Psychiatrists in Walnut Creek, CA
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Joseph Harrison
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, MSN, NP-C
Verified Verified
Walnut Creek, CA 94598 (Online Only)
I enjoy helping persons who are experiencing lower-than-normal functioning because or new onset or chronic mental health needs. My patients enjoy partnering with me to understand how their physical health, their social world, their choices and their identity all create conditions in which they feel well or unwell. I delight in getting to know my patients and in collaborating with them to improve their wellness and to achieve their goals. Having a thought partner in a person who cares, is professionally trained, and enjoys their job can make a huge difference in one's quality of life and personal satisfaction.
I enjoy helping persons who are experiencing lower-than-normal functioning because or new onset or chronic mental health needs. My patients enjoy partnering with me to understand how their physical health, their social world, their choices and their identity all create conditions in which they feel well or unwell. I delight in getting to know my patients and in collaborating with them to improve their wellness and to achieve their goals. Having a thought partner in a person who cares, is professionally trained, and enjoys their job can make a huge difference in one's quality of life and personal satisfaction.
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My goal is to help you make transformative life changes and build emotional resilience through a collaborative process. We will work using talk therapy to explore your thoughts, feelings, behaviors, personality, and relationships to better sort out your reasons for seeking help. We will consider whether there is a biological aspect to your difficulties and if you may benefit from medications to enhance your therapy. Finally, we will identify your goals, strengths, temperament, interests, personality traits, and life experiences to tailor an individual treatment for you.
My goal is to help you make transformative life changes and build emotional resilience through a collaborative process. We will work using talk therapy to explore your thoughts, feelings, behaviors, personality, and relationships to better sort out your reasons for seeking help. We will consider whether there is a biological aspect to your difficulties and if you may benefit from medications to enhance your therapy. Finally, we will identify your goals, strengths, temperament, interests, personality traits, and life experiences to tailor an individual treatment for you.
Online Psychiatrists
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Calm corner Mental health
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP, MSN
Verified Verified
14 Endorsed
Salinas, CA 93905
Are you struggling with episodes of mood swings, anxiety, depression? I know it took a lot of courage to get to this point. At calm corner mental health we understand that seeking mental health care that feels both supportive and culturally sensitive is essential. That's why we are proud to offer a team of experienced and compassionate black psychiatrists in Los Angeles who are committed to providing you with the highest level of mental care.
Are you struggling with episodes of mood swings, anxiety, depression? I know it took a lot of courage to get to this point. At calm corner mental health we understand that seeking mental health care that feels both supportive and culturally sensitive is essential. That's why we are proud to offer a team of experienced and compassionate black psychiatrists in Los Angeles who are committed to providing you with the highest level of mental care.
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I care for patients from the paradigm that mental and physical health are so strongly intertwined that one may not fully achieve either without striving for both. I treat both a vast range of psychiatric conditions and help those who wish to better understand themselves and their relationships. My areas of interest include anxiety, depression, whole body health, coping with medical illness, and addiction medicine. I will formulate a customized treatment plan, which may include psychotherapy, medications, and behavioral techniques, to best care for your condition and meet your needs.
I care for patients from the paradigm that mental and physical health are so strongly intertwined that one may not fully achieve either without striving for both. I treat both a vast range of psychiatric conditions and help those who wish to better understand themselves and their relationships. My areas of interest include anxiety, depression, whole body health, coping with medical illness, and addiction medicine. I will formulate a customized treatment plan, which may include psychotherapy, medications, and behavioral techniques, to best care for your condition and meet your needs.
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Dr. Crystal Joyette Hopkins
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, DNP, PMHNP, FNP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Olivehurst, CA 95961 (Online Only)
Hopkins’ professional interests include treating mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and psychotic disorders in adults.
Every person is an individual. All clients deserve mental health care tailored to the individual that is seeking care. My goal for every client is to improve their mood and overall health by providing compassionate mental and medical health care.
Hopkins’ professional interests include treating mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and psychotic disorders in adults.
Every person is an individual. All clients deserve mental health care tailored to the individual that is seeking care. My goal for every client is to improve their mood and overall health by providing compassionate mental and medical health care.
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VirtualPsychiatricCare.com
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, MSN, APRN, PMHNP
Verified Verified
Hayward, CA 94541 (Online Only)
Accepting new patients via telehealth visits for psychiatric evaluations and medication management. I treat anyone suffering with depression, anxiety, or any other mental health issue that is adversely affecting optimal functioning. Our clients are looking to be properly diagnosed and treated using the safest prescribing principles. Make your appointment in our website today. Evening and weekend hours are available. We offer affordable rates-Initial Psychiatric Eval $249, Follow-ups are $99
Accepting new patients via telehealth visits for psychiatric evaluations and medication management. I treat anyone suffering with depression, anxiety, or any other mental health issue that is adversely affecting optimal functioning. Our clients are looking to be properly diagnosed and treated using the safest prescribing principles. Make your appointment in our website today. Evening and weekend hours are available. We offer affordable rates-Initial Psychiatric Eval $249, Follow-ups are $99
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I work with a wide range of issues and provide services for assessment, diagnosis and treatment of depression, anxiety, PTSD, trauma and substance abuse.
