Washington DC Office

What We Treat

At our clinic in Friendship Heights, conveniently located just one block from Bethesda/Chevy Chase, we treat patients for a variety of mental health issues including:

• Depression and
• Anxiety, including Generalized Anxiety (Excessive Worry), Social Anxiety, and Panic Disorder
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Substance Abuse and Anxiety
• Sleep Disorders
• Women’s Mental Health, including pregnancy and pre and post-partum issues
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Life Transition Challenges
• Panic Disorder
• Children and Adolescent Mental Health Disorders: including ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Behavioral Problems, Phobias, Social Anxiety, Generalized Anxiety, School Refusal and Selective Mutism.

Services

We provide the kind of treatment you need to help you achieve better mental health and emotional well-being. Our mental health services include:

• • Therapy
    • Individual Psychotherapy and Behavioral Therapy for Adults and Children
    • Group Therapy
    • Couples Therapy
    • Family Therapy
  • Psychiatric Medical Care
    • Evaluation, Assessment, and Diagnosis
    • Medication Evaluation and Ongoing Medication Management
  • Forensic Psychiatry for Adults and Children
  • Neuropsychological and Psychoeducational Testing/Evaluations
  • Admissions Testing and ADHD Testing
  • Intensive treatment for patients from out-of-town
  • Behavioral Sleep Medicine

Methods of Treatment

At our Washington office, our clinicians are specialists in a number of modalities, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERPT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). These therapies have been proven effective in helping patients make emotional progress and adopt healthier coping behaviors.

The behavioral approaches we use help our patients identify and stop the destructive behaviors and thought patterns that are at the root of many psychological and emotional problems. CBT has been proven to help many patients make noticeable progress in a fairly short amount of time. It is our goal to help each and every patient to deal with mental illness and emotional problems in an effective, empowering way so that they can live happier and more productive lives.

When medication is an appropriate treatment, Ross Center psychiatrists take care to balance effectiveness and safety, choosing those medications with the fewest side effects. Whether we recommend medication as an option by itself or used along with psychotherapy, we develop every treatment plan in conjunction with the patient.

Children’s Mental Health

Children struggling with anxiety, ADHD, phobias, behavioral problems and other mental health disorders can benefit greatly from our services. With help from our child psychiatrists and psychotherapists, our young patients in Washington DC can learn how to manage their anxious thoughts and behave in more appropriate ways. We teach parents the tools and techniques to best support their child and reinforce positive behaviors. Our goal with all of our children’s mental health services is to help your child achieve lasting change and better mental health for life.

Teens and young adults face their own unique set of challenges. Whether your teen is dealing with self-esteem issues, social anxiety, peer difficulties, anger management, family conflicts or problems at school, our empathetic clinicians can help. We give our young adult patients the skills they need for more effective communication and problem solving.

Insurance

Although most of our clinicians do not participate in any insurance plans, we will provide you with the necessary receipts to submit to your insurance provider to assist in reimbursement of out-of-network benefits. Two of our clinicians, Bianca Lerer and Barbra Waldfogel, do accept Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO Plans. Contact our office directly for more information.