My Therapy Practice
If you are looking for a coach to provide a list of instructions, my approach will likely feel different than what you expect. I do not offer quick-fix advice. Instead, I work with individuals, couples, and families who are ready to examine the patterned reactions, roles, and cycles that interfere with their growth.
Based in Elmira, my practice is rooted in Family Systems. This is a non-pathologizing perspective: I see you as separate from your symptoms. Together, we will identify how your current difficulties may have started as survival strategies in response to challenging or traumatic situations.
My role is to help you see these invisible systemic forces clearly. Whether I am working with an individual, a couple, or an entire family, the goal is the same: to move beyond temporary relief and toward a fundamental shift in how you relate to yourself and each other.
I am currently accepting new clients.
My Services
Marriage and Couples: Assessment of conflict pattern and uniting together against the problem
Family: Assessment of family functioning and reorganizing patterned, rules, roles, boundaries, or communication to meet the family’s current need
Parent-Child relationship: Assessment of relational attachment and supporting secure bonding
Biopsychosocial, functional, and genogram (family of origin mapping tool) assessments along with clinical screenings and mental health diagnostic evaluation
Collaborative, individualized, assessment-based treatment plans focused on specific personal goals, functional impairments, and life circumstances
Payment
The service charges above are out-of-pocket costs for private pay. Booking an appointment and all payments go through my Headway Profile: https://care.headway.co/providers/daniel-hodge?state=NEW_YORK
Insurance I am currently accepting:
Aetna
Carelon Behavioral Health
Cigna
Beyond the Diagnosis: A Systemic Approach
In this practice, I don't treat individuals in a vacuum. Whether I am meeting with one person, a couple, or an entire family, the "client" I am treating is the system—the web of relationships, history, and interactions that shape your life.
What is Family Systems Therapy? Most therapy models focus on fixing what is "wrong" with a person. Systemic therapy is different; it recognizes that our behaviors and struggles are often a logical response to the systems we belong to. Rather than looking solely at internal disorders (anxiety, depression, eating disorder, OCD, addiction, etc.), we look for the patterns in the "space between" people, which helps those struggles make sense.
When you work with me, our focus will be on:
The Relational Context
In Family or Couple Therapy: We look at the "space between" you. We aren't interested in who is right or wrong; we are looking at how the network of your relationships creates the current distress.
In Individual Therapy: We explore how you are influenced by your broader network (family, work, or community), treating your struggles as a part of that larger map rather than an isolated issue.
Dynamics of the "Living System"
In Family or Couple Therapy: We identify the repetitive "dance" you’ve fallen into. When we change the rules of the interaction, the entire system is forced to shift, allowing for new ways of relating.
In Individual Therapy: We examine the internalized roles and survival strategies you’ve carried from your past (trauma, relational ruptures). By changing how you engage with these "invisible" dynamics, you change how you show up in your current world.
Direct, Practical Observations
In Family or Couple Therapy: My role is to point out the mechanics of the system that are often invisible when you are inside of them. I observe the patterns of communication and behavior to help you see the cycle for what it is.
In Individual Therapy: I act as a professional observer of your history and current interactions. We look for the recurring cycles and "patterned reactions" that interfere with your growth, giving you the clarity to step out of them.
Who This Is For: This systemic lens is particularly effective for those navigating family conflict, relationship distress, complex trauma, or life stage changes. It is for the client who is less interested in a clinical label and more interested in understanding the "why" behind the patterns they can't seem to break (OCD, addiction, eating disorders, anxiety, depression).
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