I offer the physician perspective to help you gain insight and knowledge in a comfortable, confidential and supportive atmosphere. I offer a highly personalized approach tailored to each of my client's individual needs.. I am a psychiatrist who does talk therapy. Offices in: San Diego and Oakland. I offer weekend and evening hours. I have a DEA license to prescribe Subutex and Suboxone. I offer hypnotherapy as an additional treatment modality. I am a licensed physician in California..
I work with a wide range of issues and provide services for assessment, diagnosis and treatment of depression, anxiety, PTSD, trauma and substance abuse.
I offer the physician perspective to help you gain insight and knowledge in a comfortable, confidential and supportive atmosphere. I offer a highly personalized approach tailored to each of my client's individual needs.. I am a psychiatrist who does talk therapy. Offices in: San Diego and Oakland. I offer weekend and evening hours. I have a DEA license to prescribe Subutex and Suboxone. I offer hypnotherapy as an additional treatment modality. I am a licensed physician in California..
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Tara N Valenzuela
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, DNP, PMHNP
Verified Verified
Berkeley, CA 94704 (Online Only)
The treatment of addiction, anxiety, panic attacks, mood disorders, phobias, OCD, and ADHD are within her wheelhouse.
Dr. Tara Valenzuela DNP, PMHNP-BC. is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She treats mental health across the lifespan. Her treatments are healing-centered, education-forward, person-focused. This involves customized strategies that may begin with therapy and medication, and can involve holistic planning including nutrition and activity to treat the whole person. She aligns with the idea that Nursing is the facilitation of healing, and works to provide intervention, education, and advocacy. Dr. Tara Valenzuela believes psychiatric treatment allows a life worth living to be lived.
The treatment of addiction, anxiety, panic attacks, mood disorders, phobias, OCD, and ADHD are within her wheelhouse.
Dr. Tara Valenzuela DNP, PMHNP-BC. is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She treats mental health across the lifespan. Her treatments are healing-centered, education-forward, person-focused. This involves customized strategies that may begin with therapy and medication, and can involve holistic planning including nutrition and activity to treat the whole person. She aligns with the idea that Nursing is the facilitation of healing, and works to provide intervention, education, and advocacy. Dr. Tara Valenzuela believes psychiatric treatment allows a life worth living to be lived.
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Adrian Yepes
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, NP, PMHNP, MSN
Verified Verified
San Francisco, CA 94123
I am a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a background as a psychologist and advanced training from UCSF. I offer virtual and in-person visits for adults in California, providing psychiatric consultation, diagnostic evaluation, medication management, and psychotherapy. I specialize in treating a variety of mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, substance use, and bipolar disorder. My approach is compassionate and culturally sensitive, focusing on empowering you to take control of your mental health journey.
I am a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a background as a psychologist and advanced training from UCSF. I offer virtual and in-person visits for adults in California, providing psychiatric consultation, diagnostic evaluation, medication management, and psychotherapy. I specialize in treating a variety of mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, substance use, and bipolar disorder. My approach is compassionate and culturally sensitive, focusing on empowering you to take control of your mental health journey.
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Mental health evaluations and medication management for adults of all ages in California and Michigan. Whether you're feeling down, experiencing anxiety or anger, or having difficulty managing an overwhelming number of tasks, reaching out is the first step. I focus on minimizing the use of medications and optimizing doses when used to get the most benefit with the least side effects.
Mental health evaluations and medication management for adults of all ages in California and Michigan. Whether you're feeling down, experiencing anxiety or anger, or having difficulty managing an overwhelming number of tasks, reaching out is the first step. I focus on minimizing the use of medications and optimizing doses when used to get the most benefit with the least side effects.
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NOW offering new blood-based and imaging tests for Alzheimer's disease. I can also help you with: Treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, compulsions, and trauma. Also, insomnia, chronic fatigue, inattention and lack of focus. Memory and other cognitive concerns, even when complicated by agitation. Overuse and dependence on habit-forming prescription and non-prescription substances. Workplace and family issues. Chronic pain. Nonresponse to medication and psychotherapies. I also have decades of experience treating severe mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder and psychosis in hospital, outpatient, and residential settings.
NOW offering new blood-based and imaging tests for Alzheimer's disease. I can also help you with: Treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, compulsions, and trauma. Also, insomnia, chronic fatigue, inattention and lack of focus. Memory and other cognitive concerns, even when complicated by agitation. Overuse and dependence on habit-forming prescription and non-prescription substances. Workplace and family issues. Chronic pain. Nonresponse to medication and psychotherapies. I also have decades of experience treating severe mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder and psychosis in hospital, outpatient, and residential settings.
