Compassionate, Comprehensive, Collaborative, Client-centered care
Karen H. Brody, MD, LLC
Compassionate
Comphrensive
Collaborative
Client-centered Care
About Me
I am board-certified in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and General Psychiatry with over 30 years of professional experience in both the private and public sectors.
I attended Howard University College of Medicine. I did my Psychiatry residency training at the University of Colorado followed by Child and Adolescent Psychiatry residency there and at The Insitute for Juvenile Research/ University of Illinois in Chicago. I completed a post-residency fellowship in the Law and Psychiatry Division of the Yale University Department of Psychiatry and was previously board certified in Forensic Psychiatry. I also completed intensive training in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) for adolescents and adults.
I offer psychotherapy for children (six and older), adolescents, and adults through a variety of modalities, including play therapy, talk therapy, parent guidance, and psychopharmacology, as indicated, after completion of a comprehensive diagnostic evaluation.
I listen empathically and validate the concerns of my patients. My style is straight forward, direct, and collaborative. Together, we identify issues and obstacles that brought you to therapy and develop a treatment plan that enables you to accomplish your goals.
I do not participate in insurance plans. Payment is due at the time of service. Upon request, patients will be provided with the forms necessary to file for insurance claims.
My Services
ADULT SESSIONS MAY BE IN-PERSON OR VIA TELE-PSYCHIATRY
I do not see children remotely. Generally, I see adolescents in-person, but in certain circumstancces I may see them remotely.
Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluation
After an initial free phone consultation and with your informed consent, our work together begins with a comprehensive diagnostic evaluation that includes discussing your current symptoms and my obtaining information about your physical health as well as emotional and behavioral issues that impact your functioning.
In some cases, I may request that you permit me to obtain past treatment records or communicate with other providers who are involved in your care.
I believe that a thorough assessment is essential as the basis for developing a treatment plan that clearly identifies your goals and my recommendations.
Diagnostic visits are typically scheduled for 60-90 minutes.
Psychotherapy
I strongly believe that "talk therapy" and age-appropriate play therapy are essential to mental health care.
I see patients for medication evaluation who are referred by non-perscribing therapists with whom I closely collaborate.
My education and clinical experience include extensive use of both insight-oriented and cognitive therapy modalities, including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
At present, I work with children (ages 6 and older), adolescents and adults. As appropriate, I work with families.
Psychotherapy sessions are typically 50-60 minutes. Sessions for younger children may be shorter.
Psychopharmacology
I prescribe psychiatric medication(s) for some, though by no means all, of my patients when, in my clinical judgement, medication is warranted as an element of the treatment plan on which we agree.
I obtain your informed consent, based on discussing benefits and risks of the prescribed medication as well as consequences of choosing to decline medication.
My working with you is not dependent on your decision about medication.
Patients may be seen for follow-up medication management once clinically stable. This entails regularly scheduled visits that focus on the symptoms the medication is intended to address, review of any bothersome side effects, and discussion of relevant changes in your life.
These visits are typically15-20 minutes in duration.
Contact Me
Karen H. Brody, MD
500 Monroe Turnpike, Suite 4
Monroe, CT 06468-2345
kbrodymd@gmail.com
203-586-1753
FAX 203-586-1762