Iryna earned her Master's in Social Work with a clinical concentration from Fordham University and completed her internship with the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center, where she received training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Iryna specializes in anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and trauma. Her approach is integrative and individualized to the needs of each person. She draws upon psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and mindfulness-based orientations. Iryna provides services in English, Ukrainian, and Russian.

Sheridan has worked in the mental health field since 2013. Their career has focused on support, advocacy, and treatment within the mental health system, and includes experience in inpatient, outpatient, and administrative roles and settings. Throughout this time they have worked closely with those experiencing chronic suicidality, psychosis, and early childhood trauma, developing comfort and skills in this area. During their graduate studies at Temple University, they also developed a focus on psychotherapy for the queer community, with an emphasis on the trans community.

I completed medical school at the University of Alabama School of Medicine and specialized in psychiatry at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. For the first three years of my career I worked at St. Luke's Hospital both as Associate Training Director and as a general outpatient psychiatrist for patients, including those living with serious mental illness.

My career has been focused on the LGBTQ population, previously serving as President of AGLP: The Association of LGBTQ Psychiatrists, Director of Psychiatry at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, one of the largest LGBTQ Medical Centers, and medical director of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC). I am a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and have served as their Chair on the Council of Minority Mental Health and Health Disparities.

I have expert training in both psychotherapy and medication management and can provide either or both depending on need. I am board certified in Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine.