Motivational Interviewing Psychiatrists in Washington, DC
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BCB Liberty Healthcare
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, MSN, PMHMP
Verified
Verified
I am experienced Mental Health provider with over 10 years of experience working with variety of patients. My goal is to empower everyone I come across so they can get the best of what matter to them. I will take the time to listen and formulate a plan that will work for you. I believe everyone deserve the best care and my job is to provide just that. I am accepting new patient and have immediate opening.
Not accepting new clients
Eric Liao
Psychiatrist, MD, JD
Verified
Verified
I want to help you move toward the person you want to be. We’ll work to understand who you are and get a handle on the symptoms and the behavior patterns that get in your way. We’ll put together a treatment plan just for you. And then we’ll use both traditional and cutting-edge mental health treatments to move those obstacles out of your way.
Not accepting new clients
Sara Shiffman
Psychiatric Nurse, MSN, PMHNP
Verified
Verified
I am not accepting new patients at this time. I am a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) specializing in the treatment of depression, anxiety, bipolar illness, women's mental health, and addiction. I am licensed in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia. I work collaboratively with individuals and their families, and other mental health and medical providers. My goal is to help you customize a plan that enables you to find lasting change. This plan may involve medication, therapy, or a combination of both.
Mental Wealth By Dr. Azad
Psychiatrist, DO, MSc
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
Mental Wealth provides premier psychiatric care for children, adolescents, and adults in DC, MD, and VA. We believe that seeing a mental health professional is a powerful tool to help you reach your maximum potential. While we aren’t about labeling or focusing on weaknesses, we are about identifying what you want out of life and working together to create a path that will enable you to start getting closer to reaching personal and professional goals.
Sinan Duzyurek
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified
Verified
My training and clinical experience of 3 decades include general medicine, neuropsychiatry; comprehensive adult psychiatry, sexual medicine, various psychotherapies (such as here-and-now focused therapy); rTMS; esketamine (Spravato) and ketamine treatments; psychiatric genetic testing; and advanced psychopharmacology with integrated supportive psychotherapy / counseling during patient sessions. I employ a multidimensional and integrated approach toward an accurate and comprehensive diagnosis and effective treatment strategies. I am in the clinical faculty at the GWU, Depart. of Psychiatry. (Note: not offering rTMS at this time)
Caring Health LLC
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP , BC, CRNP- C
Verified
Verified
Hi dear, I am Patricia, I am a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Family Nurse Practitioner and I can manage broad areas of psychiatry and medical health needs. Whether you're dealing with personality or Mood Disorders I'm here to help. Seeking treatment to help manage your mental health issue can feel scary but you're making the right choice. In our sessions together, I'll meet you with compassion, evidence-based Practice medication management, counselling and therapy to better manage your mental health During our sessions together we will build trust, support and a welcoming and open environment
Wilhem Rivera MD
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified
Verified
Dr. Rivera employs an integrative style that focuses on the individual's sleep, diet, physical and mental fitness. He enjoys working in particular with weight loss, men's wellness, de-prescription from psychotropic medications, and detox from long-term substance use: tobacco, alcohol, opioids, and benzodiazepines. Furthermore, he specializes in the diagnosis and management of attention, mood, anxiety, and psychotic disorders. You and Dr. Rivera will discuss available treatment modalities that may include lifestyle changes, meditation and mindfulness, exercise, medication management, and hormonal balancing.
Michelle Denise Holder
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, MSN, PMHNP, ANP
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
Michelle D Holder is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and Adult Nurse Practitioner with over ten years of experience diagnosing and treating adults and young adults. Michelle treats various mental health issues, including ADHD, OCD, Depression, and Anxiety. She wants to best serve patient populations that have under-diagnosed conditions, including those who are high-functioning. Her goal is to work with you to find solutions to your greatest needs that will best work with your lifestyle. Open, honest communication and willingness to try various treatments is paramount to Michelle.
Julian Milo Artunduaga
Psychiatrist, DO
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Sometimes life comes with challenges and difficulties that affect how we function. Together we can evaluate your difficulties and come up with a plan to rise above them. If you are ready to engage in therapy, discuss your feelings and make small yet consistent changes to your life for the better, contact me so we can start treatment. I am board certified in adult psychiatry and have training in child and adolescent psychiatry. This training helps me better understand your development and how your past might affect your present. I am best equipped to help adolescents, young adults, adults in life transiton and the LGBTQIA population.
