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About
I am a 70 year old developmental Psychiatrist who practices evaluation, psychotherapy and medication management in a private pay outpatient office. I see child, adolescent and adult patients with AD/HD, mood disorders, anxiety disorders and complex psychiatric cases.I do not bill insurance but instead, I provide you a "super bill" that shows payment and enables you to recoup your costs out of network. Nothing is better than an individualized interactive assessment (with all due respect for checklists). I am trained in a wide variety of psychotherapy approaches and try and find the ones that apply to each patient.
Psychiatry, at its best, is a great synthetic medical specialty that incorporates most explanatory health paradigms, including alternative, complementary and traditional evidenced based treatments. Children generally need to be seen with parents and understood within a family system, including their genetic family tree. The evaluation process relies heavily on serious, focused problem solving dialogue.
I have very diverse training and experience. I have done brain imaging. I served 13 years in the military (exit in 1986). I have been through three years of personal training psychotherapy and logged many thousands of hours of psychotherapy back when it was held in higher regard.
Take the first step to help. Call or Email Robert E Sands now - (253) 248-7288
Finances
- Cost per Session: $150 - $450
Pay By:
American Express, Cash, Check, Mastercard, Paypal, Visa
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Out of Network
Verify your health insurance coverage when you arrange your first visit.
Qualifications
- License: Washington / MD00015092
- School: University of California at San Fransisco, Fellow
- Year Graduated: 1978
Additional Credentials
- Certificate: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology / Child and Adolescent Psych
- Certificate Date: 1980
- Certificate: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology / General Psychaitry
- Certificate Date: 1978
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Specialties
- ADHD
- Mood Disorders
- Anxiety
Issues
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Child
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Codependency
- Depression
- Developmental Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Medication Management
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Spirituality
- Trauma and PTSD
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Mental Health
- Psychosis
- Thinking Disorders
Client Focus
Age
- Adults
- Teen
- Preteen
- Children (6 to 10)
Communities
- Veterans
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Eclectic
- Emotionally Focused
- Existential
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Interpersonal
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
Modality
- Individuals
- Family
Last Modified: 27 Jun 2020