Our Practice:

Dear Client,

It is difficult to select a psychologist. You are not alone in knowing little about psychology and related professions until now that you are looking into it. I hope that it will give you some confidence to know that I am a NH-licensed psychologist, a graduate of an APA-approved clinical psychology doctoral program, and am listed in the National Register of Health Care Providers in Psychology. Over the past 21 years of practice, I have worked in public and private, outpatient and inpatient settings, and now maintain a busy private practice in Nashua, NH (not far from the Massachusetts border and serving the suburbs north of Boston in addition to the greater Nashua area). Participating in many HMOs and PPOs, I am familiar with the needs and procedures of managed care and short-term treatment modalities. With this specialization in short-term treatment, over 150 new clients can be seen each year. I maintain psychologist privileges at Southern NH Medical Center and St. Joseph Hospital and Trauma Center, and maintain working relationships with many medical colleagues.

My masters and doctoral degree are from the University of Connecticut, my undergraduate work was at Brandeis University, and my internship was at Worcester State Hospital and what was then the Model Cities Mental Health Center. My specialty is in relationship counseling and counseling related to chronic difficulties in establishing and maintaining love relationships. Co-author of "If This Is Love, Why Do I Feel So Insecure?," 21st printing (Fawcett/Ballantine Press) and working from an attachment theory perspective, I am especially interested in problems of insecurity and jealousy in relationships as well as in the depression that accompanies a relationship's end.

More than 50% of my work is marriage counseling, where I realize that couples can spiral into difficult situations which neither really wants. Knowing that we all want similar basic "supplies" in a relationship -- to feel wanted, cared for and understood, to look forward to coming home and to time together, to enjoy the sharing of lives -- we have to address why these dreams break down. I operate from the premise that it's not because there is any "good person" or "bad person." Rather, it is our fears and resentments which build up over the years which interfere. For example, couples can find themselves in "stand offs" where one won't provide love if the other won't provide respect ... Or various other patterns where each person's defenses interact with the other's, continuing a negative cycle which causes the unhappiness of both. Therefore, the goal of relationship counseling is that of starting a positive cycle, with greater awareness and sensitivity to one another's needs and expectations.

In addition to relationship, individual and family counseling, I also perform psychological evaluations including psychological testing, and maintain comfortable working relationships with local courts, attorneys, physicians and psychiatrists. I participate in Blue Cross Blue Shield of NH, MA, and out-of-state plans, CIGNA, United Healthcare, HCVM, Magellan Health Care, CHAMPUS, Medicaid and Medicare, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Aetna, PHCS, Teamsters Care, Value Options and many other insurance plans. Please call if you are not sure -- we can help or direct you toward other services. I greatly appreciate your interest in the practice and in the web site, and I would be pleased to speak further with you.

Sincerely,

Carl G. Hindy, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist

 

~ Carl G. Hindy, Ph.D. & Associates ~
120 Main Street, Suite 103
Nashua, NH 03060 (603) 880-8773

 

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