Max Marcus, MD is a practicing psychiatrist who completed training in both General Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, as well as in General Pediatrics.
He has a private practice in Manhattan and sees children, adolescents, and adults for therapy and/or medication management.
Psychiatric Care
Dr. Marcus offers psychiatric care for adults, adolescents, and children. He treats patients with psychotherapy, medications, or both depending on the needs of each individual patient.
Medication can be an important part of treatment. Dr. Marcus works with his patients to find a medication or medications that help while always trying to minimize side effects.
There are many different types of therapy that can be helpful depending on a patient’s need. This can also evolve throughout the course of treatment. Dr. Marcus uses dynamic therapy foundations as a guide to help understand a patient’s psychological landscape. Dynamic therapy can also be used as a primary modality for therapy. Dr. Marcus also uses CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness practices. For children, play therapy is primarily used with CBT when appropriate.
Dr. Marcus sees patients with many different challenges and diagnoses. Because of his training in pediatrics, he has particular interest in psychiatric care for children and adolescents with chronic medical conditions. He enjoys working with pediatricians and care teams to maximize psychiatric and medical care.
Dr. Marcus believes that trying to figure out a specific diagnosis is important. But diagnoses in psychiatry are broad and a list of symptoms can never fully describe what a person is experiencing. Fundamentally, psychiatric care is about building trust between a patient/family and physician in order to allow a story to emerge. The goal of the psychiatrist is to help organize that story into a narrative that will help explain what the patient is struggling with and why. This process is a foundation of treatment.
Office Practice
Dr. Marcus is available to speak by phone to see if his practice is a good fit for the needs of a patient or family, free of charge.
Initial evaluations for adults are structured as a 90 minute intake appointment. Here, we will talk through any past mental health care, current challenges, and goals of treatment.
For children and adolescents, initial evaluations are structured as a three part intake. The first part is meeting with parents or guardians; the second part is meeting with the child or adolescent; and the third part is a feedback session where Dr. Marcus and parents (and child/adolescent when appropriate) will discuss treatment goals.
Treatment can be done virtually, but initial evaluations are done in-person whenever possible. For young children, at least some in-person appointments are necessary.
Dr. Marcus practices out-of-network and does not accept insurance. Billing statements will include services rendered so that the patient can obtain out-of-network insurance reimbursement. It is the responsibility of the patient to submit claims to insurance.
About
Dr. Marcus is a graduate of Vassar College where he majored in physics and minored in philosophy. He completed his medical degree at Zucker Northwell School of Medicine where he was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Before pursuing psychiatry, Dr. Marcus completed a full general pediatrics residency at Cohen Children’s Medical Center at Northwell. He then did his general psychiatry training at Weill Cornell and his child & adolescent psychiatry fellowship at New York Presbyterian (Cornell & Columbia).
Dr. Marcus’s training in general pediatrics gives him a foundation of medical knowledge and practice, which is helpful for all kinds of psychiatric care.
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at New York Presbyterian, Columbia and Cornell Universities.
General Psychiatry Residency at New York Presbyterian, Weill Cornell.
General Pediatrics Residency at Northwell’s Cohen Children’s Hospital.
Medical Degree at Zucker Northwell School of Medicine.
Bachelors of Arts at Vassar College.
Training & Education
Contact
Email: Psychiatry@MaxMarcusMD.com
Phone: (917) 863-5756