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Erin Benesch
Psychiatrist
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Irvine, CA 92612
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Dr. Erin Benesch is double Board Certified in Child & Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatry. She provides treatment for a wide range of complex mental health issues in children, adolescents and young adults using medications, psychotherapy, and other alternative modalities of treatment. Dr. Benesch believes in the optimization of medication management while minimizing polypharmacy and addictive medications. She strongly encourages comprehensive mental health treatment in a collaborative model with therapists practicing primary evidence-based intervention.
Dr. Benesch completed her adult psychiatry residency at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA Harbor), and completed further subspecialty fellowship training at UCLA Harbor. While at UCLA, Dr. Benesch had the opportunity to work with well known experts in the field of Adult and Child/Adolescent Psychiatry.
Dr. Benesch completed medical school with Dean’s List Honor and graduated in the top 10% of her class at Western University of Health Sciences. She completed her bachelor’s degree in Neurobiology and Behavior at University of California, Irvine.
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Finances
Insurance
- Aetna
- BHS | Behavioral Health Systems
- Blue Cross
- Blue Shield
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- CalOptima
- Cigna and Evernorth
- Elevance
- Humana
- Magellan
- Managed Health Network (MHN)
- Medi-Cal
- Medicare
- Molina Healthcare
- Optum
- Sentara Health Plans
- St. Joseph Hoag
- TRICARE
- United Medical Resources (UMR)
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
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Erin Benesch
Psychiatrist
Qualifications
- In Practice for 13 Years
- Board Certification by American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- UCLA , Psychiatry Residency Program , Graduated 2015
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Child
- Depression
- ADHD
Expertise
- Addiction
- Adoption
- Anxiety
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Developmental Disorders
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Family Conflict
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Intellectual Disability
- Life Transitions
- Medication Management
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Postpartum Depression
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Psychosis
- School Issues
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Teen Violence
- Testing and Evaluation
- Thinking Disorders
- Trauma and PTSD
- Treatment Resistant Depression
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
Age
Toddler ,
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Age
Toddler ,
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Psychodynamic
Location
Nearby Areas
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Erin Benesch
Psychiatrist