Child and Teen Psychiatry in NYC
You've noticed a pattern in your kid that doesn't add up, and waiting it out hasn't closed the gap. When you need a child psychiatrist in NYC, Integrative Psych provides child and teen psychiatry in Manhattan for kids roughly 6 through 17, with one clinician for evaluation, therapy, and medication when it's indicated.
- In-person · Manhattan
- Telehealth · New York
Start with an assessment
Short, private check-ins that help you put words to what you're noticing before your first conversation.
Child ADHD
A check on a child's focus, follow-through, and emotional reactions.
Adult ADHD
A check on focus, organization, and follow-through in adults.
Anxiety
A check on worry, tension, and how much they shape your days.
Depression
A check on mood, energy, and interest in everyday life.
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What Parents Notice
Most parents don't arrive with a diagnosis in mind. They arrive with a pattern they can't explain, and it helps to call it by name. You might recognize some of these:
Patterns like these aren't character flaws. They're clinical signals, and when they're evaluated properly, they point to conditions that have real, evidence-based treatment.
The short version
- Child and teen psychiatry for kids roughly 6 to 17, covering ADHD, anxiety, depression, and OCD, plus support for co-occurring conditions.
- Every child's care is informed by the Sigmund Assessment, so the clinician understands your child's case before their first appointment.
- One clinician handles therapy and medication together, with parents looped in throughout.
- Not every clinician sees children; we match your child to one credentialed for child and adolescent care.
- Care is in-person at our Manhattan office, or by telehealth anywhere in New York State.
It tends to show up like this
You might recognize some of these.
- Mornings unravel the same way every day, despite every system you've tried.
- Homework takes two or three times longer than it should and starts with avoidance.
- Sleep is never quite enough; bedtimes are long and loud, and mornings are worse.
- Small things trigger big reactions at home that nobody sees at school.
- Grades slipped a full letter this semester and your kid won't say why.
- Your kid says "my brain is broken" or "I'm just stupid," and you know neither is true.
- The teacher, pediatrician, and two friends-of-friends have each suggested a different label.
- Waiting and watching has quietly become the whole plan.
Common Conditions in Children and Teens
These frequently co-occur. The Sigmund Assessment maps the full picture first, so the plan targets what's actually driving it, not the loudest symptom.
ADHD in teens
ADHD in adolescents rarely looks like the running-around version most people picture. It shows up as chronic procrastination, missed deadlines, time blindness, and working twice as hard for half the output. By high school, a teen who has been quietly compensating for years can look like a motivation problem when the issue is executive function. More on ADHD.
Teen anxiety
Anxiety in teenagers shows up as physical tension, disrupted sleep, social avoidance, quiet perfectionism, and relentless mental rehearsal before school or a hard conversation. It's often the first thing to surface and the easiest to miss, because an anxious kid can still look like they're holding it together. More on anxiety.
Teen depression
Depression in teens rarely arrives as the sad, withdrawn kid in the stock photo. It surfaces as irritability, lost interest in what used to matter, sleep changes, and a widening gap between the kid at dinner and the kid you used to know. For many teens, anxiety leads and depression follows. More on depression.
Children's OCD
OCD in children is often missed for years because the rituals live inside the child's head: intrusive thoughts, checking, counting, contamination fears, or needing things to feel "just right." Kids rarely volunteer this, and the first-line treatment is exposure and response prevention, a structured form of therapy. More on OCD.
How We Care for Children and Teens
Every child's care is informed by the Sigmund Assessment, a structured evaluation the clinician reviews before the first appointment. It maps your child's symptoms, history, sleep, school and home environment, and your goals together, so session one starts with a plan instead of paperwork.
From there, one clinician handles the care: evaluation, therapy, and medication management when it's clinically indicated. There's no therapist-and-prescriber split, and parents are looped in throughout, from history-gathering and home-strategy coaching to school documentation and developmentally appropriate privacy for teens. Where therapy is the right step, CBT adapted for kids builds the planning, initiation, and regulation skills medication alone can't teach.
Not every clinician sees children. We match your child to one specifically credentialed for child and adolescent care, by age, presentation, and fit. The practice houses clinicians affiliated with the National Institutes of Health, Columbia University, and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and you can explore the research behind how we assess and treat. Care is available in-person at our Manhattan office, and by telehealth anywhere in New York State.
Assess
The Sigmund Assessment captures your symptoms, history, and goals before your first appointment, so your clinician already understands your case.
Match
We match your child to a clinician specifically credentialed for child and adolescent care, by age, presentation, and fit.
Treat
One clinician coordinates medication, therapy, and lifestyle care, including sleep, exercise, and daily structure, from the start.
Track
Progress is tracked with validated measures, so you can see what's changing rather than wonder.
Clinicians who treat children and teens
Board-certified psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners. The practice houses clinicians affiliated with NIH, Columbia, and New York-Presbyterian.
Insurance and Billing
Integrative Psych is an out-of-network practice. You pay at the time of service and receive a monthly superbill to submit to your insurer for potential out-of-network reimbursement. Many PPO plans reimburse a portion, and your insurer is the best source for what your plan covers. To check yours, call the number on your card and ask about out-of-network reimbursement for outpatient psychiatric evaluations, follow-up visits, and therapy.
Billing, simply
- Out-of-network; you pay at the time of service.
- Monthly superbill provided for reimbursement.
- Many PPO plans reimburse a portion of out-of-network care.
- Call the number on your card to confirm your benefits.
Frequently Asked Questions
At what age can children begin treatment?
Our child and adolescent clinicians typically evaluate kids from roughly age 6 through 17. The youngest appropriate age depends on whether a structured evaluation will yield reliable findings and on the clinical picture you bring. For younger children, we can discuss fit on your initial consultation call.
Do you prescribe medication for children and teens?
When it's clinically indicated, and with full parent involvement. Medication is one tool among several, considered when symptoms are moderate-to-severe, when therapy alone isn't producing enough change, or when a condition is interfering with school, sleep, or safety. Dosing is adjusted on validated measures, and parents are part of every decision, including informed consent.
What does therapy look like for a teenager?
Structured and skills-based, not open-ended processing. CBT adapted for adolescents targets the patterns medication alone can't touch: procrastination, task initiation, time estimation, emotional regulation, and the self-concept damage that builds after years of being told to try harder. One clinician handles both therapy and medication, so the two are calibrated together.
How are parents involved?
Parent involvement is built in from intake, where you share the background context that feeds the Sigmund Assessment. You'll have parent-only sessions to gather history and coach on home strategies, family sessions when the plan calls for it, and school coordination when appropriate and authorized. Younger children's care centers on parent coaching; teens get developmentally appropriate privacy.
Where can I find a child psychiatrist near me in NYC?
Our office is at 80 8th Ave in Manhattan, where children and teens are seen in person. We also offer telehealth anywhere in New York State. Some care decisions, including certain medications, may call for an in-person visit, which your clinician will discuss with you.
How do I know if this is the right step?
If a pattern at home or school has persisted past the point where waiting feels useful, or the gap between what your child can do and how they're doing keeps widening, an evaluation is a reasonable next step. The Sigmund Assessment maps the full picture first, so you get a clear read rather than a label.
Get Your Child an Answer
When waiting and watching has stopped being a useful plan, this is where to start. A consultation gets you a clinician matched to your child's age and presentation, and a plan you understand before anything begins. Appointments are in person at our Manhattan office or by telehealth anywhere in New York State.