
Cara Niemeier
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
San Diego, CA 92122
Let's Connect (619) 268-8439

Dr. Niemeier is a Board Certified Psychiatrist by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She uses an evidence-based, holistic approach, with the goal of using the lowest effective doses of sustainable medications when needed.
Dr. Niemeier believes that effective mental health treatment involves the treatment of the whole person, and includes physical, emotional, and spiritual health.
This clinic does not utilize benzodiazepines or stimulant medications.
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Finances
Fees
- Standard Visit $300
Payment Methods
Check, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Paypal, VisaInsurance
- Aetna
- Anthem
- BHS | Behavioral Health Systems
- Blue Cross
- Blue Shield
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Cigna and Evernorth
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Government Employees Health Association (GEHA)
- Health Net
- Humana
- Kaiser (Out-of-Network)
- Magellan
- Managed Health Network (MHN)
- Medicare
- MHNet Behavioral Health
- MultiPlan
- Optum
- Sentara Health Plans
- Sutter
- TRICARE
- TriWest
- United Medical Resources (UMR)
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
- Out of Network

Cara Niemeier
Psychiatrist, MD
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Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today License: California / A146882 Cara Niemeier
- In Practice for 13 years
- Oregon Health & Science University, Graduated 2012
- License: California / A146882
- Board Certification by American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Certificate from University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center MD / 2012
Education and Years In Practice
Additional Credentials
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Medication Management
- Trauma and PTSD
- Depression
Expertise
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Chronic Illness
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Marital and Premarital
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Relationship Issues
- Sexual Abuse
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Suicidal Ideation
- Thinking Disorders
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
Age
Adults
Participants
Individuals
Religion
Christian
Age
Adults
Participants
Individuals
Religion
Christian
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Christian Counseling
- Integrative
- Interpersonal
- Person-Centered
- Positive Psychology
- Psychodynamic
- Strength-Based
- Transpersonal
- Trauma Focused