Facility Mountain View Medical Offices Department of Psychiatry Address 565 Castro Street Mountain View CA 94041 Map & Directions Telephone New appointments: (408) 366-4400 Return Appointments/Information: (650) 903-2850 Child Psychiatry Appts / Info: (408) 366-4450 Chemical Dependency Recovery Program Appts / Info: (408) 366-4200 Child Psychiatry and Chemical Dependency Recovery Program is located at the Santa Clara Medical Center View your preventive services

Department Hours

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Closed	8:30 am 5:30 pm	8:30 am 5:30 pm	8:30 am 5:30 pm	8:30 am 5:30 pm	8:30 am 5:30 pm	Closed

Mountain View Psychiatry Department's Philosophy

As your clinicians, we want to provide the best care possible for you. We believe in treating the whole person with the focus on mind-body wellness. At this clinic, we can offer you group therapy, individual therapy, and medication evaluation depending on our comprehensive assessment of what would be the best care for your particular problem. We, as therapists, believe that group therapy is very helpful and is an important benefit we can offer our members. We are particularly skilled in bringing this form of treatment to our members. At our clinic, we offer a comfortable and welcoming environment for members to come and receive treatment. We look forward to working with you.

About Me

I was born and raised in India and came to the United States in 1986. I graduated with a B.A. Honors in Psychology in 1983 from Delhi University and a M.A. in Social Work from the premier school of Social Work in India – Tata Institute of Social Sciences.I received my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1994 from California School of Professional Psychology and have been licensed as a psychologist since 1995. I received the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Graduate Student Research Award in 1993.

I completed my postdoctoral training in child neuropsychological assessment at Child Development Center of Children's Hospital, Oakland and at Kaiser Permanente Oakland, Department of Psychiatry with rotations in Adult Outpatient, Alcohol and Drug Treatment, and Children's Services. Upon completion of my post doctoral training, I worked at Kaiser Permanente Oakland, Adult Psychiatry Department as a staff psychologist from September 1995 until January 2006.

Since February 2006, I have been a staff psychologist at Kaiser Permanente Mountain View, Adult Psychiatry Department. I am involved in supervision of postdoctoral psychology residents.

My prior clinical training has included working with diverse patients Inpatient, and Outpatient Day treatment, and Crisis services. I have trained at Mission Mental Health Adult Outpatient and Crisis Services in San Francisco, Day Treatment Program of Children’s Hospital, San Francisco, and Inpatient Child and Adolescent Services and Adult Outpatient Services of McAuley Neuropsychiatric Institute of St. Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco.

My Interests

Professionally, I really enjoy doing clinical work with both individuals and groups. I incorporate cognitive behavioral and other approached to treatment. I am especially interested in working with patients in a collaborative manner that encompasses individual and cultural sensitivity, a preventive approach, enhancing self care, identifying strengths, and teaching skills to more effectively deal with their problems.

Personally, I enjoy traveling, photography, learning to play the piano, reading and spending quality time with my family and friends.

I am fluent in English and Hindi.

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