Location

Compos Mentis leases a 22-acre farm that belongs to The Cayuga Nature Center, a center for environmental and outdoor education. The farm is three miles south of Taughannock State Park and approximately five miles north of Ithaca, N.Y. It is situated on a gentle slope overlooking Cayuga Lake. Its main entrance is on Garrett Road, just south of the Nature Center on Rte. 89 (locally known as Taughannock Boulevard).

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We are a non-residential program and believe in the value of learning to live with a mental illness while remaining a part of one’s home community. We expect families and friends to participate regularly and serve as volunteers, along with many others in the community at large. In the evening and on weekends, apprentices are encouraged to attend special events at our farm or take advantage of arts, festivals, concerts and other events in the community.

Compos Mentis operates Mondays through Fridays, from morning to late afternoon, and with occasional evening and weekend activities.

Ithaca, NY

Ithaca, NY, is a community rich in resources. The number of psychotherapists in this community of 60,000 is more than 200, and that does not count pastoral counselors and a variety of others.This is also a place of exceptional beauty, the centerpiece of which is Cayuga Lake and the streams that flow into it through gorges and waterfalls. This community abounds in musicians, home-grown theaters, and exceptional craftsmen.