Specialized care for OCD, anxiety, and the thoughts you can't say out loud.
You're not "just anxious." And you're not beyond help.
Dr. Sharon Batista combines true OCD and anxiety expertise with unhurried, individualized psychiatric care — medication and psychotherapy together, on your terms.
Private-pay practice · NY · NJ · CA · CT · FL · IL · KS · OH · PA · TX · VA
You've been told it's "just stress" — when you know there's more to it.
What you haven't had is a psychiatrist who actually specializes in OCD and anxiety — and the time to treat it properly.
Psychiatry the way it should work
Medication and therapy, together
Dr. Batista is both a psychiatrist and an experienced psychotherapist — including ERP, the gold-standard therapy for OCD — so medication and therapy can be integrated in one relationship, or coordinated with your existing therapist.
Real OCD & anxiety expertise
Behavioral therapy training through the International OCD Foundation, a seat on the advisory board of NOCD, and a practice focused on OCD, intrusive thoughts, anxiety, perfectionism, and health anxiety — not a little bit of everything.
Unhurried, private care
Extended appointments, direct access to your psychiatrist, and treatment decisions guided by what you need — never by an insurance company's clock.
Specialized care for the conditions that are most often missed
What working together looks like
No referral needed. No waiting rooms. Psychiatric care from wherever you are, in any of 11 states.
Book your consultation
Choose a time through the secure online scheduler. You'll receive everything you need for your first telehealth visit — no phone tag required.
A real evaluation
Your new-patient consultation is a comprehensive, unhurried assessment of your history and symptoms — built to answer the question you've been carrying: what is actually going on?
A plan that fits you
Clear diagnosis, options explained in plain language, and a treatment plan you helped build — with ongoing, longitudinal care from the same psychiatrist at every visit.
Dr. Sharon Batista, MD
Triple board-certified, trained at Harvard and Mount Sinai, and in private practice since 2010 — Dr. Batista has built her career around one conviction: people with OCD and anxiety deserve a doctor who truly specializes in their condition, and the time to treat it properly.
Private-pay practice · New patient consultation $1,200 · See all fees →
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“Medications for OCD: What They Do — and What They Don't”
Dr. Batista's plain-language guide for the Anxiety & Depression Association of America on what medication can and can't do in OCD treatment — and why it works best alongside the right therapy.
Read the articleQuestions people ask before they book
No. Medication is one tool, never a requirement. Every treatment decision here is collaborative — you'll understand the options, the evidence, and the trade-offs, and nothing is prescribed without your full understanding and agreement.
You don't need to be in crisis to deserve expert care. If intrusive thoughts, worry, checking, or perfectionism are taking up real space in your life, that's reason enough — and earlier treatment is easier treatment.
OCD and anxiety disorders respond to specific, specialized treatment — and most providers were never trained in it. Arriving here after care that didn't work isn't a red flag; it's the most common story in this practice.
You've spent enough time wondering what's wrong. Find out what's true.
A comprehensive psychiatric evaluation with a specialist who understands OCD and anxiety — from wherever you are.
15 minutes · Free
90 minutes · $1,200