Dr. Mimi Chen is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist based in Manhattan. She offers comprehensive evaluation and treatment for a wide range of psychiatric conditions — including depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, panic disorder, OCD, ADHD, PTSD, and complex trauma — for adolescents and adults.

She also specializes in couples therapy. She sees patients in-person and via telehealth, and provides care in both English and Mandarin.

Her approach is holistic and integrative, drawing on psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, and lifestyle interventions. 

Her primary orientation is psychodynamic, while her eclectic style draws on evidence-based modalities such as CBT, DBT, attachment-based therapy, and interpersonal psychotherapy — adapting to the unique needs and goals of each person for an individually-tailored treatment.

Dr. Chen brings a background in neuroscience to her psychopharmacology practice, integrating current psychiatric research into medication decisions. She selects medications thoughtfully when they can improve functioning and create the stability needed for deeper therapeutic work. She frequently works with patients to simplify or reduce complex medication regimens when appropriate.

She has particular experience in working with high-achieving individuals navigating the tension between external demands and internal experience. This includes college and graduate students, professionals in high-stress careers, and creatives and artists. She has specialized training in Asian-American mental health, cultural identity and adjustment, and women's mental health.

Much of her clinical work explores recurring themes of perfectionism, identity, family dynamics, and the ways these patterns quietly shape relationships, professional lives, and sense of self.

She believes that psychological phenomena are more deeply connected than they first appear, and the context that gives them meaning is unconscious. The more we are strangers to ourselves the more fragmented our experiences may seem. She will work alongside you to bring that content up to help you better develop ways to approach your life circumstances, find personal meaning in your lives, and disentangle the influence that certain past experiences have on your present and future.

She also offers collaborative care with other specialists and therapists and will always approach each session with cultural-sensitivity and personalized care.