Thryve story · January 2026
Clinical leadership
built for what comes next.
We are welcoming Dr. Leah R. Steinberg as Medical Director as Thryve prepares to open its first psychiatry program. She brings clinical rigor, warmth, and experience across the settings people enter before, during, and after a mental-health crisis.
Care before crisis
Growth only matters when trust and clinical judgment grow with it.
Earlier access is the commitment. Strong clinical leadership is part of how we make it responsible. As Thryve prepares to open its first program, Dr. Leah R. Steinberg is helping establish the clinical foundation for the work ahead.
A board-certified adult psychiatrist, Dr. Steinberg brings experience across outpatient, inpatient, and emergency psychiatry. Her background includes outpatient clinical leadership and emergency psychiatry at Kings County, as well as teaching appointments at SUNY Downstate and NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
That breadth matters. The goal is to help people reach thoughtful care earlier while recognizing the complexity of their needs. A welcoming first conversation must connect to careful assessment, appropriate treatment, and a clear understanding of when another level of support is needed.
Rachel Simon’s welcome emphasizes both the rigor and the warmth Dr. Steinberg brings: listening carefully, practicing ethically, and working with the people already involved in someone’s care. Those qualities belong at the center of the program we are building.
In her own words · February 2026
Clinical integrity, rooted in community.
Reflecting after the Williamsburg opening, Dr. Steinberg described why she joined Thryve: the opportunity to bring clinical integrity and community partnership into the same work. She emphasized care people can trust, cultural understanding, and fewer practical obstacles to getting help.
Her reflection connects medical leadership to the everyday experience of patients and families. Shorter waits, insurance participation, and a choice of in-person and telehealth access all serve the same purpose: helping people reach appropriate care with dignity. Her full reflection and the original welcome are linked in this article.
Experience across the continuum
Understanding more than one doorway into care.
Outpatient care, inpatient treatment, and emergency psychiatry reveal different parts of a person’s experience. Dr. Steinberg’s work across those settings informs the importance of getting the first step right—and of making sure care remains appropriate as circumstances change.
Her background includes service as Associate Medical Director in outpatient psychiatry at Kings County from 2022 to 2024. Alongside direct patient care, her teaching roles reflect a continuing commitment to clinical learning and professional standards.
Care before crisis
Reach people while more options remain open.
Thryve is being built around the barriers people encounter before care begins: uncertainty, long waits, affordability, and a sense that the available options do not understand their lives. We want people to feel able to ask for help sooner.
Earlier access requires more than speed. It depends on listening, thoughtful clinical judgment, and collaboration with families and other professionals when appropriate. Dr. Steinberg’s leadership helps hold those commitments together.
A foundation for the work ahead
Grow with a clear clinical standard.
The first psychiatry program is an important beginning for Thryve. The larger responsibility is to build a community mental-health organization people can trust as its work develops.
We are grateful to welcome medical leadership that sees the person behind the referral and the importance of the relationships around them. That is the clinical foundation we want carrying the next chapter.
Clinical quality
Responsible standards and medical judgment remain central as new programs and partnerships take shape.
Earlier care
The network is designed to help people reach thoughtful support before crisis becomes the only doorway.
Connected leadership
Medical direction stays linked to providers, families, community relationships, and the broader program strategy.
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