Scott M. Albin

Scott M. Albin Verified Provider

Psychiatrist

Medical Insurance Accepted
In-Person
Online

About Me

Scott M. Albin is a board certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist based in Garden City, New York. Dr. Albin & Associates offers comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and psychotherapy, medication management and consultation services for children and teens, adults and seniors. Dr. Albin integrates evidence based approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy, motivational interviewing and psychodynamic therapy to provide compassionate care that supports lasting mental health and wellness.

Psychiatric Care for All Ages

Dr. Albin provides outpatient psychiatric treatment across the lifespan addressing conditions including anxiety and depression, bipolar disorder and ADHD, autism spectrum disorder and substance use disorders, dual diagnosis and eating disorders.

His training includes residency and fellowship at the Mayo Clinic, and he has served as a medical director and assistant professor of psychiatry at NYU Medical School.

Sessions combine psychotherapy with medication treatment tailored to each client’s needs. Whether working with a child navigating learning disabilities, a teen managing ADHD or an adult addressing substance use and co-occurring mental health concerns, Dr. Albin delivers coordinated care that targets both symptoms and underlying challenges. Patients note his ability to make them feel safe and secure, his availability and his flexibility with scheduling.

Inclusive Care

Dr. Albin welcomes LGBTQ+ individuals, aviation professionals and racial justice advocates, people living with HIV/AIDS and clients from many other communities. Sessions are available in Spanish and psychological testing and evaluation services are offered to support accurate diagnosis and treatment planning.

Getting Started

Dr. Albin sees clients in person at his Garden City office on Long Island and online throughout New York. He is a board certified psychiatrist with extensive training and clinical experience across all age groups. The practice accepts many major insurance plans including Aetna and Cigna, BlueCross BlueShield and UnitedHealthcare, Medicare and others as well as cash, check and Discover.

Payment Options

Insurance Options

  • 1199SEIU
  • Aetna
  • Amerigroup
  • Anthem
  • BlueCross BlueShield
  • BlueShield of Northeastern New York
  • Carelon Behavioral Health
  • Cigna
  • EmblemHealth
  • Empire BlueCross BlueShield
  • Group Health Incorporated (GHI)
  • HealthFirst
  • Highmark BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York
  • HIP | Health Plan of New York
  • Medicare
  • New York State Health Insurance Plan
  • Optum
  • Oscar
  • Oxford
  • United Medical Resources (UMR)
  • UnitedHealthcare

Orientation & Focus

Ages Treated

Adults (18+), Children (0 – 10), Seniors (65+), Teen & Preteen (11 – 18)

Modalities

Couples, Families, Groups

Languages Spoken

Spanish

Populations

Aviation Professionals, Bisexual People, Blind People, Deaf People, Gay People, Nonbinary People, People Living with HIV/AIDS, People with Immunological Disorders, Queer People, Racial Justice Advocates, Sex Workers, Single Mothers, Transgender People

Ethnicity

African American, Asian

Specialties

  • Addiction
  • ADHD
  • Adoption
  • Alzheimer's
  • Anger Management
  • Antisocial Personality
  • Anxiety
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Body Positivity
  • Borderline Personality (BPD)
  • Cancer
  • Career Counseling
  • Child
  • Chronic Illness or Pain
  • Codependency
  • Computer & Internet Addiction
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Developmental Disorders
  • Dissociative Disorders (DID)
  • Divorce
  • Domestic Abuse
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Eating Disorders
  • Emotional Disturbance
  • Family Conflict
  • Gambling
  • Grief
  • Hoarding
  • Infertility
  • Infidelity
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Life Coaching
  • Life Transitions
  • Marital and Premarital
  • Medical Detox
  • Medication Management
  • Men's Issues
  • Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
  • Obesity
  • Obsessive Compulsive (OCD)
  • Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
  • Other
  • Parenting
  • Peer Relationships
  • Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Psychosis
  • Racial Identity
  • Relationship Issues
  • School Issues
  • Self Esteem
  • Self Harm
  • Seniors
  • Sex Addiction
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual Health
  • Sleep and Insomnia
  • Spirituality
  • Sports Performance
  • Stress
  • Substance Abuse
  • Substance Use
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Testing and Evaluation
  • Transgender
  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
  • Veterans
  • Weight Loss
  • Women's Issues

Treatment Options

  • Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
  • Attachment Therapy
  • Behavioral Analysis
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
  • Cognitive Processing (CPT)
  • Compassion Focused Therapy
  • Couples Counseling
  • Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
  • Eclectic Therapy
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy
  • Existential Therapy
  • Family Therapy
  • Forensic Psychology
  • Gestalt Therapy
  • Humanistic Therapy
  • Interpersonal
  • Jungian Analysis
  • Motivational Interviewing (MI)
  • Multicultural
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Parent-Child Interaction (PCIT)
  • Play Therapy
  • Psychodynamic
  • Psychological Assessment
  • Relational
  • Somatic Psychotherapy
  • Strength-Based
  • Trauma Focused

Locations

Main Location

101 7th Street
Garden City, New York 11530

Secondary Location

16 Dow Way
Yarmouth, Maine 04096

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