As a clinical psychologist I am available to help with various problems, from anxiety and depression, decisions to be made, or interpersonal conflicts, to chemical or other dependencies, severe mental illness, and medical problems. I promise you a thoughtful as well as knowledgeable approach to such problems based on my training and experience. I provide psychotherapy that integrates psychodynamic, cognitive, behavioral, and existential orientations.
I teach mind-body quieting techniques for the management of stress, anxiety, and pain. When necessary, I am accustomed to collaborating with physicians of various specialties; on the other hand, many of the consultations I provide are kept strictly private. By law, no information can be released to anyone without your written consent. This website will give you information about me, my practices, my thinking about problems in living and how to address them, and ways to contact me.
Email is available, but please remember that email is not a secure means of communication.
I teach mind-body quieting techniques for the management of stress, anxiety, and pain. When necessary, I am accustomed to collaborating with physicians of various specialties; on the other hand, many of the consultations I provide are kept strictly private. By law, no information can be released to anyone without your written consent. This website will give you information about me, my practices, my thinking about problems in living and how to address them, and ways to contact me.
Email is available, but please remember that email is not a secure means of communication.
Services
Are due at the time of the service unless other arrangements have been made.
Cash and checks are accepted.
There are charges: for missed appointments that have not been canceled at least 24 hours in advance, and for returned checks.
I participate in traditional Medicare.
Medicare does not cover my fees in full, however, so unless you have supplemental insurance ("MediGap") you will be billed for the remainder.
I do not participate in any other insurance plans, including Medicare Advantage, or Medicaid.
Cash and checks are accepted.
There are charges: for missed appointments that have not been canceled at least 24 hours in advance, and for returned checks.
I participate in traditional Medicare.
Medicare does not cover my fees in full, however, so unless you have supplemental insurance ("MediGap") you will be billed for the remainder.
I do not participate in any other insurance plans, including Medicare Advantage, or Medicaid.
I provide psychological treatments for mental and emotional problems such as depression and anxiety, and for medical conditions such as chronic pain.
I do not prescribe medications.
In more complicated cases a psychiatrist is the physician most specialized in medications for mental and emotional problems.
At the same time, medications are not free of side effects (there is no medicine for any condition that only has the effect we want; there are always other effects, called side effects; sometimes these can be problematic), nor do medications always completely resolve problems with anxiety or depression.
I do not prescribe medications.
In more complicated cases a psychiatrist is the physician most specialized in medications for mental and emotional problems.
At the same time, medications are not free of side effects (there is no medicine for any condition that only has the effect we want; there are always other effects, called side effects; sometimes these can be problematic), nor do medications always completely resolve problems with anxiety or depression.
Dr. Thomas J. Rostafinski is a clinical psychologist licensed in the State of Illinois since 1984.
He graduated from Ohio University (Athens) with a doctorate of philosophy (Ph.
D. in clinical psychology in 1981.
He also holds a master's degree in clinical psychology from Ohio University and a bachelor's degree from Reed College (Portland, Oregon).
The clinical psychology training program at Ohio University has been and remains accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA).
He also studied at the Jagiellonian University in Krakw, Poland, where his great-grandfather had once been professor of botany.
He graduated from Ohio University (Athens) with a doctorate of philosophy (Ph.
D. in clinical psychology in 1981.
He also holds a master's degree in clinical psychology from Ohio University and a bachelor's degree from Reed College (Portland, Oregon).
The clinical psychology training program at Ohio University has been and remains accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA).
He also studied at the Jagiellonian University in Krakw, Poland, where his great-grandfather had once been professor of botany.
Psychotherapy may not be about consciousness at all.
Rather, it may be about change, about effective action, about movement in the sense of growth.
It is a treatment for mental disorders, but it is also a means for expanding consciousness, fostering self-knowledge, unearthing and developing new skills and potentialities.
The process may sometimes be painful, but it may also be necessary for the breaking up of the logjams encountered in life, in work, in relationships, and in personal growth.
Psychotherapy can work very constructively with states of consciousness, sometimes formally by means of hypnosis, sometimes just by paying increasing attention to the moment-to-moment fluctuations we experience throughout the day and night.
Rather, it may be about change, about effective action, about movement in the sense of growth.
It is a treatment for mental disorders, but it is also a means for expanding consciousness, fostering self-knowledge, unearthing and developing new skills and potentialities.
The process may sometimes be painful, but it may also be necessary for the breaking up of the logjams encountered in life, in work, in relationships, and in personal growth.
Psychotherapy can work very constructively with states of consciousness, sometimes formally by means of hypnosis, sometimes just by paying increasing attention to the moment-to-moment fluctuations we experience throughout the day and night.
While saying so may run counter to the American can-do spirit, there are many conditions and situations for which there is no complete or satisfying solution.
Chronic pain is one example, terminal illness is another.
Medications, injections, and surgery do not always alleviate pain.
A chronic condition is a permanent one.
How is one to deal with a problem that cannot be solved?
Psychological consultations can help with this.
What makes life meaningful is a very individual matter, but the loss, or threatened loss, of whatever it is that makes life meaningful can precipitate a psychological crisis.
Chronic pain is one example, terminal illness is another.
Medications, injections, and surgery do not always alleviate pain.
A chronic condition is a permanent one.
How is one to deal with a problem that cannot be solved?
Psychological consultations can help with this.
What makes life meaningful is a very individual matter, but the loss, or threatened loss, of whatever it is that makes life meaningful can precipitate a psychological crisis.
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