Get the care you deserve.
Our Team.
Dr. Brielle Cardieri, MD
Board-Certified Psychiatrist, Founder of Insight MD
Carl McDonald, PMHNP
Board-Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Amanda Miller
Practice AdministratorDr. Brielle Cardieri, MD, is a board-certified Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist on the Upper East Side in New York City. She is the founder and medical director of Insight MD, a psychiatric private practice that specializes in the treatment of adults using a combination of individual psychotherapy and psychopharmacology.
Dr. Cardieri identifies as a queer woman and has specialized interest and experience in LGBTQIA+ mental health and working with LGBTQIA+ patients. She has published in academic journals on the role of self-disclosure and identity in the clinical treatment of marginalized groups.
Finally, Dr. Cardieri brings a deep understanding of the complicated history of psychiatric and psychoanalytic treatment of marginalized communities, and is committed to dismantling traditional frameworks that pathologize deviations from “normal.”
Dr. Cardieri has been fortunate to train at some of the top institutions in the world for medicine, psychiatry, and psychodynamic psychotherapy. She is grateful that her educational opportunities have granted her the knowledge & expertise to help people.
Psychiatric Training
Dr. Cardieri completed Residency Training in Psychiatry at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. During training, she was awarded Resident of the Month for excellence in patient care, teaching, & mentorship.
Psychodynamic & Psychoanalytic Therapy Training
Dr. Cardieri completed multiple year-long training programs in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic therapy at The New York Psychoanalytic Institute (NYPSI) and The White Institute.
Medical Education
Dr. Cardieri graduated from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. During all four years of her medical education, she was deeply involved in Mount Sinai's student-run free clinic, where one of her many roles was President of the Clinic.
Dr. Brielle Cardieri.
- Intensive Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Fellowship at The William Alanson White Institute
- Preparatory Program in Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychotherapy at The New York Psychoanalytic Institute
- Psychoanalytic Fellowship Program at The New York Psychoanalytic Institute
- Trauma and Dissociation Focused Psychotherapy under supervision of Dr. Garrett Deckel, MD, PhD
- College-Mental Health and Therapy at the New School under supervision of Dr. Yasmin Mohabbat, MD
Carl practices under the close clinical supervision of Dr. Cardieri, so every patient benefits from both of their perspectives.
Collaborative Intake Review
Carl and Dr. Cardieri discuss every new patient both before and after Carl’s initial evaluation. They talk through what has brought you in, reflect on what Carl learned in your first visit, and work together to come up with an initial treatment plan, so your care starts with the combined perspective and clinical expertise of both clinicians.
Weekly Supervision
Carl meets weekly with Dr. Cardieri to review his patients and their treatment plans. These meetings are a space to think carefully through diagnostic questions, medication decisions, and therapeutic approach, and to revisit treatment plans as your needs change. You benefit from Carl’s close, ongoing relationship with you and Dr. Cardieri’s additional layer of experience and oversight, so your care stays thoughtful, individualized, and collaborative at every step.
Monthly Journal Club
Carl and Dr. Cardieri hold a monthly journal club to read and discuss up-to-date literature in psychiatry. It keeps both clinicians current on emerging research and helps ensure that treatment is grounded in the best available evidence.
Ongoing Case Consultation
Beyond scheduled meetings, Carl can consult with Dr. Cardieri as questions arise, so that patients are never waiting for answers on important clinical decisions.
Carl McDonald, PMHNP-BC, is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at Insight MD. He is passionate about providing compassionate, individualized, and affirming mental health care, with clinical interests in LGBTQIA+ mental health, eating disorders, ADHD, depression, anxiety, coping with chronic illness, oncologic care and caregiver fatigue, and substance use disorders.
Carl believes everyone deserves to feel seen, heard, accepted, and understood, regardless of background, identity, or lived experience. His approach is grounded in empathy, curiosity, and collaboration, and in the belief that meaningful treatment begins with a genuine therapeutic connection.
Finally, Carl strives to create a welcoming, nonjudgmental space where people can show up as their authentic selves. He takes the time to understand each person’s unique story, and works alongside patients to develop thoughtful, individualized treatment plans that reflect their needs, values, and goals.
Carl brings eight years of medical and psychiatric nursing experience across a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings, and he is grateful to continue to learn and grow alongside Dr. Cardieri and the team at Insight MD.
Education
Carl earned his Master of Science in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing from CUNY Hunter College and his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC).
Clinical Experience
Carl has worked as a Nurse Clinician in Transplant and Cellular Therapy at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell, an adolescent psychiatric RN at Four Winds Katonah, and a Mental Health Worker on the adult inpatient women’s unit at NewYork-Presbyterian Behavioral Health Hospital.
Scholarship & Presentations
Carl has contributed to nursing scholarship through published research in the Clinical Journal of Nursing Education, and through podium and poster presentations at Sigma Theta Tau and the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS).