Location
Offers online therapy
About
Now accepting new self-pay patients in Maryland only. Hi, I'm Melissa (aka Dr. Shepard)! Since deciding to pursue psychiatry, I've made it my mission to end mental health stigma, increase access to care and make mental health treatment less scary.
I offer primarily telepsychiatry (medication management only at this time) to MD residents ages 15 and up. I completed my MD at the University of Maryland and psychiatry residency at Johns Hopkins. I have expertise in anxiety, OCD, mood disorders (depression and bipolar disorder), psychotic disorders, women's mental health (including pregnancy), and more.
I have dealt with anxiety and depression and know how hard it can be. But I know that we can work together to get you feeling better, whether that is through therapy, medications, or both. There is hope, and you are not alone!

Melissa Shepard
“Contact me for telemedicine and/or teletherapy services for North Carolina residents.”
Take the first step to help. Call or Email Melissa Shepard now - (301) 265-2644
Finances
- Cost per Session: $200+
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Out of Network
I am in-network with several commercial insurance plans in North Carolina only.
Email me or call (301) 265-2644 with questions.
Qualifications
- License: Maryland / D0083146
- Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Location
Offers online therapy
Specialties
- Anxiety
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- ADHD
Issues
- Addiction
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Career Counseling
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Pain
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Intellectual Disability
- Life Transitions
- Medication Management
- Obesity
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Mental Health
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Elderly Persons Disorders
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Personality Disorders
- Psychosis
- Thinking Disorders
Sexuality
- Bisexual
- LGBTQ+
- Lesbian
Client Focus
Age
- Elders (65+)
- Adults
- Teen
Communities
- Bisexual Allied
- Body Positivity
- Cancer
- Gay Allied
- HIV / AIDS Allied
- Intersex Allied
- Lesbian Allied
- Non-Binary Allied
- Queer Allied
- Racial Justice Allied
- Sex Worker Allied
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Transgender Allied
- Veterans
Last Modified: 3 Aug 2022