Fresh Start Psychiatry LLC

A Fresh Start Toward a Healthier You

Compassionate, personalized psychiatric care designed to support your mind, mood, and overall well-being.

Comprehensive Psychiatric Care Designed Around You

At Fresh Start Psychiatry, we provide personalized, evidence-based mental health care for adults in a compassionate and supportive environment. Whether you’re seeking an initial evaluation, medication management, or ongoing support for everyday challenges, we’re here to help you achieve greater emotional wellness and balance.

Psychiatric Evaluation

A comprehensive assessment to better understand your symptoms, medical history, mental health concerns, and treatment goals. This evaluation helps create a personalized care plan tailored to your unique needs.

Medication Management

Careful evaluation and ongoing management of psychiatric medications to improve symptoms, monitor progress, minimize side effects, and ensure your treatment remains effective over time.

Anxiety & Stress Treatment

Support for excessive worry, panic attacks, racing thoughts, chronic stress, and difficulty relaxing. Together, we'll develop a treatment approach that helps restore calm and improve daily functioning.

Depression Treatment

Personalized care for persistent sadness, low motivation, fatigue, irritability, and changes in sleep or appetite. Our goal is to help you regain hope, energy, and emotional well-being.

ADHD Evaluation & Treatment

Comprehensive assessment and treatment for adults experiencing difficulty with focus, organization, procrastination, impulsivity, time management, and executive functioning challenges.

PTSD & Trauma-Related Support

Compassionate psychiatric care for individuals experiencing trauma-related anxiety, mood changes, emotional distress, sleep disturbances, and other PTSD symptoms.

A Fresh Start Begins Here

At Fresh Start Psychiatry, we believe that quality mental health care begins with listening. Our mission is to provide compassionate, evidence-based psychiatric services in a supportive, judgment-free environment where every individual feels heard, respected, and empowered.

Whether you’re experiencing anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD, mood changes, or overwhelming stress, we’re here to help you navigate life’s challenges with personalized treatment designed around your unique needs and goals. Every care plan is tailored to help you achieve greater emotional balance, improved well-being, and lasting confidence.

With nearly 20 years of nursing experience and 10 years as a Board-Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, we combine clinical expertise with a warm, collaborative approach. We understand that seeking mental health care can feel overwhelming, which is why we focus on building trusting relationships and providing care that is practical, compassionate, and effective.

Anita Richardson-Sasson

PMHNP-BC

I am a Board-Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with nearly 20 years of experience as a Registered Nurse and 10 years as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. I specialize in supporting adults struggling with anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD, mood concerns, and emotional overwhelm.

My approach is warm, collaborative, and holistic. I believe mental health care should feel supportive, respectful, and personalized. My goal is to help clients feel heard, understood, and empowered as we work together toward greater balance, clarity, and overall wellness.

Patient-Centered Care

Your goals and well-being are always the priority.

Evidence-Based Treatment

Proven strategies tailored to your unique needs.

Safe & Confidential

A secure, non-judgmental space to share and heal.

Support for Real Life

Practical tools to help you navigate everyday challenges.

Insurances We Accept

I currently accept Cigna, Aetna, United Healthcare, Oxford, and Oscar. I am working to accept additional carriers. For patients with Out-Of Network benefits, you will be charged the self-pay rate upfront, and I will provide an invoice which you can submit to your insurance company for reimbursement.

Cigna

Aetna

United Healthcare

Oscar

Oxford

Get In Touch With Us

Whether you’re ready to schedule your first appointment or have questions about our services, we’re here to help. Reach out today, and we’ll be happy to assist you on your journey toward better mental health.

Location:

744 South Meadow St Suite 450 Ithaca NY, 14850