Lucy C. Daniels

Clinical Psychologist, PhD

Office
629 Oberlin Road
Raleigh, NC 27605
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Contact Information
Phone: 919-755-6902
fax: 919-755-6903
Best way to contact: Phone

GENERAL

Gender: Female
Years in Practice: 30+
Fee (per session): $105
Sliding Scale: Occasionally ($30-$100). I only do sliding once therapy is in process and seems to be effective. Reduced fee is thus implemented to continue therapy's effectiveness.
Insurance Policies: Though my fees are typically reimbursed by insurance companies, I do not accept "assignment" of payment by these companies. While I am willing to fill out the "provider" information on statements, I do not submit insurance claims myself. Rather, I give them to my patients for review and it's up to them to decide whether to file or not. I am not a Medicaid or Medicare provider.

CLIENT FOCUS
I see patients of all ages, from very young children through the elderly.

QUALIFICATIONS

Graduate School: UNC Chapel Hill, PhD in Clinical Psychology

Year Graduated: 1977

Description of Psychoanalytic and Psychotherapy Training:

License No. and State:  #0627 NC
Board Certification: Yes
Hospital Practice: N/A

SPECIALTIES
Children, adolescents and adults; psychological evaluations using projective as well as intelligence and achievement measures; creativity problems; Seminar: "Our Problems as the Roots of Our Power" for people involved in creative endeavors; and I'm a fiction writer and have written one book about using dreams to resolve creative blocks- Dreaming Your Way to Creative Freedom as well as a memoir about my struggle with and victory over anorexia nervosa, With a Woman's Voice- A Writer's Struggle for Emotional Freedom.

TREATMENT MODALITIES:
Individual psychotherapy with all ages; consultations; psychological testing; parent counseling

Training, patients, and my own struggles aided by psychoanalysis have taught me that while most lives encounter problems, the effort to deal with these issues with professional support and attention can be excitingly freeing as well as psychologically beneficial. The pursuit of emotional freedom is my life dedication even though, at times, this includes the freedom to experience and deal with sadness, anger and other emotional pain. When such feelings are present (but outside awareness), they need to be dealt with consciously to minimize their potentially negative effects and to facilitate psychological growth.

My obligations are to patients and not to outside "case managers." Therefore, I am not on any "managed care" panels and I never release information about my patients to anyone else unless patients ask me to do so. Experience has taught me that confidentiality is essential if patients are to be able to face issues and fears that often have troubled them for years. Therapist trustworthiness is the most valuable commodity we can offer.