Individual, couples, and family therapy and medication management

for high-pressure lives, at every stage

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Running at full speed but losing yourself along the way?

You’re in the right place. I'm a psychiatrist for people who live big, push hard, and want to know what's underneath it all. I work with founders, entertainment professionals, athletes, and anyone living under pressure, along with the kids and teens growing up in those worlds. I also support new parents with medications and therapy to navigate pregnancy and the postpartum period with a new little one.

As a former competitive dancer and consultant to major studios and tech companies, I know high-stakes settings from the inside. Together we'll explore you, your child, or your family’s inner worlds and relationships while also striving to achieve the little and big dreams by using deep psychodynamic work alongside practical tools and medication when it helps. I treat burnout, anxiety, exposure to trauma, OCD, depression, ADHD, and the big transitions, on your schedule, online or in person.

Modalities: psychodynamic and attachment focused therapy, executive functioning skills, CBT, DBT, IPT, ACT, TF-CBT, ERP for anxiety/OCD, couples (EFT), dyadic and family therapy, medication management

I do not accept insurance. I can provide a superbill for my out-of-network clients.

Education & Training

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  • MD, UT Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX (2016)

  • BS in Psychology and Global Health, Northwestern University (2011)

  • Psychiatry Residency (Cultural Psychiatry Track), University of California, San Francisco (2016–2019)

  • Foundations Program, San Francisco Psychoanalytic Center (2018–2019)

  • Certificate in Media in Medicine, Harvard University (2020)

  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Columbia/Cornell NewYork-Presbyterian (2019–2021)

  • Public Psychiatry Fellowship, Columbia University (2021–2022)

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Expierience & Credentials

Experience

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, NYU Grossman School of Medicine (2021–present)

  • Psychiatrist, Bellevue Hospital (2021–present)

  • Founder and Director, Infant and Early Childhood Services, Emma Bowen Community Service Center (2022–2026)

  • Psychiatrist, New York State Office of Mental Health (2021–2022)

  • Frequent writer/commentator for news outlets such as ABC News, TV/Film Advisor

  • UCSF Infant Parent Program (2019)

Awards

  • Child and Adolescent Munson Research Award (2021)

  • Gold Humanism Society (2016)

  • SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Chair

Licensed in

  • New York, Illinois, Florida, Texas, and Ohio

Memberships

  • AACAP Disaster and Trauma Committee

  • The Arthur Project Board of Directors

  • Former APA Communications Council

Publications

Relevant Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Chhabra D. Mental health and the juvenile justice system: where has history taken us? Am J Psychiatry Resid J. 2017;12(10):2-3.

  • Meza JI, Friedman LM, Dvorsky MR, Kass P, Chhabra D, Pfiffner LJ. Outcomes of school-home intervention for attention and behavior problems. Sch Ment Health. 2020;12:1-13.

  • Rafla-Yuan E, Chhabra DK, Mensah MO. Decoupling crisis response from policing—a step toward equitable psychiatric emergency services. N Engl J Med. 2021;384(18):1769-1773.

  • Lohr WD, Wanta J, Baker M, Grudnikoff E, Morgan W, Chhabra D, Lee T. Intentional discontinuation of psychostimulants used to treat ADHD in youth. Front Psychiatry. 2021;12:418.

  • Chhabra D. 60.3 Dream big: the international pursuit of American equal opportunity. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2022;61(10):S81-S82.

  • Morgan W, Chhabra D, Lee T. Psychostimulants used to treat ADHD. Real-World Evidence of Pediatric Exposure to Psychopharmacologic Medications. 2022;64279836.

  • Chhabra DK, Lovero KL, Adam S, Bila C, Eduarda Fernandes M, Rodrigues T, Duarte CS, Wainberg ML. 1.13 Mental disorders and health care seeking among Mozambican adolescents. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2020;59(10):S143.

 

Book Chapters

  • Martinez W, Chhabra D, Cooch P, Oo H, Vo H, Romano A, Farahmand F, Rocha M, San Miguel R, Romero M, Quintanilla A, Matlow R. Patient and community engagement for mental health disparities in Latinx youth immigrant populations: the Fuerte program. In: Breland-Noble AM, ed. Community Mental Health Engagement with Racially Diverse Populations. Academic Press; 2020:189-221.

  • Goldman ML, Rafla-Yuan E, Chhabra DK, Fukuzawa H, Gaskin J, Kok K, Swanson L. Reform in an era of mental health and crisis services innovation. In: Entangled: How People With Serious Mental Illness Get Caught in Misdemeanor Systems. 2024:231-262.

Guides

  • Chhabra D, Montano P. Stress and Trauma Toolkit: Undocumented Immigrants. American Psychiatric Association; 2020.

  • Talking to Young Children About Race. Noggin and Sparkler Learning; 2021.

  • American Psychiatric Association Joint Reference Committee. Advocating for Anti-Racist Mental Health Policies with a Focus on Dismantling Anti-Black Racism. American Psychiatric Association; 2022.

  • Anam S, Chen IL, Chhabra DK, Singhal N, Wong W. Reporter Toolkit: Recommendations on Covering the AAPI Community. American Psychiatric Association; 2023.