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Pai Yeh 'art'
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNPBC
Verified Verified
San Francisco, CA 94111 (Online Only)
Art Yeh (pronounced "yay!") is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC). He has worked as a provider in a wide array of settings in different states. Art has done psychiatric consulting and specializes in many disorders including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorders, psychosis. He has worked telehealth treating clients across the lifespan. Art treats children, adolescents, adults and geriatric. Art has made himself a dynamic behavioral health provider by providing inpatient behavioral health services to adolescents, adults, and geriatric in 4 different states.
Art Yeh (pronounced "yay!") is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC). He has worked as a provider in a wide array of settings in different states. Art has done psychiatric consulting and specializes in many disorders including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorders, psychosis. He has worked telehealth treating clients across the lifespan. Art treats children, adolescents, adults and geriatric. Art has made himself a dynamic behavioral health provider by providing inpatient behavioral health services to adolescents, adults, and geriatric in 4 different states.
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Whether it's mood, anxiety, insomnia, memory, or performance, we can help! We work to optimize outcomes by day and night.
Over 10 years of proven expertise in performance psychiatry and sleep medicine. We take a holistic approach that allows us to fine tune psychological, biological, and lifestyle interventions to achieve peace, peak performance and longevity.
Whether it's mood, anxiety, insomnia, memory, or performance, we can help! We work to optimize outcomes by day and night.
Over 10 years of proven expertise in performance psychiatry and sleep medicine. We take a holistic approach that allows us to fine tune psychological, biological, and lifestyle interventions to achieve peace, peak performance and longevity.
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Dr. Ziad Ali helps adults and seniors with anxiety, mood disorders, and treatment-resistant mental illnesses. Dr. Ali adopts a patient-centered approach, emphasizing trust, open communication, and collaboration. By fostering a safe, non-judgmental environment, he encourages patients to share openly, allowing him to tailor treatments to their unique needs.
Dr. Ziad Ali helps adults and seniors with anxiety, mood disorders, and treatment-resistant mental illnesses. Dr. Ali adopts a patient-centered approach, emphasizing trust, open communication, and collaboration. By fostering a safe, non-judgmental environment, he encourages patients to share openly, allowing him to tailor treatments to their unique needs.
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I see people who have trouble in their love and work relationship who suffer from inhibition, anxiety and depression as well s neurotic disorder.
Mali Mann, MD is adult, adolescent and child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in Palo Alto and San Francisco California. After finishing her medical school, she finished her residency and child fellowship at University Rochester and Kanas. She finished adolescent Medicine fellowship at Stanford university Psychiatry Department. She completed her adult and child psychoanalytic training at San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. She is a faculty member and Training and supervising psychoanalyst, adult and child at SFCP. She is also an adjunct Clinical Professor at Stanford University, School of Medicine. She published "Psychoanalytic Aspect of Assisted reproductive Technology" and collection of her poetry.
I see people who have trouble in their love and work relationship who suffer from inhibition, anxiety and depression as well s neurotic disorder.
Mali Mann, MD is adult, adolescent and child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in Palo Alto and San Francisco California. After finishing her medical school, she finished her residency and child fellowship at University Rochester and Kanas. She finished adolescent Medicine fellowship at Stanford university Psychiatry Department. She completed her adult and child psychoanalytic training at San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. She is a faculty member and Training and supervising psychoanalyst, adult and child at SFCP. She is also an adjunct Clinical Professor at Stanford University, School of Medicine. She published "Psychoanalytic Aspect of Assisted reproductive Technology" and collection of her poetry.
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If you want to know your true-self, if you are curious about what built your personality and character, if you want to know where your depression and anxiety come from, if you wonder how you can be healthier and stronger, or if you are interested in what good life and good death are like, please meet me and talk with me. Share your daily life, thoughts and emotion with me. Let's find out your true self and let you be you. My goal is for you to love yourself as you are. That's the purpose of life. That makes your life a good life. That makes your death a good death. You deserve to be a better version of yourself everyday.
If you want to know your true-self, if you are curious about what built your personality and character, if you want to know where your depression and anxiety come from, if you wonder how you can be healthier and stronger, or if you are interested in what good life and good death are like, please meet me and talk with me. Share your daily life, thoughts and emotion with me. Let's find out your true self and let you be you. My goal is for you to love yourself as you are. That's the purpose of life. That makes your life a good life. That makes your death a good death. You deserve to be a better version of yourself everyday.
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Do you feel tired, down and unable to get through the day? Or do you feel anxious and restless all the time? Life doesn't have to feel that way. Don't let depression and anxiety ruin your day. Work with me so you can heal and to achieve happiness.
