Network of Independent Mental Health Care Providers
Tom Andrews, Ph.D.
Tom Andrews, Ph.D. has been in private practice in Rochester since 1979. He works with adults and couples. His clinical training in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy focuses both on stress management and relationship skills. His clinical approach involves coaching in recognizing and avoiding destructive patterns of thought, language, and behavior and in practicing positive patterns. He has extensive experience in working with anxiety disorders, including Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia. The strategies and tactics that are employed with anxiety disorders are supported by extensive clinical experience and research. Similar strategies and tactics are applied generally in work with patients/clients dealing with excessive, disruptive negative emotions, including also stress, worry, and anger. The overall aim is better management of inevitable negative emotions, especially when they are excessive, allowing for a more effective positive focus.
In working with individuals and couples on relationship problems, Dr. Andrews also focuses on coaching in recognizing and avoiding destructive patterns and on practicing more effective patterns. This relationship work often includes working on better managing one's own negative emotions, language, and behavior when provoked by others. Dr. Andrews also works with adults transitioning from divorce.
Dr. Andrews earned his Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology) from the University of Rochester. He earned his B.E.E. (Electrical Engineering) from North Carolina State University, his M.S.I.M. (Industrial Management) from Purdue University, and his Ph.D. (Philosophy) from The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He has worked as an electronics engineer and taught philosophy. He is married and lives with his wife in Fairport. They have a daughter in high school and a son in college.
Jane Dalton, Ph.D.
Jane Dalton, Ph.D. received her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from York University in Toronto. Dr. Dalton then came to Rochester to complete her Clinical Internship at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Following her Internship, Dr. Dalton returned to Toronto for a two-year University of Toronto Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Women’s Mental Health at Women’s College Hospital. She is now a licensed clinical psychologist in Canada and New York State.
Dr. Dalton works with older adolescents and adults. She treats individuals with a range of presenting problems including depressive disorders, anxiety disorders (Panic Disorder, Social Phobia, Agoraphobia, and PTSD), the sequelae of childhood abuse, life transitions, and adjustment disorders. In treating individuals Dr. Dalton draws from a variety of treatment models including insight orientated therapy, emotion focused therapy, relational approaches and cognitive behavioral therapy. Dr. Dalton also specializes in treating couples experiencing relationship/marital distress. Her approach to working with couples is also informed by her research on relationship satisfaction – most recently she developed a study to examine the effectiveness of Emotion Focused Couple Therapy for women with a history of childhood abuse. Emotion Focused Couple Therapy helps couples reduce conflicts and increase feelings of closeness by accessing emotions and unmet attachment needs.
Dr. Dalton is a member of the American Psychological Association, and the Genesee Valley Psychological Association. Dr. Dalton is currently certifying as an Emotion Focused Couple Therapist through the Ottawa Couple and Family Institute.
Paul Decancq, Psy.D
Dr. Decancq, a Rochester native, completed his undergraduate education at James Madison University in Virginia. He received his Master Degree from Boston University and his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Wright State University in Ohio. Dr. Decancq completed his residency at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center where he developed a special interest in treating survivors of trauma. He has participated in extensive research on treatment options for anxiety disorders and assisting rescue workers following devastating events such as 9-11. Dr. Decancq has been interviewed by the Democrat and Chronicle and has appeared several times on the local news discussing the symptoms and treatment of trauma. Dr. Decancq and his family reside in Fairport.
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Anxiety / Panic Disorder
- Anger Management
- Men’s Issues
- Domestic Violence (Perpetrators and Survivors)
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Maryanne G. Hamilton, Ph.D.
Maryanne G. Hamilton, Ph. D. received her undergraduate degree from Mercyhurst College and her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Kent State University. She studied behavioral methods of fear reduction in her dissertation research. Dr. Hamilton completed her clinical internship at the Brecksville Psychiatric Hospital near Cleveland. She came to Rochester to take a position at a community mental health center and eventually opened her own practice. She was one of the first psychologists in Rochester to go into independent practice. Dr Hamilton built Hamilton Associates which became one of the largest group psychology practices in the area. Dr. Hamilton has been very active in the local psychology and behavioral health communities. She formed and was the first president of the Rochester Area Association of Clinical Psychologists, has served on advisory committees to area HMO’s and has held clinical appointments at hospital settings. Over the years, she has served on a number of community boards. She lives in the City of Rochester and is a committed urban dweller. She and her husband, who is a college professor, cannot find enough time to spend with their five grandchildren.
Dr. Hamilton has had advanced training in the cognitive behavioral treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders. However, her clinical approach is eclectic and she values the healing value of the therapeutic relationship over all. She currently works with adults in individual psychotherapy and also conducts psychological evaluations.
Myrna Hill, M.S., LMHC
Myrna Hill, M.S., LMHC, NCC, ACS is a licensed mental health counselor, marriage and family therapist, nationally certified counselor and approved clinical supervisor. She has over 30 years of experience as a mental health clinician and is an Adjunct Instructor at St. John Fisher College Mental Health Counseling graduate program. Ms. Hill received her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin, her graduate degree from Northern Illinois University, and her post-graduate 2-year certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy from the NJ Center for Family Studies. She has been a supervisor and program director at various mental health hospitals and agencies, as well as having a private practice.
Ms. Hill received advanced training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy for the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder with Dr. Marsha Linehan and staff, in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for the prevention of depression relapse and the reduction of anxiety, with Dr. Zindle Segal, and in Child-Centered Play Therapy with Dr. Jeff L. Cochrane and Nancy H. Cochran, M.A.
Ms. Hill works with adults, couples, adolescents, children and families. She also provides programs of meditation, parenting and stress reduction. In her private practice, she uses empathetic, person-centered approaches along with empirically validated cognitive-behavioral approaches and uses Child-Centered Play Therapy for 3-12 year olds. Ms. Hill works extensively with mood disorders, general anxiety disorder, couples relationships, families with alcoholism and substance abuse, ADD/ADHD, borderline personality disorder, and a wide range of adolescent and children’s issues.
She lives in Pittsford with her family and enjoys exercise, hiking, meditation, reading and tutoring reading in K-3 grades.
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