Dr. Christina Persaud, M.D.
Dr. Christina Lakshmi Persaud is a native New Yorker, born in Manhattan + raised inQueens. She graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in Neuroscience andBehavior and a Masters in Public Health. She also earned a Masters in BiomedicalSciences at Tufts Medical University. She received her Doctor of Medicine (MD) atSUNY Upstate Medical University and […]
Dr. Nirupama Tamirisa, M.D.
Although she works with people of all ages, Dr. Tamirisa has always had an affinity for helping younger patients. Born in India and educated in Dubai, she completed her medical studies in the United Arab Emirates. “I was always interested in adolescent and childhood mental health issues, including autism,” she recalls. While doing adult psychiatry […]
Michele Hochberg, LMHC
Michele received her bachelor’s degree in English from Tulane University and her master’s in Counseling Psychology from Antioch University. A licensed mental health counselor in the state of New York, she relocated from Vermont six years ago to be closer to her three grown children. Michele practices Relational Therapy; an approach based on the idea […]
Patricia Sage, LCSW-R
Patricia Sage-McLean, LCSW-R, hails from a small town in upstate New York. After receiving her BA from Binghamton University, she completed her MSW at the University at Albany School of Social Welfare. She received advanced training in cognitive-behavioral therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy from Upstate Medical University at SUNY Syracuse. For the last four years, […]
Sheila M. Torres, LCSW-R
Sheila grew up in a large family on Long Island, where she learned the importance of helping one another. “My parents encouraged us to consider the needs of the whole family.” This mindset helped Sheila develop the ability to see things from another person’s perspective. Years later as a student at California State University, Fullerton, […]