Alan Wachtel's Online Review Report Card

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Courteous and welcoming office. My kids actually enjoy going here. Dr. Wachtel is an expert in his field. Well worth the money.

Dr. Wachtel is the most intelligent, caring and insightful physician of his kind in NYC - we saw multiple in the quest of finding the right doctor for our child. Of everyone, only he listened and appropriately treated our child using multiple different modalities. He is a miracle worker, and has an excellent bedside manner. He knows pharmacology, including the new medications and old, and chooses carefully selected treatment regiments tailored for specific problems (rather than one med for all people/issues). He is dynamic in his management, and truly cares about the health and well being of his patients. Is he cheap, no - but for his level of expertise, experience and results, he shouldn't be. He is worth every penny and then some - no one is better.

Nothing but the most positive things to say about this doctor.

Dr. Wachtel helped find my son the appropriate school placement, he helped with the Board of Education process, and I am extremely grateful for this. We could never have done this without him.