Columbia Mental Health Alexandria

Columbia Mental Health Alexandria, set 25 minutes from the U.S. Capitol, treats adults, adolescents, and children with mental health, substance use, and eating disorders like anxiety, depression, ADHD, anger, grief and loss, trauma, mood disorders, alcohol use, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (AFRID), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), low self-esteem, stress, self-harm, children's learning deficits, and family conflict. They treat individuals as well as couples.

Their treatment methods include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), interpersonal therapy, exposure therapy, family therapy, family systems therapy, group therapy, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), mindfulness-based stress reduction, medication management, couples counseling, humanistic therapy, psychodynamic therapy, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and nutrition counseling. They use Spravato to assist in treating depression in cases when therapy isn't enough. Their blog includes information about conditions they treat and some of their recommendations.

Columbia Mental Health provides in-person and virtual therapy.

Clientele

Clients can register at Columbia Mental Health either through their website or a professional referral. Columbia Mental Health has providers who speak English, Amharic, Amharit, Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, French, Gujarati, Hausa, Hindi, Igbo, Marathi, Pharoes, Sindhi, Urdu, and Yoruba.

They provide specialized care to moms experiencing depression with their Perinatal Project.

They also specialize in treating stressors in kids, and they assess kids with behavioral issues like school avoidance, bullying, and oppositional defiance disorder (ODD).

Care Portal

Columbia Mental Health provides clients with the Valant MYIO portal to track their care.