I am a board certified general psychiatrist and child and adolescent psychiatrist, providing individual and couples therapy, as well as medication management. Particular areas of focus include depression, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, parenting issues, adoption issues, anxiety disorders, intimacy and relationship issues, sexual compulsive behaviors, obsessive compulsive disorder, personality disorders, and substance abuse.

Education:
Bachelor of Science, Stanford University. Medical Degree, University of California, San Diego. Internship and Residency in Psychiatry, St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, New York Medical College. Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York Hospital, Payne Whitney Clinic, Cornell University.

Specialties:
Addictions, ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), Adolescents, Anger Management, Anxiety, Avoidant Personality, Clinical Depression, Children, Chronically Mentally Ill, Co-Dependency/Adult Children of Alcoholics, Couples/Relationships/Families, Crisis Intervention, Gay/Lesbian Issues, Gender Identity Issues, Grief/Loss Terminally Ill, Issues of Abuse (Abused), Issues of Abuse (Trauma), Individual, Learning Disabilities, Life Transitions, Men's Issues, Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder, Parenting, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Play Therapy, PsychoEducational, Post Traumatic Stress Disorders, Persons With Disabilities, Step/Blended Families, Self Esteem/Personal Growth, Sexual Dysfunction, Stress, Terminally Ill, Victims of Crime

Theoretical Orientation:
Cognitive-Behavioral, Eclectic (Many Therapies), Family Systems, Object Relations, PsychodynamicI

nsurance:
None.

Memberships:
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.