Do you feel tired, down and unable to get through the day? Or do you feel anxious and restless all the time? Life doesn't have to feel that way. Don't let depression and anxiety ruin your day. Work with me so you can heal and to achieve happiness.
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Expert in Mood Disorders, , Eating Disorders, ADHD, and Anxiety Disorders, and post partum/peripartum mental health.
PLEASE NOTE: WE DO NOT ACCEPT INSURANCE. Dr. Shivani Chmura is an expert in treating patients with an evidence based, compassionate approach. She also has extensive experience with medication management for eating disorders. Dr. Chmura is trained in both Child and Adolescent and Adult Psychiatry from UCSF and Stanford Universities. She uses a warm, holistic approach to treating every individual, couple, and family. Dr. Chmura is trained in a variety of therapeutic modalities, (CBT, DBT, Supportive). She is an expert on pharmacologic management for depression, anxiety, eating disorders, ADHD, and post-partum depression and anxiety.
Expert in Mood Disorders, , Eating Disorders, ADHD, and Anxiety Disorders, and post partum/peripartum mental health.
PLEASE NOTE: WE DO NOT ACCEPT INSURANCE. Dr. Shivani Chmura is an expert in treating patients with an evidence based, compassionate approach. She also has extensive experience with medication management for eating disorders. Dr. Chmura is trained in both Child and Adolescent and Adult Psychiatry from UCSF and Stanford Universities. She uses a warm, holistic approach to treating every individual, couple, and family. Dr. Chmura is trained in a variety of therapeutic modalities, (CBT, DBT, Supportive). She is an expert on pharmacologic management for depression, anxiety, eating disorders, ADHD, and post-partum depression and anxiety.
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Kenneth Saldua
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP, FNP
Verified Verified
San Jose, CA 95101 (Online Only)
Hello, my name is Kenneth and I am a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. I have extensive experience treating ADHD, depression, anxiety, trauma, and psychosis as well as personal experience with mental health challenges. I believe that building a strong foundation of trust between clinician and client is crucial and that combining a humanitarian approach with evidence-based practice leads to better outcomes. My goal is to provide safe, comprehensive, and goal-oriented clinical care.
Hello, my name is Kenneth and I am a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. I have extensive experience treating ADHD, depression, anxiety, trauma, and psychosis as well as personal experience with mental health challenges. I believe that building a strong foundation of trust between clinician and client is crucial and that combining a humanitarian approach with evidence-based practice leads to better outcomes. My goal is to provide safe, comprehensive, and goal-oriented clinical care.
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ACE Health and Wellness Solutions INC
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, DNP, PMHNP, BC
Verified Verified
Sacramento, CA 95829
Dr. Davina Uchegbu DNP is board-certified PMHNP. She began her career in healthcare over twenty years ago and brings in a vast wealth of knowledge in psychiatry and mental health, after devoting most of those years to acquiring advanced knowledge in mental health management.
Dr. Davina Uchegbu DNP is board-certified PMHNP. She began her career in healthcare over twenty years ago and brings in a vast wealth of knowledge in psychiatry and mental health, after devoting most of those years to acquiring advanced knowledge in mental health management.
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Anxiety Psychiatrists
What are the most common treatments for anxiety?
Talk therapy, particularly cognitive behavioral therapy, is the most common treatment for anxiety. Studies have shown it is equally effective as medication. Other popular forms of therapy are popular, depending on a patient’s experience. Exposure therapy, for instance, can be useful for people dealing with fears and phobias, or who have experienced traumatic events. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy may be useful for patients who need help with emotion regulation. Anxiolytic medications, like benzodiazepines, can also help with calming a person enough to focus on the skills they’ve learned, and physical exercise has been shown to help symptoms of anxiety across the board.
How long does therapy for anxiety take to work?
The amount of time needed to alleviate symptoms depends on the severity of a person’s condition. Some therapies may take 5-20 weekly sessions to show results. Anti-depressant medications typically take two to four weeks before a benefit is felt. Anti-anxiety medications are felt typically within 20-30 minutes. Medications are best used to offer a patient a better headspace in which to work on techniques learned in therapy. Exercise, improved sleep habits, and meditation are effective, but takes weeks or months to show results.
When should I seek treatment for anxiety?
Everyone feels anxious at times, but when anxiety causes disruption to your daily life, it may be time to seek help. Such disruption can be mental, physical, or both: having fear dominate your thoughts, avoiding situations or objects that bring on feelings of anxiety, or experiencing shortness of breath, sweating, dizziness, or panic attacks. When these symptoms are recurrent and distressing, it may be time to talk to someone.
How effective is treatment for anxiety?
Treatment for anxiety has been shown to be moderately to highly effective, according to a large body of psychology studies and analyses. For some people, treatment using CBT or exposure therapy alone is effective. Others respond best to a combination of medication and therapy.