About Us/Our Services

psycholgistBehavioral Mental Health Counseling PLLC caters to individuals, families groups and organizations throughout Long Island NY and the five boroughs of New York City. We provide counseling as well as assist other health care providers, non-profit agencies, schools, government organizations, business and foundations with licensed clinical staff, training, technical assistance/ program development and corporate compliance/ quality improvement.

We also provide telehealth services in the states of Delaware, Florida, South Carolina and Vermont.

Through our clinical practice we provide counseling, psychotherapy, clinical assessment, evaluation, treatment planning, case management, prevention, discharge, and aftercare services to individuals, families, groups and organizations.

Our main focus consists of providing behavior modification and cognitive behavior therapy. Even though these are our primary techniques that we practice we will work with you in a flexible and comprehensive manner to best meet your needs.

Behavior modification is a treatment approach, based on the principles of operant conditioning, that replaces undesirable behaviors with more desirable ones through positive or negative reinforcement.

Cognitive behavior therapy assumes that faulty thought patterns cause maladaptive behavior and emotional responses. The treatment focuses on changing thoughts in order to solve psychological and personality problems.  Our therapy techniques utilize a goal-oriented, therapeutic approach, and it treats emotional and behavioral disorders as maladaptive learned responses that can be replaced by healthier ones with appropriate training.

Our approach to therapy is proactive, while many therapists focus on past problems and traumas, we focus on helping our patients resolve current problems.  Some of our areas of specialization include:

• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

• Asperger’s Disorder and Autism

• Learning Disabilities/ Developmental Disabilities

• Gambling Disorder– Richard Anemone is a team member of the Long Island New York Council on Problem Gambling (NYCPG).

• Anxiety/ Stress Management

• Psychological/ Psychiatric/ Emotional functioning (e.g., depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder).

• Anger Management– Richard Anemone is certified as an Anger Management Specialist from NAMA, the Association for Anger Management Professionals.  This certification is accepted by all state and federal courts in US and Canada for individuals who are court ordered to attend an anger management program and/or domestic violence prevention program.  Upon completing the required number of sessions instructed by the court, your employer, or referring agency, you will be awarded a certificate that indicates compliance with the program if needed.   Through this training you will learn skills to generate alternative healthier ways of thinking and behaving while learning relaxation and problem-solving skills.

We are dedicated to the optimal functioning of our patients. We use standard mental health assessments and evaluation protocols, develop patient psychosocial histories, write treatment plans, document patient progress, facilitates consultation and referral with other providers, and implement discharge plans.

We work with you using solution-focused approaches.

         “Like a lighthouse that guides a ship through a dark and stormy night

           allow us to guide you to a place that is full of peace and happiness”