Neiman Yvonne D MS, Washington Crossing, PA (2025)

A Bucks Country native, Yvonne Neiman has been a practicing psychologist for 30 years. She is skilled in working with individuals, couples, and groups for a variety of difficulties, including anxiety, depression, family/relationship conflicts, school/social adjustment, grieving, loss, and life changes. Along with these areas of general practice, she specializes in adolescent struggles, postpartum depression, and aging issues. Assisting her is Lucky Duck, her therapy dog who shares her home along with two rescue cats, Sophie and Serena

05/08/2022

WE ARE STILL WELCOMING NEW REFERRALS
BUT FOR THOSE WE ARE UNABLE TO SEE - HOW TO FIND A GOOD THERAPIST

Let me start by saying that the impact of COVID-19 on mental health has been tremendous, with so many people seeking therapy that our practices are overwhelmed.

Here at the Center for Psychology, we continue to accept new referrals. However, depending on when you call and on your availability, we may have to put you on a short waiting list.

If for whatever reason -- limitations due to your insurance, wanting to be seen in person but living a distance away, etc.-- you need to look elsewhere for a psychologist, here is one way to go about doing it.

This phenomenon has made finding a therapist -- particularly a good one-- much more difficult than it has in the past. But it can be done. However, it requires that you do a lot more legwork, and keep going until you find the right therapist for you.

There is more than one way to go about doing this. Below I'm suggesting one approach that stands a good chance of working for you.

Finding Therapists That May be a Good Fit for You
1. Go to psychologytoday.com. At the top of the Home Page, you'll see Find a Therapist.
2. Put in your zip code (not your town--there's a reason for this)
3. Profiles of therapists will pop up right away. However, I suggest that you immediately widen your search geographically.
4. On the second line of the horizontal site navigation, it will say Home>PA or NJ>Your Zip Code. Click the + to the right of the Zip
Code to broaden your search. I'd suggest a 10 mile radius.
5. You can then narrow your search by choosing to click on Issues/Insurance/Gender/Type of Therapy/Age/Price/Ethnicity/ Sexuality /Language/and Faith
6. Now scroll through the profiles that pop up. I strongly encourage you only to consider licensed mental health professionals. My preferences, back in the pre-pandemic times when I could make a referral, include Psychologists (Ph.D., Psy.D., Ed.D., M.S., or M.A.); Clinical Social Workers (LCSW); or Marriage and Family Therapists (MFT).
7. Read each profile carefully, and pay particular attention to the bios-they can tell you a lot about the therapist.
8. Choose 5-10 therapists that might be a good fit for you.

Scheduling an Initial Appointment
1. I'd suggest calling every therapist on your list.
2. It is reasonable to expect a call back within one business day (or two, given the current climate). I'll be honest in saying that some will not return your call, even to say they have no openings. It shouldn't be that way, but it is happening. I wouldn't suggest calling a second time.
3. When the therapist returns the call, ask if s/he has a current opening or a waiting list. If the answer to either is Yes, ask if they can talk for a few minutes, so you can tell her/him why you are seeking therapy and ask whatever questions you have. That conversation is a good initial indicator of whether this is a good person for you to see.
4. If the therapist has no openings but does have a waiting list, get onto the waiting list. Get onto as many waiting lists as you can if no one has an immediate opening.
5. If the therapist does not have a waiting list and does not have openings, ask if you can call back at a later date. Ask the therapist what time frame for calling back would be best.
5. Then be patient. Sometimes getting an appointment is just a matter of luck-- calling at a time when someone has finished therapy, and that therapist does not keep a waiting list.
6. Last, just keep at it. As busy as we are, therapists do get openings in their schedule.

Good luck! All the best to you in your search.
Yvonne

07/23/2021

HOW OUR OFFICE IS KEEPING OUR CLIENTS SAFE

With the advance of the 4th wave of COVID-19, we continue to take precautions to keep our clients, and ourselves, safe.

We ask that you come into the office suite wearing a mask. Because we are a small practice, however, most of the time you will be the only person in the waiting room.

It is now policy that everyone in our office is fully vaccinated. For those who choose not to be vaccinated, therapy sessions are available online or (weather permitting) in our secure, private outdoor therapy area (pictured here).

All vaccinated clients have three options for therapy, which they can change from session to session :
(1) You can have your session in our office suite, in-person and socially distanced.
(2) Weather permitting, you can have your session in our secure outdoor therapy area (last year, we kept our outdoor therapy area open until the first week in December-- we have a heater out there!)
(3) You can have your session online through GoToMeeting.

We are closely monitoring the increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in both Bucks County and Mercer County. At present, the positivity rate is low enough to continue with this approach. However, if the positivity rate surpasses 5%, we will resume the stricter protocols that we had in place prior to this month. Hopefully, that will not be necessary.

Although are schedules are busy, we are still accepting new clients. Our policy is to schedule initial appointments within a week of your request. We see clients ages 13 and up.

For more information, please call The Center for Psychology at (215) 321-9111 (preferred) or email us at yvonnecfp@aol.com.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or concerns.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Stay safe and enjoy the rest of the summer.

Yvonne Neiman, Director
Licensed Psychologist

06/11/2020

Psychological research can help reduce crime, increase community trust, says APA CEO.

03/22/2020

1. Click on "2020 Calendar" above in the horizontal site navigation to view the entire calendar. You'll see why you want one for yourself, and how they make a great holiday gift.

03/17/2020

GRACIE (OUR OFFICE CAT) OFFERS SAGE ADVICE TO HELP EASE YOUR ANXIETY
A Coping with COVID-19 Message from The Crossings Animal Society

Here at The Crossings Animal Society, we’ve been thinking about ways to help during the coronavirus crisis. We know that a lot of you are spending a great deal of time at home, time that you are usually at work, school, or just doing the business of everyday life.

So we thought it might be useful to rely on our feline and canine friends—who are often very wise—to share information, suggestions, thoughts, and things to ponder. We will therefore be posting a lot. If we are too intrusive, please delete the message – we won’t be offended (we won’t actually know). But we promise to do our best to inform, support, and sometimes just entertain you.

Today’s message comes from Gracie, one of our office cats, pictured here. Gracie is often quite Buddha-like in her approach to life (she also has begun to look somewhat Buddha-like-- but I digress.)

Gracie got to thinking about how often we are all washing our hands, and how it must be a bit irritating to be singing “Happy Birthday” over and over.

So Gracie suggests something different to say. It is taken from what is called the Lovingkindness, or Self-Compassion Meditation. In it, four sentences are repeated several times. Research has shown (and Gracie’s person, Yvonne, who is a psychologist, confirms this) that saying these four sentences helps to calm your anxiety.

The sentences are:
May I (we) be safe. May I (we) be healthy. May I (we) be happy. May I (we) have peace of mind.

Saying these four sentences slowly, letting them absorb, takes about 20 seconds—the recommended time for washing your hands. So Gracie suggests that you give it a try, and do two good things for you at once.

On behalf of all of us here at CAS, Gracie says, “Be well.”

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