When Dr. Abbas completed his residency in InternalMedicine and Psychiatry, as well as a fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry, he hoped for a quiet life by a lake, seeing patients during the day, and returning home to his family at a decent hour. At first, Dr. Abbas thought he’d found the life he was looking for, but grew weary of the hospital system’s tendency to view patients as a commodity. Dr. Abbas moved to central Pennsylvania, hoping a new environment would be a better fit for his patient-centered values. Here, he realized that establishing his own practice was the only way to practice medicine the way he wanted. The name, Ethos, embodies how and why Dr. Abbas practices Psychiatry. Ethos has grown far beyond Dr. Abbas. It has become a collective with a mission to help patients rediscover their true selves by healing mind, body and soul.
Dr. Edward F Caruso, M.D. has been a Board Certified Psychiatrist for many years. He has board certification in general and geriatric psychiatry, but has also worked extensively within child and adolescent populations. In addition, he has worked in addiction settings, and has been a Suboxone prescriber for many years. Altogether, he has worked for more than 23 years in a variety of outpatient and inpatient settings. After completing medical school at Ross University, he completed his general psychiatry residency at the University of South Carolina and his Geropsych Fellowship at the University of Cincinnati. He’s very happy to be joining Dr. Abbas and Ethos, for what he hopes will be a long time, and hopefully in multiple locations in eastern PA.
Ruth Ablan, M.A. CMHC is a Bilingual Professional Counselor working towards her LPC licensure with a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.Ruth has over 10 years of experience working with individuals from various cultural backgrounds and having different values and beliefs. Ruth began her career as a Reiki Master and Life Coach. She went on to work directly with children, adolescents, and adults having co-occurring mental health issues such as anxiety and depression disorders, ADHD/ADD, substance abuse, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and other behavioral issues, LGBTQI+ related issues, domestic violence, trauma, crisis, suicide and bereavement, grief and loss, dissociative disorders, relationship issues, impulsiveness, anger management, and more as she completed her graduate program. She currently works with survivors of domestic violence at the Laurel House in Montgomery County, pro
Our compassionate and experienced therapists, psychiatrists and nurse practitioners specialize in many forms of psychotherapy, and we treat our patients at two campuses in Lehighton and Emmaus. Ethos specializes in treating many disorders and illnesses, including: Depression Anxiety Disorders, including Panic Disorder Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia and other psychiatric illnesses
