Welcome to Contemporary Care

-a comprehensive psychiatric practice offering innovative solutions in psychiatric care

Dr. Perera is a Harvard Medical School trained Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University, where he conducts research on the neurobiology of depression.

He has extensive experience in clinical psychiatry and is considered a leading expert psychopharmacology (psychiatric medication management). In 2010 Dr. Perera established Contemporary Care of Greenwich with affiliates in Darien and Trumbull to provide Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy (TMS), which is a novel cutting edge treatment for major depression.

Besides TMS, Contemporary Care includes a team of expert, experienced, and empathetic treaters who provide a wide array of psychiatric and psychological treatments.

Our services include:

1. Medication management (psychopharmacology)
   Dr. Perera and Dr. Chaudhary (trained at Yale Medical School) provide superior, cutting-edge medication management for all psychiatric disorders.
2. Transcranial magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
   Dr. Perera and his team, (Dr. Adam Shapiro, Camille Jensen RN, and Christine Petrucco MA) is one of the most experienced and successful TMS practices in the country.
   Besides over 80% success rates with Major Depression (for which TMS is FDA-approved) we have had excellent results treating several other disorders for which TMS is not yet FDA-approved. They include:
   
   1. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
   2. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
   3. Social Anxiety Disorder
   4. Bipolar Depression
   5. Chronic Pain (including Fibromyalgia)
   6. Alcohol and/or Substance Abuse or Dependence
   7. Other: Parkinson's Disorder, Eating Disorders, Schizophrenia, & Attention Deficit Disorder
3. Psychotherapy
   Drs. Lisa Freiden (PhD from Yeshiva U), Erica Saypol (PhD Columbia U), and Katie Liebenberg (PhD George Washington U) provide several psychotherapy modalities including:
   
   1. Psychodynamic Therapy
   2. Supportive Psychotherapy
   3. Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
   4. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
   5. Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)
   6. Couples Therapy
4. Biofeedback
   Dr. Freiden provides expert Biofeed back therapy for anxiety disorders, phobias, PTSD.
5. Psychological testing
   Dr. Liebenberg conducts testing in adults and children.