Alan Wachtel's Online Review Report Card

Dr Jonathan Wachtell is spectacular. He’s attentive, intelligent, caring and able to relate to young children on a level that engages them. He’s also excellent with adults.

I took my 6 year old son to see Dr. Wachtel in 1997 and he was diagnosed with ADHD and treated successfully for many years. It was the greatest gift I could have given him. Dr. Wachtel understands ADHD better than anyone and is a genius at pharmacology. My son is now 30" has made a fortune trading options and is about to get engaged to a wonderful girl - and I give Dr. Wachtel a lot of credit. Expensive? Yes + but worth every penny.

Dr. Alan Wachtel is, simply put, the best mental health professional I've had the pleasure of seeing. My parents first brought me to see Dr. Wachtel when I was in elementary school. Over 15 years later, I am still his patient. With Dr. Wachtel's help, I was able to succeed in a demanding high school, excel at a top ranked liberal arts college. I am now in my second year of professional school at an Ivy League university. Thanks to Dr. Wachtel, I am at the top of my class and I am making strides towards achieving my dream career. I have always been happy with the medications and advice that Dr. Wachtel has provided. Moreover, he taken my needs and concerns seriously. He is kind, compassionate, and enthusiastic when it comes to caring for his patients. I can't recommend him strongly enough to any parents of children or adolescents (or even young adults) who are struggling with issues such as ADHD, anxiety, and depression.

My family has relied on Dr. Alan Wachtel's services for years. Dr. Wachtel has an abundance of experience, wisdom, and compassion for his patients and their family members. He is a leader and innovator in the field of Psychiatry. The practice is run by pleasant and efficient staff. Best practice!!!!

Dr Wachtel is very professional and easy for may son to speak with. He is understanding and listening to what my son says.

I saw Dr. Wachtel in his White Plains office at one point and found him to be quite uncaring. He seemed to be nodding off at one point of our appointment but then excused himself to go to the bathroom. He came back with rapid speech and his eyes looked glassy. I suspect that he may have problems of his own.

Dr. Wachtel is highly experienced and a master at providing high quality psychiatric care. He really took the time to dig into what the issues were and address them carefully to ensure the patient was properly cared for. We appreciate his depth of knowledge and high level of care. We highly (and often!) reccomend him.

If you want your child to have a drug problem and get addicted to pills, this is the doctor for you. My parents sent me to him as a child and my life affected by him being a garbage doctor to this day. Run, don't walk away from him.

My son has ADHD and is going through all that comes along with that. From attention hurdles to academic retention and impulse control. I can work for days, weeks, months to try to uncover the trigger or reasons why a behavior is happening/-and then we make an appointment with Dr Wachtel and 15 minutes later he’s figured out what’s motivating him to act, how we can feed him in a way to help with energy and comfort his confusion about all his body is going through at 11. I can’t recommend him enough.

If you or a someone you care about needs to get properly treated by a REAL doctor who actually cares about listening to you, avoid this practice at all costs. He charges $1,200 for a consultation, doesn’t take insurance, and keeps track of the time down to the last 2 seconds. His practice is beyond unprofessional. I've sat in the waiting area and witnessed clinicians talking about patients openly to front desk staff, more specifically one clinician fighting with front desk staff about receiving payment because this patient is “surely rich and can afford it.” He’s big on pushing meds and less about listening to you. He's not concerned about your well being, he's a businessman first and second a doctor. If you do end up at this practice, I have seen Dr. Escalan and he’s incredible and actually cares to listen, but more importantly, he cares.