Sarah Klagsbrun, MD

I am a board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist. In addition to my private psychiatric practice, I created Uptown Mommies, a place for pregnant women and mothers with children ages zero to five to receive parent guidance and support.

Degree

Title

• Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist

• Assistant Attending & Clinical Instructor at New York Weill Medical Center

• Founder of Uptown Mommies

• Advisor to Camp Ramah in the Berkshires

Clinical Appointments/Hospital Affiliation

• Assistant Attending New York Presbyterian Hospital

• Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Description of Practice/Services Offered

• Individual psychotherapy and psychopharmacology for children, adolescents, and adults

• Parenting groups for mothers of children ages 0-5

• Dyadic work with mothers and children

• Pregnancy support group

• Group therapy and individual treatment of women with Post-Partum Depression

• Family and Couples therapy

Professional Education

• 2004 - 2006: Columbia Psychoanalytic Institute - Advanced Child Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program

• 2003: Ackerman Institute for the Family - additional training in Family & Couples Therapy

• 2001 - 2003: Payne Whitney Clinic - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship

• 1998 - 2001: Payne Whitney Clinic - Adult Psychiatry Residency

• 1998: Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Medical Degree

• 1991: Princeton University, graduated Magna Cum Laude - Degree in Psychology

Credentials/Board Certification

• Board Certified in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Neurology

• Board Certified in Adult Psychiatry and Neurology

Publications

Klagsbrun, S.D. (1992): “Findings of the Survey of Undergraduate Concerns: Anxieties, Academics, and Ambitions.” In Whitaker L.C. & Slimak R.E, (Ed.s), College Student Development (pp.117-136). New York: Haworth Press, Inc. Also, published in Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, Volume 6.

Presentations/Media

• Women’s Mental Health Consortium Weill Cornell Medical College

- “Mothers with Depression”

• The Junior League of New York

- “Your Child’s Social & Emotional Development: Birth to Age 4”

• Manhattan Mothers of Twins Club

- “Easing Sibling Rivalry”

• Ronni Soled’s NYC New Mothers Luncheons

- “The First Six Months of Motherhood”

- “Helping Your Baby Sleep Through the Night”

- “Everything You Wanted to Know About Crying”

- “Your Child’s Social & Emotional Development: Birth to Age One”

- “Early Limit-Setting Techniques”

Contact

200 East 94 Street, Suite 2411
New York, NY 10028

Phone: (212) 996-4300
Fax: (212) 898-1197
Dr.K@UptownMommies.com
www.UptownMommies.com

Appointment Scheduling: Please call Dr. Klagsbrun at (212) 996-4300 to schedule an appointment or email her at Dr.K@UptownMommies.com to find out more about her various parenting groups.

Office Hours: Monday through Thursday daytime hours with some evening hours available.

Insurances Accepted/Managed Care Accepted: None