Lotus Behavioral Health - Washington, D.C.

Set between Lincoln Park and the Anacostia River of Washington D.C., Lotus Behavioral Health (AKA Lotus: The Center for Behavioral Health & Wellness) provides outpatient treatment to children, adolescents, and adults seeking mental health treatment. Conditions they treat include generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), separation anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), learning differences, oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), tic disorders, depression, bipolar disorder, brief psychotic disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and schizophrenia.

Lotus Behavioral Health has street parking and is 3 blocks from the Potomac Ave. Metro Station.

Treatment begins with a 90-minute diagnostic evaluation. To save time, clients or their parents can print and fill out the intake forms, which are listed on their website on the Patient Resources form.

Their psychiatrist-led team applies a wellness-based and evidence-based approach that emphasizes individual strengths through cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing, and medication management. They also use play therapy for treating children. For families, they include parent training and crisis intervention.

Lotus Behavioral Health uses OnPatient as a patient portal so clients can track their care during and after treatment.