Why Us

Here at Fortitude Mental Health Counseling, we provide person centered and compassionate counseling and addiction services in Syracuse and the surrounding Central New York communities. We work with people from all backgrounds and life experiences. We are particularly passionate about serving our community by providing accessible, personalized, safe and transformative care. We believe in developing a strong relationship with our clients and treating each person individually, therefore we tailor each person’s treatment and care based off of your particular experiences, needs and desires.

Our principles and values include empathy and understanding, professionalism and inclusion. Our clinicians are warm, friendly, open and genuine. We want to get to know our clients and value each person’s well-being. Our mission is to empower people to make changes in their lives and build on their strengths to lead passionate, connected and intentional lives. We are trained in evidence-based techniques such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectal Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness based approaches and solution focused which help clients identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns to overcome adversities, regulate emotions and develop coping tools to cultivate presence and self-awareness.

We also provide insurance assistance by contacting insurance to verify benefits and submitting claims to your insurance so that there’s one less worry or task that you have to think about. We will help you take care of all the paperwork, so you can focus on healing.