Meet the I-View Telepsych Team | I-View Psychiatric NP & Behavioral Therapy PC - Bilingual Mental Health Services in Syracuse, NY

Yue Jiang

LMFT Intern

My name is Yue Jiang. I am a graduate student at Syracuse University pursuing a degree in marriage and family therapy with CAS in child play therapy. I have been educated specifically in couple, family, and play therapy with backgrounds in biological science.

Brian Frank

Nurse Practitioner

Brian Frank, PMHNP is from Syracuse Ny. Graduating from Upstate Medical University Psychiatric Nurse program in 2019. He brings 28 years of experience in the medical field and with that experience, he is excited to join the Iview family to work with the community.

Penny Milligan

Office Manager

Penny Milligan worked as an administrative assistant for Upstate Medical University for 30 years before retiring in 2015. She helped provide assistance for both inpatient and outpatient facilities. She is now the office manager for our clinic and strives to help as many people as she can.

Shelbe Danzey

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Intern

I am a Syracuse native. I am pursuing a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy with a certification of advanced study in Addiction. I am excited to be an emerging clinician providing counseling services to the Syracuse community.

Xiomara Zapata-Moore

Licensed Master Social Worker

Xiomara Zapata-Moore has been a New York City public service employee with diverse, underserved, and multicultural individuals in a medical and behavioral health setting for 18 years. I am now utilizing my skills to provide supportive, strength-based, person-centered care with a trauma-informed lens and evidence-based practice for individuals and families. Gaining experience as a Licensed Master Social Worker and Credentialed Alcohol & Substance Abuse Counselor-Trainee from Columbia University; in Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. For individuals who may be experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, co-occurring disorders, and substance use disorders. We will work together and find a place where you can then identify and achieve your goals. If you are unsure what they may be, we will recognize your strengths and move forward. We may find ourselves alone and in need in life, yet challenging to ask. Know you are not alone anymore! Fluent in English and Spanish.

Nicole Lovass-Nagy

Therapy Director

I am an LMSW originally from Reno, Nevada. I began my clinical practice working with survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and sex trafficking and their families to treat trauma and co-occuring diagnoses. I have worked in both outpatient and inpatient settings, with young adults, adults, families and couples. I have worn many hats; high school teacher, illustrator, world traveler, community social worker in homeless housing, data manager and researcher, but I have enjoyed the positive impact I can make as a therapist the most. My role as a therapist and social worker is to continue to empower and build resilience in each of my clients.

Corey Giannone

Licensed Master Social Worker

Corey is a Licensed Master Social Worker from Syracuse, New York. My purpose in therapy is your purpose in therapy. There can be many things that can trouble us in life and I believe nobody should go through those things alone. I take a strengths-based approach in helping individuals manage difficult situations and reach their desired potential.

After graduating from Syracuse University with a Master’s Degree in Social Work, I began providing clinical therapy. I am trained to provide the following: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Dialectical Behavioral Therapy; Psychodynamic Therapy; Interpersonal Therapy; Narrative Therapy and Motivational Interviewing. My experience includes working within the education system from the middle school to collegiate level, crisis and suicide prevention, addiction treatment and advocacy for men’s mental health awareness. Throughout my years of practice, I have become specialized in helping adolescents and adults with anxiety, depression, addiction, co-occurring disorders, borderline personality disorder and domestic violence.

Kristine Mims

Nurse Practitioner

Kristine Mims is a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with training and experience treating patients with psychiatric disorders across the lifespan, including anxiety, PTSD/trauma, ADHD, and mood disorders such as bipolar and depression. She studied at Upstate Medical University here in Syracuse, where she received her Master of Science in Nursing. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at SUNY Canton in 2011. She completed her clinical rotations in several outpatient settings around Onondaga county, caring for people of all ages and backgrounds. She is passionate about providing patient-centered comprehensive mental healthcare to children, adolescents, and the adult population. She strives to be an advocate for people who are struggling; “You are NOT your mental illness; it’s just a small part of you.”

Geralda E. Borgard-Joseph

Psychiatric SW

My name is Geralda E. Borgard-Joseph, a native of Haiti, and have been living in the US for over 20 years. I moved to Central New York 5 years ago and I’m enjoying all that it has to offer, except the snow. I’m a Licensed Master Social Worker, I currently hold a primary position as a psychiatric social worker, and past experiences as a substance abuse therapist, and forensic social worker. I also have experience working with the elderly, OPWDD, and homeless populations. During the Pandemic I’ve had the opportunity to be exposed to so many people reaching out for help that would not have necessarily done so in the past, That has led with me to rediscovering my interest in working with people beyond the crisis and stabilization level. One of my passions is education through compassion and care which I hope to use in the private therapeutic setting. Beyond my professional abilities, I enjoy volunteering, reading, spending time with family and friends, cooking and shopping.

Enrique A. Rosario

Therapy Supervisor

I am a classically trained therapist who has been educated and experienced in individual, couples, family, and group therapy. I collaborate with individuals and couples to focus on what they want to change through attention to the communicative and interactional systems they interface in, including approaches in Strategic Therapy, Structural Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and several other personal change approaches that involve one’s behavioral and emotive challenges.

My approach as a therapist is, to quote Carl Rodgers, “How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his/her own personal growth?”

Zyeshia Jenkins

Therapist

is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker that focuses on serving adults, adolescents and couples. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University at Albany and a master’s degree from Stony Brook University. For 6 years she has utilized evidence /strengths-based interventions, to help people from all walks of life including; foster care, those involved in the criminal justice system, professionals and our Veterans. Zyeshia is passionate about helping anyone struggling with Addiction, Anxiety, Depression, Identity, Intimate Partner Violence, Reintegration, Relationships, Personality Disorders, Parenting and Traumatic experiences, envision and live the life you desire…She’s also here if you just need to talk.

