Description of The Professionals in Our Practice
Ivan Engel, MD Licensed psychiatrist. Experience in inpatient and office psychiatry. Department of Psychiatry, Saratoga Hospital , past chief. American Psychiatric Association, member. Frequent lecturer. Multi-lingual.
Bick Wanck , MD Board-certified psychiatrist. Teaching faculty, Albany Medical College . American Academy of Psychiatrists in Alcoholism & Addictions, founding member. National lecturer. Textbook and professional articles author. Committee for Physicians Health, member. Pankaj Kishore , MD Licensed psychiatrist. Provides integrated treatment with psychotherapy and medications, as needed. Experienced in psychodynamic and cognitive psychotherapies. Former chief resident with honors, and Academic Psychiatry lecturer, Albany Medical College . Published internationally. Susan Decker, RN, MS, NPP Psychiatric nurse-practitioner. Experience in psychiatric disorders, medication management, and supportive therapy. Client and family teaching. Clinical teaching faculty, Russell Sage College . Teaching faculty, Northeast Health Schools of Nursing.
Ethel Duncan, RN, MS, NPP Certified psychiatric nurse-practitioner. Experience treating addiction and mental illness. Individual and group psychotherapy, psychiatric evaluation, psychopharmacological management. Advanced-practice nurse with holistic approach to treatment.
Jamie Ellis, RN, MS, NPP Certified psychiatric nurse-practitioner. Experience with adult/geriatric populations, psychiatric evaluations, medication, treatment planning, case management and outreach. Individual, couples and group therapy. Evaluation for gastric-bypass surgery candidates.
Paul Clarke, RPA-C Board Certified Physician Assistant. Certified Fellow, American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. Regular guest lecturer, Adirondack Community College . Provides psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and psychotherapy for adults and adolescents. Kerry Brand, PhD Licensed child psychologist. Experience with children, families, and school interfacing. Cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety disorders for individuals of all ages. Provides psychological testing.
Susan Chalmers, PhD Licensed child, adolescent and adult psychologist. Psychological and educational assessments of children. Coordination of services with school. Play therapy, individual psychotherapy, couples and family therapy, parenting coach. Author, lecturer, award winner. Richard W. Osborne, EdD Counseling and psychotherapy for individual adolescents and adults, couples, families, and groups. Experience with smoking cessation, sex therapy, addictions and men's issues with intimacy. Hypnotherapy. Author and lecturer.
Andrea DeGeorgio, LCSW-R Psychotherapist and licensed certified social worker. Experienced with children, adolescents and adults. Providing individual, couple and family counseling. Specializing in depression, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, chronic illness and interpersonal relationship issues. Gerald Schuff, LCSW-R Licensed certified social worker. Experience in treating individuals, families, adolescents and children with mental health issues. Specialization in co-dependency and recovery therapies. Lori Stewart, LCSW-R Licensed certified social worker. Specializes in co-dependency, recovery-oriented psychotherapy, healing past traumas and addiction treatment. Bryant Vallie, LCSW-R Psychotherapist and certified social worker with experience in industrial and human services management. Experience in family therapy, adult/adolescent group and individual counseling, and addictions in multi-cultural environments.
Gerard Wichrowski, LCSW-R Licensed certified social worker. Provides individual, couples and family counseling. Assessments and psychotherapy for children, adolescents and adults. Maiyra Soto, LCSW-R Licensed certified social worker. Extensive experience in the treatment of drug and alcohol abuse, emotional distress, codependency, family issues and personal growth. Fluent in both English and Spanish.
Kim Taormina, M.Ed. Experience with adolescents, children, adults, couples and families in private practice and as a school counselor. Specialization in treatment of trauma, abuse, anxiety and depression. Certified Thought Field Therapist.
Joshua Altschule PsyD Licensed clinical psychologist. Experience with adults,
adolescents, children and families. Individual, family and group therapy is available. Amanda Hall, Office Manager x209 Julie Lonczak, Billing Manager, Intake Coordinator x208 Richard Osborne, EdD
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