About Dr. Paras...
I am a Board Certified Adult Psychiatrist, with over 40 years of clinical experience treating adolescents, adults and families in many clinical settings. My current work is informed by those experiences, including specialized fellowship training in adolescent and eating disorder psychiatry.
I attended Stony Brook University for my undergraduate and medical trainiing. I completed an Internal Medicine Internship, a Psychiatric Residency at Yale University, and a Fellowship at Cornell-Columbia Psychiatry Program.
I have been the Medical Director of both inpatient and outpatient programs.
Trained in psychodynamic therapy and family systems therapy, my approach today is eclectic. I have always practiced the combination of psychopharmacology and psychotherapy. I rarely “spilt cases” with other mental health practitioners unless they are providing a speciialized treatment that I do not provide.
In 2010, I began my current specialized solo practice, focusing exclusively on the issues facing women throughout the life cycle.
In the past three years, I have extended my therapeutic skills, by intensively studying Ericksonian Hypnosis. My interest is in acieving deeper lasting changes for my patients, in a time much shorter than I could with psychodynamic psychotherapy, and at a much deeper level than CBT or ACT can provide……
I have successfullycompleted the Milton Erickson Intensive Training Program and The Michael Yapko 100 hr. training program. I am a Certified Practitioner of The American Society of Clinical Hypnosis. Additionally, in the past three years, I have studied EMDR, and I am an EMDRIA approved therapist. I also completed Level One Ego State Therapy training with Wendy Lemke.
I truly enjoy my work and strive to be the best practitioner that I can be!!!
I work collaboratively and respectfully with my patients. I believe that a clear working understanding of the treatment process and the goals of treatment is essential to a satisfactory treatment experience.
Short periods of treatment, with periodic reassessment of goals and progress, is the model that I think is most helpful.
If we are well suited - and this is imperative for a good outcome- we will focus TOGETHER on your return to wellness, and your personal growth.
I trained in the bio-psychosocial model of psychiatry which is now called the Mind/Body model. I highly encourage the practice of meditation and lifestyle changes. My goal is to minimize the amount of medication that one needs to return to a well balanced life , by providing providing targeted psychotherapy and encouraging your development of healthy lifestyle changes.
My Credentials:
Licensures- New York, Florida, So. Carolina & New Jersey. I currently accept new patients from all of these states, except South Carolina.
Certifications: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1983), American Board of Clinical Hypnosis (2024), EMDRIA approved therapist( 2024), EST Level One ( 2024).
Dea Registered in Florida and N.Y. ( NOT CURRENTLY PRESCRIBING CONTROLLED MEDICATIONS - DUE TO MY PRACTICE BEING ENTIRELY TELEHEALTH )
Memberships- American Psychiatric Association, FPS-Florida Psychiatric Society, American Society of Adolescent Psychiatry, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, New Jerssy Society of Clinical Hypnosis, EMDR International Association, Florida Society of Clinical Hypnosis