Dr. Tai Ajani
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, DNP, PMHNPBC
Verified
Verified
Dr. Tai Ajani, DNP, PMHNP-BC is doctoral-prepared, dual board-certified in psychiatric mental health and adult gerontology nurse practitioner. She has more than 20 years of experience as a healthcare provider and has delivered high-quality health care to multicultural patients in outpatient and inpatient settings. At MindBodyPinnacle Health in Maryland, she offers holistic psychiatric care to individuals over the age 10 years.
Swati Divakarla
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified
Verified
Dr. Swati Divakarla is a Board-Certified Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist. She has experience working in a variety of clinical settings. She uses evidence based medicine as a guide in medication management of a variety of psychiatric symptoms. She has also had experience in multiple modalities of psychotherapy. She has had experience with working with individuals from diverse backgrounds, and presenting with a variety of symptoms and problems.
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Psychiatrist, MD
Verified
Verified
As a board-certified psychiatrist, I have over 19 years of experience in private and community practice successfully treating adults needing help with symptoms of mood, anxiety and thought disorders.
Sasha Bergeron
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, MSN, PMHNP, BC
Verified
Verified
Accepting New Intakes for May! I specialize in integrative, evidence-based psychiatry. I practice collaboratively, supporting you to achieve your mental health goals. I draw on theories of mindfulness, internal family systems (IFS), and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) alongside medication management, to create a comprehensive treatment plan for wellness. My areas of expertise include depression, anxiety, ADHD, bipolar I and II disorder, OCD, PTSD, and perinatal/postpartum mood disorders. I also specialize in ketamine therapy & transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for hard to treat anxiety and depression.
Jyotika Devi Vazirani
Psychiatric Nurse, MSN, CRNP, CNS
Verified
5 Endorsed
Verified
5 Endorsed
We often come into our personal behaviors, thoughts, & feelings because they have helped us survive our own anxieties. As adults, often habitual patterns of behavior inhibit us from growing into the effective human beings we expect ourselves to become. Freedom, in its broadest sense, can be limited, depending on our own thought patterns, emotions, and our personal responses/reactions to our emotions. Together, we can look at patterns of behavior, private thoughts and feelings with empathy and without judgment. We can explore how freedom of thought and emotional reactivity can help you achieve your personal goals of actualization.
Leadeth Stillwaters LLC
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, MSN, APRN, PMHNP
Verified
Verified
We are accepting new clients in DC, Maryland and Virginia through telehealth (online). Struggling with sleep, anxiety, depression, ADHD, bipolar, grief or loss, past trauma or PTSD, self harm, impulsivity, OCD, irritability, anger, stress managements, and mood swings? Do you need medication management, prescription refill, or therapy? We can help & support you through evidence base approach treatment. We understand life gets tough, but don’t give up. With our support you can overcome the challenges that life brings. Contact us today, we can help.
Esno Health Group LLC
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, DrPH, APN
Verified
Verified
Obinna Obiejemba, DrPH, APN., has always wanted to be a hand and a voice — a hand to help the infirmed, and a voice for the most vulnerable. This led him to academic pursuits and careers in clinical medicine and public health. He has spent nearly two decades working in Managed Care and with vulnerable and complex populations. Prior to his graduate studies in family practice, psychiatry, and public health, Dr. Obi led a variety of projects at Baltimore city jails and prisons to improve access to care. He has special interest in adult and geriatric psychiatric disorders including mood disorders, thought disorders, and dementia.
Waitlist for new clients
Queer Ear Mental Health
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, MSN, PMHNP, APRN
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Presently not taking new patients, but you can contact us to be placed on our waitlist. The LGBTQIA+ (we embrace "Queer") community has the right to seek mental health medication just as we are. Perhaps you, or your child, are seeking medication management for anxiety, depression, or ADHD. Maybe you're trans/non-binary/gender-nonconforming and are tired of explaining everything to prescribers. Perhaps you're anxious or depressed about app dating or a recent kink or OnlyFans effort. Maybe, you're not out (or fully out) and need medication to help the anxiety.
Georgina Rose Chidaushe
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP, -BC
Verified
Verified
Hello, I'm Rose! I’m currently accepting new patients! I am board-certified and licensed in Virginia and Washington DC. Having worked in a psychiatric hospital, partial hospitalization program (PHP) and out patient office; I have extensive experience working with adults, children and adolescents to manage depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, ADHD, PTSD, autism spectrum and OCD. Prior to graduating as a nurse practitioner, I had 12 years nursing experience working in neurology, psychiatry, hospice and pain management.
Edgar Hernandez
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified
Verified
Dr. Edgar I. Hernandez is board certified in Adult Psychiatry. He has been practicing for over 10 years. His areas of interest include psychopharmacology, interventional psychiatry, and medical education. Dr. Hernandez’s practice focuses on medication management. Typically, he offers this in conjunction with supportive psychotherapy in 30-minutes follow-up visits. However, Dr. Hernandez understands the importance of psychotherapy and may ask to bring in a therapist to your treatment team to provide the best care and outcome.
