Mental Health Clinic

201 E. Green St.

• Monday 8:15 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Tuesday 8:15-6
• Wednesday 8:15-6
• Thursday 8:15-4:30
• Friday 8:15-4:30

55 Brown Rd

• Monday 8:15 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Tuesday 8:15-6
• Wednesday 8:15-6
• Thursday 8:15-4:30
• Friday Closed

Our clinicians provide treatment for youth and families that may be affected by mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, or trauma.

• Services are available for anyone 25 years old and under.
• Schedule an appointment by phone or come in during our walk-in hours.
• Partnerships with schools allows care to be provided at many local schools. Currently services are offered at the follow locations:
  • Groton Schools
  • Dryden Schools
  • Trumansburg Schools
  • Newfield Schools
  • Boynton Middle School
  • DeWitt Middle School
  • Ithaca High School
  • Caroline Elementary School
  • Enfield Elementary School

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills

Group-based learning with a skills-focus (not just talk-therapy), this group is for adolescents seeking support with managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and reducing harmful behaviors.

Join our licensed clinical therapists in this group program to improve your ability to:

• Reduce behaviors like self-harm, impulsivity, or aggression
• Improve emotional stability
• Strengthen relationships with peers and family
• Increase coping and problem-solving skills

Core DBT Skill Modules taught in this course will include:

Mindfulness

• Learning to stay present and aware without judgment.
• Builds focus and emotional awareness.

Distress Tolerance

• Helps teens cope with crisis situations without making things worse.
• Includes strategies like distraction, self-soothing, and radical acceptance.

Emotion Regulation

• Teaches how to understand, label, and manage strong emotions.
• Focuses on reducing emotional vulnerability and increasing positive experiences.

Interpersonal Effectiveness

• Builds communication, assertiveness, and boundary-setting skills.
• Helps teens navigate friendships, family conflict, and social pressures.

Adult therapy is offered using a variety of evidence-based practice therapies specifically designed to address treatment needs through individual, couples, family, and group modalities.

Services are provided by highly qualified mental health clinicians, including Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Licensed Creative Art Therapists, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, registered nurses, licensed psychiatric nurse practitioners or licensed psychiatrists based on treatment needs. A treatment plan is developed with you to identify the goals you want to focus on after admission. 

Learn how to better understand and manage anger for improved emotional well-being.

This group provides a supportive environment for individuals seeking to understand and manage their anger. The group focuses on identifying triggers, exploring underlying emotions, and developing effective, coping strategies. Through guided discussions and skill-building exercises, participants learn to express their feelings in healthier ways and enhance their emotional regulation. The group fosters a sense of community, allowing members to share experiences and support one another on their journey toward improved emotional well-being.  

Questions? 

Call the Mental Health Services office to learn more: 607-274-6200.

For support with managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and reducing harmful behaviors.

Join our licensed clinical therapists in this group program to improve your ability to:

• Reduce behaviors like self-harm, impulsivity, or aggression
• Recognize personal triggers and patterns to improve emotional stability
• Strengthen relationships through boundary setting and use of communication skills
• Increase coping and problem-solving skills to navigate crisis and conflic

Core DBT Skill Modules taught in this course will include:

Mindfulness

• Learning to stay present and aware without judgment.
• Builds focus and emotional awareness.

Distress Tolerance

• Helps to cope with crisis situations without making things worse.
• Includes strategies like distraction, self-soothing, and radical acceptance.

Emotion Regulation

• Teaches how to understand, label, and manage strong emotions.
• Focuses on reducing emotional vulnerability and increasing positive experiences.

Interpersonal Effectiveness

• Builds communication, assertiveness, and boundary-setting skills.
• Helps to navigate relationships and conflicts.

Questions? 

Call the Mental Health Services office to learn more: 607-274-6200.

Learn to recognize & respond to your child’s cues for connection, comfort, independence & reassurance

Sign Up for the Circle of Security Parenting™ program, facilitated by Tompkins County Whole Health Mental Health Services' Licensed Clinical Therapists

At times all parents feel lost or without a clue about what our child might need from us. Imagine what it might feel like if you were able to make sense of what your child was really asking from you.

Join our licensed clinical therapists in this virtual program to improve your ability to:

• Understand your child’s emotional world by learning to read the emotional needs
• Recognize & respond to your child’s cues for connection, comfort, independence & reassurance
• Support your child’s ability to successfully manage emotions
• Enhance the development of your child's self esteem
• Recognize how your own emotions, experiences and reactions influence parent-child interactions

About the program:

The Circle of Security Parenting™ program is based on decades of research about how secure parent-child relationships can be supported and strengthened.

The purpose of a parent attending a Circle of Security group is to increase an understanding of the child’s emotional and relational needs through an attachment-based framework. Parents learn how to recognize and respond to their child’s cues for connection, comfort, independence, and reassurance. The group supports parents in strengthening secure attachment by increasing awareness of how their own emotions, experiences and reactions influence parent-child interactions.

Questions? 

Call the Mental Health Services office to learn more: 607-274-6200.

Mindfulness based skill building to navigate challenging situations and live a meaningful life

The Acceptance and Commitment Therapy group (ACT) helps people develop psychological flexibility through mindfulness-based skill building with an emphasis on finding ways to choose actions that align with personal values to help find ways to navigate challenging situations and live a rich and meaningful life. In ACT, psychological flexibility is characterized through six core processes:

• acceptance,
• contact with the present moment,
• mindfulness,
• cognitive diffusion (also known as thought distancing),
• values, and
• committed action (values-based actions).

Each group will be devoted to focusing on one of these core processes and building related coping skills while also showing over time how each of the core processes are interwoven to foster a flexible attention to present moment experiences. 

Questions? 

Call the Mental Health Services office to learn more: 607-274-6200.

Peer Support Services provide individuals with the opportunity to connect with someone who has lived experience of mental health challenges, substance use, or recovery. Peer Support Specialist use their personal recovery journeys to offer hope, understanding, and practical support to others navigating similar experiences.

These services are grounded in mutual respect, empathy, and shared understanding. Peer Support Specialists help individuals set and achieve their own goals, build coping skills, access community resources, and strengthen self-advocacy.

Forensic Services
Forensic services are mental health services available for justice-involved individuals.

• SOAR: Sex Offender Accountability and Responsibility is an intensive group-based treatment program for court mandated registered sex offenders.
• EMERGE is a domestic violence psycho-education program for individuals who have been court referred.

Psychiatric Services
Licensed Psychiatrists and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners perform evaluations and ongoing medication management.

Medication Therapy
Medication Therapy is provided to clients who are prescribed medication and receive additional treatment support by a registered nurse.

Long Acting Injectables
Long acting injectables and Clozaril are offered to clients with a severe mental illness. A long-acting injectable is an injection of medication for those who need help managing their medication.