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The Happiness Psychiatrist®: Sheenie Ambardar, M.D.

Because Happiness is What We’re All Striving For…

Award-winning, Integrative Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Coaching

Now Serving California and New York

Read Dr. Ambardar’s popular Huffington Post article “10 Ways to Improve Depression and Anxiety Without Meds”

Medical Board of California, Physician and Surgeon License

New York State Education Department – Office of Professions Medical License

Founded in 2012 by Dr. Sheenie Ambardar, M.D., The Happiness Psychiatrist® is a premier California and New York telehealth and wellness practice that provides integrative psychiatry and psychotherapy services to adult patients throughout California and New York and coaching services to clients of all ages worldwide.

At The Happiness Psychiatrist®, we use low-dose psychiatric medications in conjunction with an eclectic blend of psychotherapeutic modalities including psychodynamic therapy, interpersonal therapy, solution-focused therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, inner child work, journal therapy, outdoor walking therapy, meditation, and Kundalini Yoga. We also offer convenient gene testing to help illuminate which medications may work best in your treatment.

Dr. Ambardar is a Stanford-educated, Top Doctor as honored by her peers and a Compassionate Doctor Winner 5 years in a row. Her unique treatment method blends modern medicine with Eastern spirituality (Hinduism and Buddhism) for the optimal benefit of her patients.

SELECTED TO SUPER DOCTORS:
Southern California Super Doctors 2022
Southern California Super Doctors 2021
Southern California Super Doctors 2020
Southern California Super Doctors 2019
Southern California Rising Stars 2018
Southern California Rising Stars 2017
Southern California Rising Stars 2016

Here’s what you can expect from our concierge practice:

Highly customized treatment plans offering an innovative blend of medication management, psychotherapy, and Eastern spiritual philosophies (Hinduism and Buddhism)

Discrete and confidential: Direct e-mail communication with only Dr. Ambardar at all times

Access to the highest-quality care from the comfort of your own home

Evening, weekend, and next-week appointments available

State-of-the-art electronic prescribing with e-prescriptions and at-home prescription delivery

Access to gene testing if desired

If you are finally ready to:

Understand the underlying and deep-seated reasons for your unhelpful behaviors

Transform your life from the inside-out and reduce feelings of fear, sadness, inadequacy, and shame

Stop feeling trapped and stuck by seemingly unchangeable life circumstances

Heal the past, live mindfully in the present, and reach your highest potential

Have healthy, loving, and mutually rewarding personal relationships

Confidently pursue your dreams and live the life you were born to live

and experience happiness, peace, joy and contentment…

then our Happiness Psychiatry services are right for you.

To set up your free 15-minute phone consultation, please e-mail DrAmbardar@happinesspsychiatrist.com

We look forward to helping you live a life full of hope, happiness, joy, and vitality!


“Dr. Ambardar is always professional and helpful. She is a wonderful and compassionate doctor who truly understands what her patient’s needs are. I am grateful to have her as my doctor. Her recommendations have been excellent.”

– Patient

get in touch at DrAmbardar@happinesspsychiatrist.com