Psychiatrists in Chevy Chase, MD
Robert M. Post
Psychiatrist, MD
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Dr. Post is world-renowned psychiatrist known for providing one-time consultations for children and adults with difficult-to-treat mood disorders such as unipolar depression and bipolar disorder. He has published over 1080 articles on these topics and continues to conduct research and publish work to contribute to the scientific advancement of treatments for these disorders. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he is providing consults via telemedicine.
Jill Savege Scharff
Psychiatrist, MD, FABP
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I provide a trustworthy therapeutic relationship for couples, families, individuals, and children with anxiety and depression. I listen, follow your lead, ask for clarification and comment on your feelings and perceptions. Together, we focus on understanding and mastering your upsetting impulses and conflicts, and on modifying the way that early relationships affect current relationships. You’ll make links between your thoughts, feelings, and experiences now and in the past, decode your dreams, recognize your ways of protecting yourself, acknowledge how you have been held back, and move forward in career, friendship, and love.
Better You Mental Health
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PHHNP
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Hi, I am honored to be your future provider. I sincerely understand how mental and emotional struggles can negatively impact your life, and the lives of the ones you love. I am immensely passionate about improving the lives of others, therefore, my mission is to provide you with expert care that is compassionate, personalized, and effective.
David E Scharff
Psychiatrist, MD, FABP
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I'm a psychoanalyst who works with adults, children, couples and families, and have a subspecialty in sexual difficulties. I have taught and written about issues across many areas of the life cycle, and am probably best known for my treatment and teaching about couple and family difficulties. Although I am a psychiatrist, I only prescribe for patients I treat with psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.
Falk W Lohoff
Psychiatrist, MD
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I am double Board certified in Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine and specialize in the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders, ADHD and addictions. I completed my training at the University of Pennsylvania and have special interest in neuropsychopharmacology and psychotherapy. My overall goal is to alleviate your symptoms and increase your quality of life.
Jeanne Holzgrefe
Psychiatrist, MD, PhD
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I am a Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationship issues, and transitions in life. I also have extensive experience with a variety of other mental health issues. Therapy, I believe, is a collaborative exploration of important aspects of one's present and past, in order to develop alternative coping mechanisms and strategies for growth, to relieve suffering, to foster healthy relationships, and to attain one's personal goals. I have had much success in helping patients along a path to better mental health and functioning.
Almaz Assefaw
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP
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Almaz Assefaw is a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Family Nurse Practitioner in Virginia with more than 21 years of experience in the medical field in both inpatient and outpatient care. She has a Doctoral degree in Nursing Practice. Almaz's goal is to build strong relationships with clients of all ages to help them with their mental health needs.
Eric Taswell
Psychiatrist, MD
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"No man is an island...", John Donne wrote. No woman, either. From birth, we depend upon relationships to give life meaning. But life sometimes leaves us feeling alone with our troubles. We may feel misunderstood, sad, worried, scared or angry. We may struggle with our direction, fall short of our hopes, suffer a loss. Yet our social connections are at the core of our humanity. That is why I believe talking can help to relieve suffering and create new directions. I strive to help by listening carefully and reflecting with you to better understand obstacles to a more fulfilling life.
Gift of Dreams Wellness and Consulting, LLC
Psychiatric Nurse, DNP, MDiv, MPH, MSN
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At The Gift of Dreams, you will have your specific needs met in a way that is collaborative, comfortable, and conscientious. Dr. Mekeshia Bates will work with you and for you to ensure that you are meeting your individual therapeutic goals and becoming the person you have always been capable of being. In unison, you and Dr. Bates will work to remove negative behavioral and thought patterns that give rise to problems in your life, helping you to become a happier, more fulfilled person. She will always help you to make your dreams your reality!
Elspeth Dwyer
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, MS, CRNP, PMHNPBC
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I am a board-certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, specializing in psychopharmacology. I received both a Bachelors and Master’s Degree in nursing from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions. Prior to becoming a nurse practitioner I worked as a psychotherapist and have my MSW from Boston College. I have extensive experience working in inpatient, partial hospital, outpatient and college health settings. I have a special interest in women's mental health across the lifespan, including the perinatal and postpartum period. I also especially enjoy working with young adults and college students.
Hedy Howard
Psychiatrist, MD
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I work with my patients in an individualized collaborative process to understand the roots of the problem they are having and to design the best treatment plan. The goal is to restore health and alleviate pain but also to achieve the insight and self understanding that provides the freedom to be one's best self, to make the best choices in all aspects of life.
Douglas A Chavis
Psychiatrist, MD, MS
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I can work with you on your struggles with anxiety, depression, or issues around intimacy, relationships, and sexuality. Or. I can work with your child or adolescent who may by overwhelmed with anxiety, depression, drug use, school difficulties, social difficulties, or conflicts with parents. If you are a couple I can help you resolve the intense pain of a difficult and conflicted relationship. I can also help if your family is struggling with loss, a disruptive parent or child, sibling squabbles or parent-child conflict.
Gonzalo Laje
Psychiatrist, MD, MHSc, FAPA
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Have you or your loved one been experiencing emotional or behavioral difficulties? I believe that through a thorough diagnostic process and integrated treatment we can restore health and wellbeing. My name is Gonzalo Laje and I am a doubled Board certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist with over 25 years of experience and special interest in psychopharmacology. I completed my training at NYU/Bellevue Hospital and NIMH/Children's in DC. I evaluate and treat patients of all ages and severities with an emphasis on difficult to treat cases. My goal is to alleviate your symptoms and improve your quality of life.
