Why do Humans Have So Many Problems?
The answer is that your brain has a mind of its own. It is doing its best to try to keep you safe, but often comes up with the wrong answer. The better you understand why...
Dr Jeffery Smith
Board Certified Psychiatrist
“I help high functioning individuals and families navigate their most challenging passages in English and French.”
About Me
As a Medical Doctor, I understand the unique pressures high-functioning individuals and families face. I partner with you to navigate life’s most challenging passages, offering a clear, collaborative approach. We develop tailored strategies for managing complex situations, helping you move through transitions with renewed clarity and resilience. Sessions, available in English or French, are a space to explore options and build practical tools. Clients value my rigorous yet compassionate guidance for finding a way forward.
Approach
At moments of complex transition I help clients break decisions into clear, time-bound actions, balancing empathy with measurable steps. From my Scarsdale office and via telehealth, I offer structured, paced sessions in both languages to suit busy lives—brief check-ins, deeper work, and practical homework. I use clinical assessment alongside coaching-style planning and targeted skills practice, regularly reviewing outcomes to adjust course. Adults, couples and adolescents facing career shifts, relationship strain or recovery tend to find this focused, accountable collaboration helpful.
Contact Jeffery
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Basic Information
Services
Consultation, Second opinion, Psychotherapy for complex cases.
Services Offered:
- •Coaching
- •Consultation
- •Psychiatry
- •Psychotherapy
Works With:
- •Adolescents
- •Adults
- •Couples
Area of Expertise
Scope of Practice:
- •Addiction
- •Career Issues
- •Trauma
- •Life Transitions
- •Relationship Issues
- •Young Adult Issues
Professional Title:
- •Board Certified Psychiatrist
Qualifications
University of California, Los Angeles
Registrations
New York State Department of Health
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