Not accepting new clients
Nicole Perras
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified
6 Endorsed
Verified
6 Endorsed
****Dr. Perras is not taking new patients at this time**** I am a board-certified adult psychiatrist with experience in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of psychiatric issues. I practice humanistic medicine with an emphasis on treatment of the whole person. My approach to care combines evidence-based medicine with patient-driven collaboration. All appointments will be done via telepsychiatry until further notice.
Washington, DC 20016
Not accepting new clients
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Motivational Interviewing Psychiatrists
How does motivational interviewing work?
Motivational interviewing aims to uncover a person’s internal motivation to change their life. Toward this end, the therapist listens, empathizes, and collaborates with the client based on their perspective; the therapist doesn’t adhere to a predetermined plan for change or impose their viewpoint on the client. Discovering an individual’s most important reasons for change, and guiding them to achieve those changes, can empower people to shift from ambivalence to action.
Is motivational interviewing evidence-based?
Yes, research shows that motivational interviewing can help treat alcohol and substance use — and in different ways such as reducing drinking, reducing resistance, and increasing the likelihood of staying in treatment. Motivational interviewing has also been shown to help people lose weight, adhere to medication regimens, improve diet for those with Type II diabetes, and improve healthy behaviors in children.
How long does motivational interviewing last?
Motivational interviewing is a short-term therapy that can last just one or two sessions. In some cases, motivational interviewing may be used in conjunction with longer-term therapies, but for most people, motivational interviewing is a brief intervention that aims to help patients understand their personal, specific, and internal reasons for changing their life.
What differentiates motivational interviewing from person-centered therapy?
In person-centered therapy, the individual is in the driver’s seat of the treatment process, creating space for them to trust their instincts and arrive at their own solutions. The two approaches are similar because motivational interviewing is also client-centered; however, person-centered therapy is more open-ended while motivational interviewing is somewhat more structured; the goal is to change, and the therapist helps the client specifically discover their internal motivations to modify their behavior.
About Psychiatrists, meds and Psychiatric Nurses.
A Psychiatrist in Washington is a qualified medical doctor who specializes in treating mental health issues and diagnosable disorders.
Washington Psychiatrists differ from other mental health professionals in that they may prescribe medication as well as practice psychotherapy in treatment. Sometimes, Psychiatrists form part of a clinical team in which they will diagnose and prescribe, while psychologists or therapists provide the client's psychotherapy.
As part of a clinical assessment, Psychiatrists may conduct physical examinations, take blood tests, and order and interpret lab tests and brain image scans, such as CT scans, CAT Scans, and MRIs.
The field of psychiatry in Washington has many sub-specialties, including pediatric psychiatry. Those who work with the elderly are called geriatric psychiatrists.
Other related sub-specialties include cognition psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, psychosomatic, forensic, reproductive medicine specialties, psychopharmacology , psychiatric genetics, neuroimaging, and clinical neurophysiology.
Psychiatric nurse practitioners in Washington, or mental health nurse practitioners, generally have an MS degree in nursing (MSN) and a number of years of training to become certified. Psychiatric nurse practitioners are able to assess and diagnose mental health conditions and prescribe medication. Washington Psychiatric nurse practitioners also have training that enables them to include psychotherapy with treatment.
A Psychiatrist in Washington is a qualified medical doctor who specializes in treating mental health issues and diagnosable disorders.
Washington Psychiatrists differ from other mental health professionals in that they may prescribe medication as well as practice psychotherapy in treatment. Sometimes, Psychiatrists form part of a clinical team in which they will diagnose and prescribe, while psychologists or therapists provide the client's psychotherapy.
As part of a clinical assessment, Psychiatrists may conduct physical examinations, take blood tests, and order and interpret lab tests and brain image scans, such as CT scans, CAT Scans, and MRIs.
The field of psychiatry in Washington has many sub-specialties, including pediatric psychiatry. Those who work with the elderly are called geriatric psychiatrists.
Other related sub-specialties include cognition psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, psychosomatic, forensic, reproductive medicine specialties, psychopharmacology , psychiatric genetics, neuroimaging, and clinical neurophysiology.
Psychiatric nurse practitioners in Washington, or mental health nurse practitioners, generally have an MS degree in nursing (MSN) and a number of years of training to become certified. Psychiatric nurse practitioners are able to assess and diagnose mental health conditions and prescribe medication. Washington Psychiatric nurse practitioners also have training that enables them to include psychotherapy with treatment.