural and religious backgrounds, and am sensitive to those negotiating relationship to tradition/ family with respect to their own self-understanding.
Also, as a clinician at The Renfrew Center of New York, and for over 10 years in private practice, I have made the treatment of eating disorders and body image concerns a specialty and passion. I understand the unique treatment demands and the challenges these issues present medically, as well as in relationship life.
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $180
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by American Express, Cash, Check, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Paypal, Venmo, Visa, Zelle
Insurance
- CHP-NYU policy only
- Wellfleet
- Out of Network
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Cara Maniaci
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, LCSW-R
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of New York / R076264 Cara Maniaci
- Certificate from Stephen Mitchell Center for Relational Studies 2014
- Certificate from Intl. Assoc. for Relational Psychoanalysis 2012
- Attended New York University, Graduated 2004
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Eating Disorders
- Relationship Issues
- Depression
Expertise
- Addiction
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Geriatric and Seniors
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Marital and Premarital
- Men's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Parenting
- Personality Disorders
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Racial Identity
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Spirituality
- Substance Use
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Endorsement
Client Focus
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Family / Marital
- Feminist
- Interpersonal
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
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Cara Maniaci
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, LCSW-R