As a trained child and adolescent psychiatrist, I have helped hundreds of patients manage and, many times, overcome their mental health difficulties. I am passionate about providing the best care possible for your child and family.
As a psychiatrist working with children and teens, I place especial importance in seeing the patient as an individual with particular needs and desires but also as a part of a greater system, where their relationships, school, friends and family play a significant role in defining and shaping them.
Through my detailed assessment and consultation, I want to develop a good understanding of my patient’s life, being mindful of their sufferings and limitations as well as their strengths and unique qualities; and from this knowledge create a clinical formulation and provide treatment recommendations that are best suited for them and their family.
Treatment
Depression and mood disorders
Anxiety disorders
PTSD and trauma and grief related disorders
ADHD
Oppositional and defiant disorder
Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
Developmental disorders
Autism spectrum disorders
School and other related phobias, along with other behavioral and emotional disturbances
“The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.”
— Erik Erikson
“The chief symptom of adolescence is a state of expectation, a tendency toward creative work, and a need for the strengthening of self-confidence. Suddenly, the child becomes very sensitive to the rudeness and humiliations which he had previously suffered with patient indifference.”
— Maria Montessori
“Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born.”
— G. Stanley Hall