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Logrimaris Gonzalez

Office Manager Assistant

Logrimaris Gonzalez moved to the U.S at the age of 7. She is fluent in both Spanish and English and has worked in customer service for 8 Years. She likes to think of herself as a kind and caring person who loves to help other as much as she can. Here at I-View, we work as a team to Provide the help and assistance to those in need. We have given her the opportunity to help Hispanic and Latinos who don’t have the means of communicating to our English-speaking staff, helping them get the care that they need. Her Motto is “Treat people as you would like to be treated” she always thought that treating each other kindly can help create a happier society.

Mallory Hutson

Support

Mallory Hutson is a current student of Granite State College Online. She is getting her Bachelor’s in Health Services and plans to go on to get her Master’s in Public Administration. After college, she plans on working in the mental health field in hopes of one day running her own clinic.

Elsie Dieguez-Jackson

Provider

Elsie Dieguez-Jackson, MA, MSN, FPMHNP, graduated with honors and a BSN from Russell Sage College in 1988. Since 1987, she has been a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. In 1992, she graduated with distinction from American International College with a Masters in Human Resource Development Counseling. In addition to medication management, her counseling approaches include a faith-based approach, CBT, Adlerian (including play therapy) and Solution-focused Counseling. Counseling is client centered and focused on holistically assisting clients to more adaptively cope with stress, heal from trauma and focus on growth. In 2021, she graduated with honors from Rochester University with an MSN as a Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Elsie is bilingual (Spanish) and as a nurse has worked mostly in acute care settings in Neuro and Psychiatry. Elsie enjoys spending time with her husband, Mark, of 30 years, their three adult children and four grandkids. Elsie also enjoys practicing yoga, meditation, prayer, mindfulness, the outdoors, cooking, traveling, attending cultural activities and gardening.

“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble” (Psalm 46:1)

“Dios es nuestro amparo y nuestra fortaleza, nuestra ayuda segura en momentos de angustia” (Salmo 46:1)

Sameerah Owens

Licensed Master Social Worker

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1)
I work with individuals from all walks of life. My work has been with children, adolescents, adults managing life transitions, trauma, stress/anxiety, depression, parents and families. I often work with people struggling with lack of connection, have difficulty finding their purpose. I have worked for many years with individuals who have been incarcerated and reentry into society. I greatly enjoy working with individuals who are willing to think outside the box, work as a team and in-brace change.
I want to help you access your inner strength with an approach that is tailored specifically to you. It is not always easy to seek out help or to make a commitment to a process of self-exploration and self-discovery. I enjoy being part of this process for individuals who are willing to invest the time and energy towards improving their lives. Guess what, if you are not there yet, I will meet you where you are and we will work together to reach where God intended you to be in life. I strive to create a safe, non-judgmental space where individuals can feel supported and cared for as they explore, examine and challenge themselves to experiment with new ways of thinking about and engaging in their lives. If you want to pray we can do that together.
I believe in treating people with love and kindness. “We can do all things through Christ who strengths us.” I take a strengths based approach to my work with clients to best meet their needs. I believe that if you just take the first step we can take the second step together. You are not alone! Let’s do this! Congratulations you’re on your way!

Sara E. Parnell, MSN, NPP, PMHNP-BC

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Sara Parnell is a Board-Certified Family Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner that focuses on serving children, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics. Her education includes a bachelor’s degree from Saint John Fisher College and a master’s degree from SUNY Upstate Medical University. Her 13-year experience as a nurse includes pediatrics, various outpatient, and chronic care settings. Sara values working in a collaborative environment with an interdisciplinary approach to patient care. She has a comprehensive care focus that incorporates evidence-based interventions in the treatment of psychiatric disorders.

Dr. Michael Pratts

Medical Collaborator

Dr. Michael Pratts is a Board-Certified psychiatrist in Syracuse, New York and is affiliated with the Brooklyn NY Psychiatric community as well. He has been in practice for over 15 years. He completed his psychiatric residency in California and his fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry in the Bronx NY giving him a strong background on treating children with PTSD. He’s published a couple of articles on the subject. Links are below. He has also been involved in the study of new psychotropic medications and proper indication for uses.. Dr Pratt headed the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP) program in Syracuse NY.

Abraham Masara

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Founder/ Provider

Abraham Masara is a Board-Certified Family Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, FPMHNP, NPP that focuses on serving children, adolescents adults and geriatrics. He studied at Upstate Medical University, where he earned his Master’s Degree and is currently working on earning his PhD. His experience includes, emergency medicine at several New York City and Syracuse, NY Trauma centers. After working for 7 years in the trauma room his focused transitioned into psychiatry. He gained a wealth of experience working at acute psychiatric emergency rooms, high level of care outpatient clinics and inpatient psychiatric units. His transition to psychiatry was driven by his belief, “you can’t have physical health, without mental health”. This belief directs his holistic approach when consulting with clients. His personal background has allowed him to work with a variety of clients from all walks of life. He offers faith based, culturally sensitive therapy and medication management. Mr. Masara, FPMH, NPP, BC provides bilingual services, he is fluent in English and Spanish.

Meet The Team

A Highly-Qualified Team

Abraham Masara

Dr. Michael Pratts

Kristine Mims

Brian Frank

Nicole Lovass-Nagy

Enrique A. Rosario

Sameerah Owens

Corey Giannone

Xiomara Zapata-Moore

Miosotys Ortega

Penny Milligan

Logrimaris Gonzalez

Mallory Hutson

Shelbe Danzey

Linda Masara

Yue Jiang