Hi there, welcome to my practice!

I am a Psychiatrist Board Certified in Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry with over a decade of clinical experience. I treat people from all walks of life with central goal of helping my patients achieve optimal mental health and empower them to make choices that work best for them.

Yoga, spiritual practice and Ayurvedic practices are a big part of my life, and I love incorporating those aspects into my treatment plans for patients who are open to it. I also love reading books! I am always recommending good reads to my patients who share my love for literature.

Before I came to the US, I spent a few years working as a medical officer in the Indian Army and I have a lot of experience treating trauma and addiction.

Integrative Psychiatrist and therapist

I am particularly passionate about treating trauma, PTSD, addiction and I am invested in Women’s mental health.

I also enjoy providing holistic care for patients from diverse backgrounds and helping parents who have kids with special needs. Parenting is tough when your kids have special needs, more so if they are twice exceptional. It gets even trickier when you are an immigrant straddling two cultures. I absolutely LOVE helping parents find their way through these challenges. It's like finding the secret recipe to make the kids flourish – mixing warmth and structure just right. Seeing those little ones thrive just lights me up!

Above all, what matters most to me is giving my patients that special touch of warm, collaborative, and holistic care. I integrate medications, supplements, labs, lifestyle changes, psychotherapeutic approaches like CBT, EMDR, and mindfulness and mindful self-compassion to provide culturally sensitive care.

Check out my credentials below to learn more about my experience and qualifications.

My Credentials

  • Board Certified in Psychiatry since 2015

  • Board Certified in Addiction Psychiatry since 2016

  • Medical school in Armed Forces Medical College, India, 2004

  • Residency in Psychiatry at SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, NY, 2015

  • Fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital, NY, 2016

  • Worked as a medical officer in the Indian Army.

  • Worked as Medical Director at Montefiore Medical Center.

  • Worked as Assistant Professor at Albert Einstein college of Medicine.

Additional Psychotherapy training

  • Level I Depression and Anxiety – Student and Faculty Workshop

    Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy

  • Fellowship in Psychoanalysis, Institute for Psychoanalytic Education, NYU School of Medicine, NY                    

  • CCTPII- Certified Clinical Trauma Professional level II (taught by Dr. Janina Fisher)

  • NCTTP – National Certificate in Tobacco Treatment Practice

  • EMDR-Basic training+10 hour consultation

  • Community reinforcement and family training (CRAFT) course, Center on Addiction, New York, NY

  • Advanced supervision for Community Reinforcement and Family Training  (CRAFT)

  • Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change Theory and Skill- Based Seminar by Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)

  • Advanced supervision for Motivational Interviewing

  • Self-compassion training for health care communities, Center for Mindful self-compassion

  • Trauma Center Trauma sensitive yoga 20 hour workshop