Dr. Alba L. is a board-certified psychiatrist and consultation-liaison specialist with advanced training in psychosomatic medicine, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and integrated behavioral health leadership. She is the Founder of Serenity Integrated Psychiatry PLLC (d.b.a. Mariposa Psychiatry), where she provides comprehensive outpatient psychiatric care for adults with complex and treatment-resistant conditions. Dr. Alba L. completed her General Adult Psychiatry residency at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School and a Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Her clinical expertise spans outpatient psychiatry, inpatient stabilization, emergency psychiatry, interventional psychiatry (including ECT), and integrated primary care models. She has held senior leadership roles, including Head of Psychiatry at Harbor Health and Associate Medical Director for Behavioral Health at Babylon Health, where she oversaw multidisciplinary psychiatric teams and developed scalable Collaborative Care Management (CoCM) programs within value-based care frameworks. Her work bridges high-acuity hospital psychiatry, digital behavioral health innovation, forensic asylum evaluations, and systems-level behavioral health strategy. She is deeply committed to culturally responsive, trauma-informed care and to advancing equitable access to psychiatric services. Areas of Expertise • Consultation-Liaison (Psychosomatic) Psychiatry • Treatment-Resistant Mood and Anxiety Disorders • Severe Mental Illness and Acute Psychiatric Stabilization • Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) • Trauma-Informed Care and PTSD • Integrated Behavioral Health & Collaborative Care (CoCM) • Women’s Mental Health and Perinatal Psychiatry • Geriatric Psychiatry • Substance Use Disorders and Dual Diagnosis • Emergency Psychiatry and Crisis Risk Assessment • Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) • Forensic Psychiatry & Asylum Evaluations • Value-Based Behavioral Health Program Development • Clinical Supervision and Psychiatric Team Leadership Philosophy of Collaboration: Dr. Alba L. approaches collaboration as both a clinical partnership and a systems-level responsibility. Having supervised psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, behavioral health care managers, and interdisciplinary primary care teams, she values structured communication, clear documentation standards, and evidence-based, measurement-informed care. Her background in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry reinforces a whole-person model—understanding psychiatric illness within the context of medical complexity, trauma history, and social determinants of health. She believes collaborative care thrives when psychiatric consultation is accessible, responsive, and integrated into longitudinal treatment planning rather than episodic review. Dr. Alba L. prioritizes mentorship, thoughtful case discussion, and risk mitigation strategies—particularly for high-acuity, comorbid, or culturally nuanced presentations. Her goal in collaborative settings is to strengthen clinical confidence, improve diagnostic clarity, and support sustainable, high-quality psychiatric care across diverse practice environments. ADD $150 FOR CA NO MULTIPLE NP DISCOUNT AND CANNOT BE ADDED AS AN ADD-ON STATE.