{"id":2882,"date":"2026-01-04T12:44:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T12:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balancia.vamtam.com\/?page_id=2882"},"modified":"2026-01-04T12:44:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T12:44:54","slug":"caroline-brown","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.webdudes.in\/nityagurukula.org\/therapists\/caroline-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Caroline Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2882\" class=\"elementor elementor-2882\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4be65859 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4be65859\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-2d43c201 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d43c201\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Welcome to Balancia Mental Health Counseling (MMHC), founded by Sara Parker, LMHC. We make high-quality mental health care more accessible across New York\u2014because your wellbeing matters.<br \/><br \/>Dr. Parker brings a rare depth and breadth of clinical experience, having served as Chief of an inpatient dual-diagnosis unit, lead attending psychiatrist in two psychiatric emergency departments, and Lead Physician of an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team before founding his private practice.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-181c92dd elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"181c92dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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Australian Psychologist, 1\u201312. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/26895269.2025.2498750\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Link here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e0ec018 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3e0ec018\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-30b4e9a0 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"30b4e9a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-74bdb41c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74bdb41c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Joint United Nations Programme on HIV\/AIDS (UNAIDS). 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