Welcome Anita Chu MD to Insight Counseling and free help for parenting teens
Insight Counseling Welcomes Anita Chu MD
as our Medical Director
Dr. Chu is a Board-certified psychiatrist who graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Neuroscience and received her medical degree from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Upon graduation, she received the Leah J. Dickstein Award for Leadership and Creativity, a national award given to one female graduating medical student from the Association of Women Psychiatrists. Dr. Chu has diverse training, including an internship at ABC News in New York
City as part of the Medical Unit to promote medical journalism. She has worked as a staff psychiatrist at Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, CT and for the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. She is currently also the Director of Psychiatric Medicine at High Watch Recovery Center in Kent, CT.
Dr. Chu describes her approach to treatment:
"Adolescents and young adults are a key focus of my practice, including those who may struggle with substance abuse and other disorders such as depression, anxiety, or another mood disorder. I am passionate about providing support and guidance to young people and their families at a critical juncture in their lives. I work to get comprehensive family history d
ata and information from several sources, including high quality psychological testing, and spend a great deal of time with patients in order to make the best decisions about diagnosis and care. I try to tailor the most efficient medication regimen with the fewest medications possible to make a meaningful difference in a person's quality of life. I also believe in a holistic and integrative approach and collaborate with many other professionals to optimize physical and mental well-being. My goal is to provide compassionate and comprehensive care that takes into account the biological and psychological factors that are part of each person's unique make up."
With many choices, what is unique about
Insight Counseling assessment and treatment services?
Why choose us?
Insight Counseling is a small and committed group of therapists and healers who have dedicated their lives to the care of families and individuals.
Clients of Insight Counseling experience an expert level of caring and service that is unparalleled. Our staff is devoted and each has an average of more than 25 years' experience as experts in their practice. Everything we do to help families is rooted in empirical and evidence based care to ensure robust results. We have very flexible office hours and the ability to access therapists during off hours for support and coaching. We have adolescent specialists, and also treat adults, couples and families. We specialize in engaging and retaining "resistant" adolescent and young adult clients who may have multiple problem areas, such as media addictions, eating disorders, avoidant behaviors and more.
We provide complementary and evidence based experiential care to all clients, Yoga, expressive arts psychotherapy, art therapy, spiritually focused care, therapeutic physical activities for young people and much more.
We can see new clients within the same day or 24 hours in urgent situations. With established clients we can always help families the same day.
Most of our clients receive 50-80% reimbursement from insurers.
Insight Counseling works with most insurance carriers.
Insight offers application for reduced fees for families in need.
Insight staff works with adults, couples, families, children and teens.
We offer more intensive services for teens and young adults with
depression, anxiety, school avoidance, eating disorders, substance abuse and other problems that interfere with growth.
These programs help young people remain at home and in the community and succeed and meet after school and in the evening two to three times per week and include family involvement.
Our staff members are highly dedicated and have an average of 25 years' experience each. We love our work and are highly accomplished and respected in our areas of expertise.
We love what we do!
Anita Chu, MD
Liz Driscoll Jorgensen, CADC
Patricia Bragdon, Ph.D
Kristin Dineen, LCSW
Clare Gelissen, LMFT
Carolyn Kelly-Winter, MA
Reisa Minakan, LCSW
Pam Walker, CADC
Rosa Esposito, Spiritual Adviser, Yoga Teacher
Jean Daniello, Yoga Teacher
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ff Member Highlight:
Rosa Esposito - Yoga Teacher
Rosa believes in the service of teaching yoga. As a veteran teacher of teens for more than two decades, Rosa is a recent graduate of Basil Yoga 200-Hour Teacher Training. She has studied the Chakra system with Anodea Judith at Kripalu and the Open Center in NYC. Additionally, she has training in several schools of meditation: Centering Prayer and Mindfulness & Vipassana Insight Meditation. As the leader of our Theraputic Yoga Program, Rosa brings a set of skills unparalleled in the healing arts.
Rosa also teaches at Basil Yoga in Ridgefield and is a sought-after spiritual advisor both here at the office and privately.
Holding 'sacred space' is the focus of Rosa's teaching: "You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope." - T. Merton
You can see Rosa's schedule at Basil Yoga by clicking here:
