Psychiatrists

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  For parents of spirited youth (children and adolescents with Disruptive Behavior Disorders -- ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder). Strategies used are based on family therapy principles and meeting developmental needs, in contrast to traditional behavioral modification. Parents learn hands-on strategies to manage episodes of defiance, tantrums, verbal insults, dawdling, academic failure and delinquency. They learn to advocate for their children and adolescents at school and to approach and work with teachers to address behaviors and academic problems in the classroom. Parents, when indicated, are guided through legal and social services systems to manage delinquency (drug use, truancy, theft, etc). The group setting provides support and reinforcement for developing and implementing strategies, as well as cost effectiveness. Parent training can be administered in a group or individual format (i.e., parents can work with their provider alone for more personal and individually tailored guidance).
• Stress Management
  Is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Marriage and Family Therapist, with a Masters degree from Springfield College. He has worked as a psychotherapist for 20 years, serving individuals and couples, and developed groups for anger management, stress management, and recovery from addictions. Mr. Lange is an adjunct faculty member of Western New England University and has provided extensive supervision and training of psychotherapists over the last decade. He practices a mindfulness-based, collaborative form of therapy, which seeks to empower individuals and couples to access their best selves and to live authentically.
• Depression
• Mental Health
  Andrew M. Bustamante, Ph.D., earned his doctoral degree at Adelphi University, New York, in 1999. He has been practicing clinical psychology for over twenty years and has held supervisory positions in various therapeutic settings. He was lead psychologist at a medical health center for many years where he was director of the clinical psychology predoctoral internship and postdoctoral residency programs in affiliation with the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. He also headed the pediatric division of mental health there. His doctoral research showed the effectiveness in significantly reducing conflict in families with spirited youths using parent training groups based on strategic brief therapy principles.
• Behavioral Health
  I HS is a diverse, multi-disciplinary, behavioral health practice. We are comprised of senior clinicians who emphasize treating the whole person, utilizing a broad spectrum of evidence-based treatment modalities. Each of our clinicians brings to the Institute unique qualifications and competencies. We are currently providing sessions via telehealth to ensure the safety of everyone.
• Anxiety