Something changed
Grades, sleep, appetite, friendships, or mood shifted and has not shifted back, and you want to know whether this is developmental or clinical.
A developing brain,and a whole family.
Board-certified child and adolescent psychiatry, informed by years of consultation across Southern Westchester and Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES school systems.
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Overview02
A child is not a small adult, and a diagnosis at nine is not the same object as a diagnosis at thirty.
Children and teenagers present differently. Depression can look like irritability or a collapse in schoolwork. Anxiety can look like stomach aches, refusal, or a child who will not speak outside the house. Getting this right requires clinicians who assess development, temperament, and environment alongside symptoms — not a checklist built for adults and scaled down.
Families are part of the assessment, not an audience for it. Parents and caregivers are interviewed, school reports and teacher observations are read, and the treatment plan accounts for what is actually workable in your household on a Tuesday morning.
Where school is part of the picture — accommodations, 504 plans, IEP considerations, re-entry after an absence — we have sat on the other side of that table. Consultation experience across two BOCES systems means the recommendations we write are ones schools can actually act on.
What this addresses
- Depression in children & teens
- ADHD
- Generalized & Separation Anxiety
- Selective Mutism
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- School Refusal
- Disruptive Behaviour
- Adolescent Mood Disorders
- Tics & Related Presentations
- Sleep Problems
Who this is for
The school is asking
You have been asked for an evaluation, documentation, or input on accommodations, and need a clinician who understands what schools require.
Medication questions
A stimulant or antidepressant has been suggested for your child and you want a careful second read before starting — or a review of one already running.
How it runs
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Parents first
We usually begin with the caregivers: developmental history, what you are seeing, what has already been tried, and what you are most worried about.
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The child's own visit
Time with your child at a level appropriate to their age — and, for adolescents, time alone, which is often where the real history surfaces.
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The wider picture
With your consent, we gather school observations, prior testing, and pediatric records, so the formulation is not built on one room's worth of information.
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A plan the family can run
Recommendations you can actually execute — at home, at school, and clinically — reviewed as your child grows and the picture changes.
Common questions
What patients ask about child & adolescent psychiatry.
If yours is not here, ask it directly — we would rather answer before an appointment than after one.
Ask a questionThe practice is board-certified in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry, so care can continue across the whole span rather than handing your child off at eighteen.