Neurologist. Galina Nikolskaya, M.D.

Dr. Galina Nikolskaya helped our 7 year old son and he made great progress under her effective care. We asked her for help when things were pretty bad at home and school: teachers constantly complained and gave him time outs for bad behavior, we were upset and made our rules strict, reprimanded him, used lots of limitations and talks…but the situation was only getting worse. He was aggressive, didn’t care about the limitations and acted out a lot. We felt desperate. Dr. Nikolskaya took her time to learn about our family, the child, and his developmental path. She explained to us that why his is acting out this way – his self esteem was getting extremely low and instead of punishment and reprimands we need to change the way we treat him. Dr. Nikolskaya didn’t spare her time to explain all the nuances of his condition to us and what was the best approach to handle it. My son visited her every week. After 2 sessions I noticed a big shift – he was less aggressive, in a month – “I want to destroy the world” behavior disappeared. Another huge help from her was addressing the issue at school. She wrote letters to the school on behalf of my son to ensure he was set up for success and recommended better approach to handle misbehavior instead of time-outs that undermined my son’s self esteem which led a vicious cycle of him acting out because he felt bad about himself. The school agreed to implement the necessary changes and it shifted the whole picture. Instead of time outs he was asked to do some physical activity or do breathing exercises (that he learnt with Dr. Nikolskaya!). We haven’t got any complains since.
I’m so grateful to Dr. Nikolskaya! She goes an extra mile for her patients and work with love in her heart! She responds quickly to any questions and doesn’t save time on explaining things, giving support! Her holistic approach combines her love for kids with her clinical expertise in a way that truly helps.