Titilayo Raji
Psychiatric Nurse, PMHNP
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Titi Raji is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in Maryland who has been practicing since 2019. She holds a DNP, PMHNP from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, an FNP from St Joseph College of Maine, and a BSN from Marymount University. Titi believes in providing individualized quality and compassionate mental health care services to clients and families in need through prevention, intervention, treatment, and education. She strives to provide patient-focused care in a supportive atmosphere in which patients, family members, and professionals are treated with the utmost dignity and respect.
Emee Ta
Psychiatrist, MD
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Board-certified psychiatrist specializing in treating depression, anxiety, and trauma/stressor-related disorders in emerging adults, young professionals, and college students. I practice with a comprehensive and holistic biopsychosocial model of psychiatry that closely intertwines a thoughtful and informed approach to prescribing with psychotherapy. Outside of private practice, I also work as a staff psychiatrist at the student health center at George Washington University.
Barbara Byers
Psychiatrist, MD, MPH
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I am an adult psychiatrist who also specializes in reproductive psychiatry. I work with women who have mood and anxiey issues related to reproductive changes including pregnancy, posptpartum, and infertility, as well as PMS and menopause. I also treat general patients who have mood and axiety symptoms as well.
Carlos Blanco
Psychiatrist, MD, PhD
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I am a board-certified psychiatrist working in New York City, Washington, D.C., Maryland and Florida specializing in psychopharmacology and talk therapy. I approach every patient as an individual with their own unique thoughts, feelings and traits and work in a collaborative way to identify and achieve your individual goals. I am an internationally recognized expert in the treatment of anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and impulsivity (such as gambling) as well as in the treatment of psychiatric disorders in breast cancer survivors. I evaluate and treat patients of all severities with an emphasis on difficult to treat cases.
Sandra G. Hershberg
Psychiatrist, MD
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As a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, and teacher of other mental health professionals, I have an abiding belief in the importance of a strong connection between patient and therapist in order to achieve growth and change. I have been successful in helping individuals struggling with painful feeling states, such as anxiety and depression, and problematic relationships to modulate intense feelings and to feel freer in their minds and in their lives.
Louis Ari Kopolow
Psychiatrist, MD, DLFAPA, ACP, CGP
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You may be feeling anxious, depressed, fearful, angry, uncomfortable in social situations, or experiencing other emotional difficulties. Perhaps someone you care about is having problems. Although psychological issues can cause upsetting thoughts and feelings, physiology (body and brain) may also play a role. An evaluation with a holistic-focused psychiatrist can help you make sense of things and find treatments that work. As a Board Certified psychiatrist for 25+ years, I have specialized training and experience in recognizing and treating emotional and medical issues. My therapeutic style is active, collaborative, and solution focused.
Stephen M Weissman
Psychiatrist, MD
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Overwhelmed? Frustrated with people in your life? Trouble at school, work or home? Change can happen. I see adolescents, adults and couples. I'm direct, open, collaborative. My style is eclectic, practical and problem-solving. I prescribe anti-anxiety and anti-depressant medications when indicated. Psychotherapy is a two-way street. It begins with a consultation, when together we clarify what's troubling you. During that first encounter, we road-test our compatibility as communicators and collaborators. In psycho-therapy, "one size" does not fit all. You should meet more than one clinician before deciding whom to work with.
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About Psychiatrists, meds and Psychiatric Nurses.
A Psychiatrist in Chevy Chase is a qualified medical doctor who specializes in treating mental health issues and diagnosable disorders.
Chevy Chase 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 Chevy Chase 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 Chevy Chase, 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. Chevy Chase Psychiatric nurse practitioners also have training that enables them to include psychotherapy with treatment.
A Psychiatrist in Chevy Chase is a qualified medical doctor who specializes in treating mental health issues and diagnosable disorders.
Chevy Chase 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 Chevy Chase 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 Chevy Chase, 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. Chevy Chase Psychiatric nurse practitioners also have training that enables them to include psychotherapy with treatment.
How to find the right Psychiatrist?
If you're finding it difficult to find the right psychiatrist in Chevy Chase, don't worry--you're not alone. Psychiatrists are highly specialized professionals. They tend to be busy--appointments can be short (e.g. 15 mins.)--and so as a potential client you can sometimes feel lost or confused. Don't let this deter you.
Begin first by checking the psychiatrists listed here nearest to you. If they are limited in number, expand out your search geographically (Broaden your Search) and see who's available further afield. Use the links in the left nav bar to find the relevant insurance, if you intend to use your health insurance to pay for the provider.
If you're still finding it difficult to find a psychiatrist in Chevy Chase, call or contact the professionals here and ask for a psychiatric referral. You can also call the psychiatric nurses in Chevy Chase as they tend to be affiliated to a network of psychiatrists in their area ( Chevy Chase). Or just chat to them to see if they can help.
If you're finding it difficult to find the right psychiatrist in Chevy Chase, don't worry--you're not alone. Psychiatrists are highly specialized professionals. They tend to be busy--appointments can be short (e.g. 15 mins.)--and so as a potential client you can sometimes feel lost or confused. Don't let this deter you.
Begin first by checking the psychiatrists listed here nearest to you. If they are limited in number, expand out your search geographically (Broaden your Search) and see who's available further afield. Use the links in the left nav bar to find the relevant insurance, if you intend to use your health insurance to pay for the provider.
If you're still finding it difficult to find a psychiatrist in Chevy Chase, call or contact the professionals here and ask for a psychiatric referral. You can also call the psychiatric nurses in Chevy Chase as they tend to be affiliated to a network of psychiatrists in their area ( Chevy Chase). Or just chat to them to see if they can help.