Laura Bevilacqua and Katherine Fichtel

Psychiatrists and Psychotherapists, Brooklyn, NY

Disclosure statement: Dr. Bevilacqua and Dr. Fichtel share a website but they are independent physicians with separate practices and billing systems. They do not control or supervise the services that the other provides.

Approach

Through providing psychiatric treatment, we aim to help you better understand yourself and your relationships, relieve your suffering, and support you in building a full and meaningful life.

You took a big step by reaching out for help. When you meet one of us, we want to get to know you and understand your challenges, strengths, and goals. All treatments start with a consultation period. During this time we will assess your needs and background, and together with you, come up with a plan which may include psychotherapy and, if necessary, medication.

Areas of Expertise

  • Mood disorders, including depression and bipolar disorder

  • Anxiety disorders 

  • Trauma-related disorders

  • Women’s mental health

  • Life transitions, self-esteem, relationship issues

Background

Katherine and Laura are friends and colleagues. We have trained and worked closely together and have a like-minded approach to psychiatry. Brooklyn is our home and we are committed to serving our community.

We are board-certified psychiatrists with experience in providing care to adults from all walks of life and cultures and in particular to women, young adults, students, working professionals, and the LGBTQ community. We both have gained expertise in treating health care professionals, including attendings, trainees, and nurses dealing with stress syndromes related to caring for others during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We specialize in psychotherapy informed by psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) principles as well as in evidence based psychopharmacology.

Laura is bilingual in Italian and English. We both are fluent in Spanish.

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Katherine Fichtel, MD

I completed my undergraduate degree at Brown University in Comparative Literature and fiction writing, my medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College, and my residency and chief residency in Adult Psychiatry at NYU. In the past, I worked in health literacy in Guatemala and Harlem, and prior to opening my practice, I worked as an inpatient psychiatrist and then medical director for the inpatient psychiatric unit at NYU Langone Medical Center, where I treated diverse patients admitted in crisis with a broad range of mental illness. There I trained residents and medical students, earning a teaching award for my efforts. I am on the voluntary faculty at NYU School of Medicine.


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Laura Bevilacqua, MD, PhD

I graduated Medical School at the University of Pisa, Italy, where I also obtained a PhD in the neurobiology of affective disorders. I moved to the US to conduct research on functional genomics at the National Institutes of Health. I then completed a residency in Adult Psychiatry at NYU as well as training in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy at Columbia University. Before starting my practice, I worked at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in multiple roles. I conducted research on mood and anxiety disorders, taught medical students and supervised psychiatry residents providing care to a diverse adult population at the Mount Sinai psychiatric outpatient clinic. In addition I contributed to the establishment of a clinical service providing mental health treatment to health care workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. My research resulted in several publications and was presented at national and international conferences. I am on the voluntary faculty at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. I am also a consultant for the United Nations in New York.

Fees

Introductory phone call (15 min): free

Consultation:

First visit (90 min): $550

Second visit (45 min): $450

Follow up visits (45 min): $450

We are not in network with insurance, with the exception that Dr. Bevilacqua accepts Mount Sinai Hospital UMR top tier. We will provide the necessary documentation for you to submit out-of-network claims.

Contact Us

For an appointment, please call or email:

Dr. Laura Bevilacqua
347-705-7601, laurabevilacquamd@gmail.com

Dr. Katherine Fichtel
347-878-3161, katherinefichtelmd@gmail.com

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Office located at 436 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231