Ralph Gemelli
Psychiatrist, MD
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1010 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 525, Washington, DC 20007
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I am a child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist and psychoanalyst providing individual psychotherapy, play therapy, couples therapy, pharmacotherapy and psychoanalysis to patients for the following presenting symptoms: anxiety, depression, poor school performance, stuttering, lack of motivation, and finding oneself in relationships with people who are devaluating and/or abusive. My interpersonal focus is to help each patient become aware of what he or she consciously or unconsciously does that prevents the patient from developing developmentally enhancing relationships with significant others.
STUTTERING: I have been successful in treating children, adolescents and adults burdened with the problem of stuttering. To develop stuttering a person must possess a genetically derived physiological vulnerability in the speech mechanism and the, often unconscious anxiety about verbalizing certain thoughts and feelings. Stuttering can be cured when patient.
My overall treatment goal is to awaken patients innate motivation (1) to achieve/reawaken the life goals, aspirations and dreams that were criticized/ignored during their lives, (2) to seek/maintain the available/possible healthy relationships, (3) by identifying and treating the aspects of their mental functioning that prohibit (1) and (2).
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Finances
Fees
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by American Express, Cash, Check, Mastercard, Visa, Wire
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Ralph Gemelli
Psychiatrist, MD
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today License: District of Columbia / MD8567 Ralph Gemelli
- Board Certification by Child and Adult Psychiatry
- Certificate from ABPN Board Cert Child & Adult Psych / 1980
- Certificate from Washington Psychoanalytic Inst Child, adolescent and Adult Ps / 1989
- Cornell Medical College, Graduated 1972
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Ralph Gemelli
Psychiatrist, MD
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Emotional Disturbance
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Antisocial Personality
- Behavioral Issues
- Bisexual
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Career Counseling
- Child
- CHILD, ADOLESCENT AND ADULT STUTTERING
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Family Conflict
- Gambling
- Geriatric and Seniors
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infidelity
- Internet Addiction
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Coaching
- Medication Management
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sex Therapy
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Spirituality
- Testing and Evaluation
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Video Game Addiction
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Ralph Gemelli
Psychiatrist, MD
Client Focus
Age
Toddler ,
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Group
Communities
Aviation Professionals ,
Gay Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Asian ,
Black and African American
Religion
Christian
Age
Toddler ,
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Group
Communities
Aviation Professionals ,
Gay Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Asian ,
Black and African American
Religion
Christian
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Apathy in Overly Indulged Adolescents
- Attachment-based
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Interpersonal
- Medication/Understanding of Depression and Anxiety
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Play Therapy
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Trauma Focused
- Treatment of Stuttering
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Ralph Gemelli
Psychiatrist, MD
Groups
Adult Stutterers Group
A group is being formed for adult stutterers who have had speech therapy and are not motivated to use speech techniques that modify their stuttering, like speaking at a slow rate or using 'Hollins," because they are embarrassed about how their speech subsequently sounds. In addressing difficulties in using speech techniques, individuals may not only become more tolerant of using these techniques but also become motivated to understanding why he or she stutters more in certain situations or with certain people. The result can be a significant decrease in the adult's stuttering or even a complete cessation of stuttering.
Expertise
Anxiety
Emotional Disturbance
Relationship Issues
Age
Adults
Session Cost
$110-$140
Group Meets
Every Sat 9:30 A.M. - 11 A.M.
Location
Office of Ralph Gemelli MD
5049 Macomb Street NW
Washington, DC 20016
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Location
Primary Location
Ralph Gemelli, M.D., P.C.
1010 Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 525
Washington, DC 20007
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Ralph Gemelli
Psychiatrist, MD
Last Modified: 5 Feb 2021