What We Do

Sometimes medications are needed to treat brain based conditions that are not amenable to counseling or talk therapies. In addition, medication can be a tool to allow non-medical treatments a chance to work. Certain conditions when severe, prevent people from being able to use the treatments they need. Medication can ease the rigidity of thinking and diminish the depth of the hopelessness people feel which keeps them from making change.

For conditions that may be life-long, We also provide long term, ongoing management of medication; maintaining the safety and watching for any issues which may arise over time. Particularly for younger people, the evolving nature of their development often brings what were very successful treatments out of alignment. Managing medications over the long term involves both watchful waiting and knowing when and how to make changes.  Prior to prescribing medication, your tailored, individualized wellness plan may include:

• Nutritional Psychiatry and Brain Healthy Eating

• Genetic Testing

  • FDA Recommends testing Han Chinese, Thai, Phillipines, and Malaysian populations for HLA-B*1502 allele prior to initiating some psychiatric medications

• Psychological testing

• Emotional Support Animal

• Lab Tests

  • Vitamin Levels

    • Vitamin D, B12, B6, Zinc, Folate, Magnesium, Calcium, Phosphate

  • Iron Levels

  • Copper Levels

  • Glucose Studies

  • Thyroid Panel

  • Hormone Studies

    • Cortisol, Testosterone, Estrogen, FSH, LH

  • Complete Blood Count

  • Liver Function Panels

  • Kidney Function Panels

  • Urinalysis

• Blood Work

• EEG

• TMS

• ECT

• Imaging review (MRI, CT, XR, SPECT)

• Ophthalmoscope examination

• Complimentary and Alternative Medicine

• Integrative Medicine

Selecting the right kind of therapy for the right patient is one of our specialties:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

• Couples Therapy

• Family Counseling

• Mindfulness

• Sleep Hygiene

• Guided Meditation

• Family Systems Therapy

• Oncology Counseling

• Grief Counseling

Privacy and confidentiality are very important. 

• We are not an emergency care center. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, please call 911 immediately or go to the nearest hospital emergency room

• If you have an urgent concern, please call the office phone number @ 703.839.0143 and leave a message with our office manager.  You may also send an email to admin@dmvtreatment.com. Please be sure to state your chief concern and we will return your call as quickly as possible.

Metabolic Psychiatry combines the principles of biological psychiatry to optimize overall metabolic health by reducing inflammation and insulin resistance. We are gradually coming to understand that inflammation, oxidative stress, and insulin resistance may represent important root causes of many chronic brain illnesses, including many psychiatric disorders. Integration of this approach is an additional tool often overlooked in improving symptoms of depression, bipolar, anxiety, eating disorders and other brain health illnesses. This approach analyzes how nutrition affects brain metabolism, specifically focusing on reducing sugar, processed foods, and refined carbohydrates as a mechanism to improve mind and body health. 

There are many mental and emotional ramifications of living with and fighting cancer. Additionally, specialized review of drug-drug interactions is necessary to minimize adverse effects.  We specialize in helping cancer patients and survivors with psych oncology services:

• Family Counseling

• New Diagnosis

• Existing Diagnosis

• Grief Counseling

Second Opinions are a unique kind of consultation. We gather information not only from the patient and family, but also from the treatment team: current physicians, pharmacologist, current therapists (individual, group, family), school personnel., and additional supports. We also review all previous treatment records, testing reports, school assessments, and the like. Additional medical and psychological testing, as well as genetic testing, may be used to allow for greater clarity. The goal of a second opinion consultation is to identify why the current treatment is not working and come to the right diagnosis and treatment plan for your family member or yourself.

We also provide psychiatric consultation for:

• Transplant medicine

• Surgical Clearance

• Primary Care

• Psychologists