Depression rarely looks like depression in Huntington. It looks like still hitting your numbers, still showing up at the school board meeting, still on every email thread, while the lights inside are dimmer than they used to be. Treatable, almost every time.
Huntington households tend to carry a lot at once. Finance and law jobs that run on long hours, kids in highly-ranked schools where the social expectations are real, parents tied into Heckscher Park and Caumsett community life, and a quieter biotech and research thread through the Cold Spring Harbor area. Depression here often arrives after years of high performance and looks like fatigue with no clear cause.
How depression therapy works here
The most studied outpatient depression therapies are cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), behavioral activation, and interpersonal therapy (IPT). All three are evidence-based, and most people start feeling traction inside eight to twelve sessions. Our Clinical Director is also EMDR-trained, which can be useful when depression has roots in a specific loss or earlier experience.
What it costs
The Huntington insurance mix skews heavily toward commercial PPOs through finance, law, biotech, and the school districts. We are in network with the major plans and verify your specific benefits in writing before the first session. With most in-network plans (Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Oxford, Northwell Direct), the typical out of pocket cost is between $0 and $40 per session, depending on your specific plan. Coverage may vary; we check your specific benefits in writing before your first session at no cost. Send your insurance information here.
If we are not in network with your plan, you may still have out of network benefits that reimburse a portion. The payment options page walks through the Mentaya tool to check that quickly. Self-pay rates are listed there too.
Same-week openings, most weeks
We hold intake capacity so most weeks we can get you in within days, not months. Sessions are in person at our Long Island office or by secure video anywhere in New York State.
How to start
Three options:
- Call or text 631-371-2718.
- Send a note via the contact form.
- Verify your insurance first on the verify insurance page.