COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TRAINED JOHNS HOPKINS TRAINED BOARD CERTIFIED PMHNP
GARDEN CITY OFFICE
Concierge Psychiatric Care
for High-Stakes Professionals
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TRAINED JOHNS HOPKINS TRAINED BOARD CERTIFIED PMHNP
GARDEN CITY OFFICE
Concierge Psychiatric Care
for High-Stakes Professionals
Life in Long Beach comes with its own pace. Many residents are balancing demanding careers, family responsibilities, commuting, and the pressure to keep everything moving. Over time, that can take a toll. Anxiety, burnout, low mood, poor sleep, irritability, or difficulty concentrating may begin to affect your work and relationships even when things look fine from the outside.
If you are looking for psychiatric care in Long Beach, The Lieberman Center for Psychotherapeutics provides individualized treatment for adults in Long Beach, Atlantic Beach, Lido Beach, Point Lookout, and surrounding communities. Appointments are available through secure telehealth throughout New York State, with in-person visits offered at the practice’s Garden City office.
The practice is led by Brad Lieberman, JD, MSN, PMHNP-BC, a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner trained at Columbia and Johns Hopkins and a former attorney. He conducts psychiatric evaluations, makes diagnoses, and prescribes and manages medication for adults across New York State. His background provides an understanding of the demands that can come with high-pressure professional and personal environments while keeping treatment focused on the individual patient.
Psychiatric symptoms do not always fit neatly into one category. Ongoing stress may contribute to anxiety or sleep problems, while depression can sometimes appear as irritability, exhaustion, difficulty concentrating, or a loss of motivation rather than obvious sadness.
Treatment begins with understanding what is happening in your life and how your symptoms are affecting you. Depending on your needs, care may include medication management, psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), or a combination of approaches.
Anxiety can make it difficult to shut off your thoughts, sleep well, concentrate, or feel present when you are away from work. Some people experience persistent worry, while others deal with panic attacks, physical tension, or a constant feeling of being on edge.
Treatment for anxiety may include CBT, psychotherapy, medication management, or a combination of these approaches. The goal is to understand the factors contributing to your anxiety and find a treatment plan that fits your circumstances.
Depression can affect motivation, concentration, sleep, relationships, and enjoyment of things that once mattered. In busy professionals, it may initially look more like exhaustion, irritability, withdrawal, or difficulty keeping up with responsibilities.
A psychiatric evaluation can help determine whether depression or another condition may be contributing to these changes. Treatment may include therapy, medication, or both, with follow-up appointments used to assess progress and make adjustments when appropriate.
Long-term professional pressure can eventually become difficult to manage, particularly when there is little opportunity to step away from work. Burnout may show up as emotional exhaustion, reduced motivation, difficulty making decisions, irritability, or feeling disconnected from work that once felt meaningful.
Psychiatric care can provide a place to look at the broader picture, including work demands, sleep, relationships, coping patterns, and any symptoms of anxiety or depression that may have developed alongside chronic stress.
Medication is not automatically the answer, and therapy does not have to be an alternative to medication. For some patients, one approach is appropriate; for others, combining medication management with psychotherapy may provide a more complete treatment plan.
When medication is considered, decisions take into account your symptoms, medical history, previous treatment experiences, other medications, potential side effects, and preferences. Follow-up appointments provide an opportunity to see how treatment is going and make changes when needed.
Psychotherapy may be provided on its own or alongside medication management. CBT and solution-focused approaches can be useful for concerns such as anxiety, excessive worry, perfectionism, chronic stress, low mood, and difficult life transitions.
For selected patients, pharmacogenomic testing may provide additional information about how the body processes certain medications. It is one clinical consideration among many and does not determine treatment by itself. Laboratory testing may also be considered when there is a reason to look for a possible medical factor contributing to psychiatric symptoms.
Getting consistent psychiatric care should not require rearranging your entire workday. For Long Beach residents, traveling off the barrier island for every appointment may not always be practical.
Secure telehealth is available for eligible patients throughout New York State, allowing many appointments to take place from home or another private setting. Patients who prefer face-to-face care can meet at the Garden City office.
This hybrid approach gives patients the flexibility to choose the setting that works best for a particular appointment while maintaining continuity of care.
The Lieberman Center is primarily a private-pay psychiatric practice. This approach allows the practice to operate independently of many insurance-related requirements and may be preferred by patients who want greater control over how they access psychiatric care.
The initial 60-minute Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluation is $595. 30-minute follow-up and medication-management appointments are $375.
Patients with out-of-network benefits may be able to seek reimbursement from their insurance provider. Superbills are available for eligible services, and the practice works with Reimbursify to assist patients with the claims process. Because benefits differ between plans, patients should confirm their individual coverage directly with their insurance company.
Long Beach and the surrounding barrier island communities are home to professionals working in medicine, law, finance, business, healthcare, and other demanding fields. For people accustomed to managing significant responsibilities, asking for help can sometimes be harder than continuing to push through.
Psychiatric care provides an opportunity to step back and look at what is actually happening, not simply whether you are managing to keep up. Whether the primary concern is anxiety, depression, burnout, sleep, concentration, or a difficult transition, treatment can be tailored to the issues that matter most to you.
Look for a clinician whose training, treatment approach, availability, and appointment structure fit your needs. Psychiatric care is provided by more than one kind of clinician. Psychiatrists are physicians. Psychiatric nurse practitioners are advanced practice nurses who also evaluate, diagnose, and prescribe psychiatric medication. The Lieberman Center is led by Brad Lieberman, PMHNP-BC, and provides psychiatric evaluations, medication management, psychotherapy, and CBT for adults in Long Beach and surrounding South Shore communities.
Not the same, though the care overlaps substantially. A psychiatrist is a physician. A psychiatric nurse practitioner is an advanced practice registered nurse with graduate training in psychiatric and mental health care, board certified, who conducts psychiatric evaluations, makes diagnoses, prescribes and manages medication, and provides psychotherapy. For many adults seeking evaluation, medication management, or therapy, either clinician can provide that care. Patients with complex medical conditions who need a physician’s involvement for other reasons may prefer a psychiatrist.
Yes. Anxiety treatment may include psychotherapy, CBT, medication management, or a combination of approaches, depending on the patient’s symptoms and circumstances.
Yes. CBT may be incorporated into treatment for anxiety, depression, chronic stress, excessive worry, perfectionism, and other concerns when clinically appropriate.
Yes. Secure telehealth is available for eligible patients throughout New York State. Many patients can complete both initial and follow-up appointments virtually.
No. In-person appointments are available at the Garden City office, but eligible patients can receive care through secure telehealth. This can make ongoing psychiatric care more convenient for Long Beach residents.
The initial 60-minute Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluation is $595. Follow-up and medication-management appointments are $375 for 30 minutes.
You do not need to wait until anxiety, burnout, depression, or ongoing stress begins interfering significantly with your life before seeking help. A psychiatric evaluation can help clarify what may be contributing to how you are feeling and what treatment options may make sense.
The Lieberman Center for Psychotherapeutics provides private psychiatric care for adults in Long Beach, Atlantic Beach, Lido Beach, Point Lookout, and surrounding South Shore communities, with both in-person and secure telehealth options available.
If you are looking for psychiatric care in Long Beach, contact The Lieberman Center to request an initial evaluation and discuss whether the practice is a good fit for your needs.
If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, available 24/7.