Very calm, collected, cool and thoughtful physician. Dedicated to excellence and patient care.read more

From the owner: We provide mental health services that are tailored to today's busy lifestyle. With evening and…read moreweekend appointment times as well as options for telepsychiatry, we hope to find a time that best fits your needs and availability. Dr. Cox is well practiced in mood and anxiety disorders of all types with specific proficiency in PTSD. That said, he is more than capable of diagnosing and treating a complete range of diagnoses. His experience with mental health goes beyond the clinical setting. Being that it has hit very close to home, he is dedicated to the most comprehensive treatment with a deep compassion and understanding with how mental health can affect lives. Whether you are altogether new to mental health or making a transition in providers, please call to discuss our options. We are here to help.

I come from a family of physicians in the DC area. My expectations of care are extremely high. The…read morereview above mine, written by a physician, hits the nail on the head when describing Dr. Plotnick as an "extremely skilled, compassionate clinician." In layman's terms, she is simply terrific. She listens to you and truly hears what you are saying, not what someone might project onto you or what a text book might say -- but what you are articulating, and feeling. She remembers what you told her long ago (about even the smallest things) and brings it all together, even when you may have missed it, or forgotten the moment until she reminds you. She will believe in you even when you're confronting times when you don't really believe in yourself. And she will help you become your own best champion. If you are a physician seeking a referral source, you will be hard pressed anywhere in the country to find a psychiatrist who will be as responsive, effective, insightful, and caring. She will help you get to the heart of the issues and coordinate seamlessly with you to provide your patient the care you would want for you own family. And nothing less. If you are a prospective patient feeling stuck in a specific facet of your life; need help sifting through muck from the past -- or present; want an opinion or clinician for very wise medication management; or are dealing with depression, anxiety, postpartum stress, marital conflict, or really anything else, you will be extremely lucky forever after to have landed in Dr. Plotnick's office or on her couch. For reference, the other physicians I use and swear by and can't say enough about in our area are Alan Pocinki (GP) and Brendan Burke (OB/GYN). Dr. Plotnick should be at the top of every physician and patient referral list. Five stars are not enough to sing her praises.

Dr. Edwig Plotnick has moved her psychotherapy & psychoanalysis practice to Silver Spring right by…read morethe metro. Dr. Plotnick is an outstanding psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychotherapist and consultant. I am a clinician myself - and, I have consulted with her on a number of cases. She is an extremely skilled, compassionate, clinician. I would not hesitate to refer anyone to her. She not only has a breathtaking grasp of clinical theory - she is very able to translate that into caring, effective and compassionate treatment. If I had a family member in need of treatment, she would be at the top of my list. It is a pleasure to give her my strongest endorsement.

I found Kaitlin Doyle to be a stellar therapist. She is extremely smart and caring, and she really…read morelistens. She offered me many great resources to help with my anxiety and was always "there" to me during these trying times. An amazingly good professional.

Michelle Collins therapeutically engaged me and my spouse. At the time I didn't recognize it…read morebecause of my inability to accept the faults of my relationship. More often than not people like to blame others when things are not going as good as one would like. Unfortunately, I have to apologize to you for being one of those persons for not recognizing all that she has done with and for me and Nick. Therapeutically, her guidance and support has allowed us to self reflect and get in the place of balance and peace in our marriage, in which I know would have been overlooked and neglected without your guidance. Again, I thank her and recognize her ability to reshape relationships threw encouraging us to work on ourselves, by guiding us to recognize individually what we contribute to where we are and where we want to be in partnership. Thank you, Cyndy

Don't know why people do not review psychiatrists, but guess I am one of the first to mention…read moreDoctor John S Daken. Takes his time to get to know you. I call him my "Robin Williams" to me being "Matt Damon" (hoping some get the "Good Will Hunting" reference. Will not just prescribe medicines, but ensure the meds he does prescribe make sense to you as well. Always calm and will take a call after hours If urgent. Easy to talk to and considerate and sincere and genuine. I have seen a lot of therapists and psychologists and psychiatrists. He is by far the best.

Doesn't really like prescribing meds. 10 months into a bad illness that interfered with my psych…read moremeds, he still refused to replace one med with another for the same symptoms. He had seen me go downhill mentally for three months by that time. Sent me out with no med change at our last appointment wanting to "talk about it" instead of medicating me. Three days later I had a seizure. Once I was out of the hospital my gp gave me the right med and within two weeks I was fine. Find a different psychiatrist. He might be okay as a talk therapist.

Dr. Chandra and her team are wonderful. I have worked with her for several years now to address…read moremultiple, complex health issues. She is extremely thorough, knowledgable, intelligent, compassionate, communicative, collaborative, and dedicated. She knows what she knows, but also knows what she doesn't know and can admit that. I tried a few different integrative doctors before I met with Dr. Chandra, but they either didn't have has much coverage as her, or they weren't collaborative partners in my health journey. There isn't an ounce of condescension in this office, which is refreshing. She hires the best people, too. They are intelligent, compassionate, strong, and dedicated, too. But most importantly, I'm able to function as a human being again, which is the best part. I continue to work with her to peel back the layers of onion that is my journey toward even better health. I'm very grateful for her and her team and I recommend her to everyone who doesn't know what in the world is going on with themselves. Our bodies are complicated, and they required a thorough, investigative approach to address as many sources of ill health instead of just covering up symptoms with a bandaid.

From the owner: We offer integrative psychiatry for those looking for a whole new approach, not just a new…read moreprescription. Our services include: Integrative Psychiatry, Functional Medicine Approaches, Neurofeedback, Neuromodulation, and qEEG Brain Mapping.

Contracted Covid on December 22. About 5 days in I started getting concerned and decided to call an…read moreambulance to take me to the hospital. Stayed most of the day there and before I left they gave me an anti viral drip which was to be followed up At Washington Adventist Hospital for 2 more days. On the 4th dayI got my appetite back. Ann Crystal and Brandy took great care of me and explained everything I needed to know. Thank you ladies for all you do. You have no idea what your true professionalism meant to me. Jim

Wow. Where do I start. This hospital ER I was in frequently for pain after a car accident…read more Eventually they saw me enough they must have labeled me a "pill seeker". I was in and out and got into it with a nurse after they tried to imply that I was there to get pills for the millionth time. They tell you to go to the ER if it's an emergency you know? And this is the treatment we get. I refused to take another pain pill to help the pain and thought they would help. I needed like Tordol and they kept asking me a million questions and paid no attention to my medication regimen. I was on A LOT of medications and was in the process of being ripped off all my meds. So I'm guessing I looked psychotic or like an addict. I don't get it. I was 16 years STONE COLD SOBER. I was looking for quality pain relief. The nurse blew up at me and never came back. I'm sure there are notes in my file now. And the fact that I'm bipolar in my file, I'm actually not after all these years. I'm guessing a lot of the medical staff thought I was just "mentally unstable" because I was labeled bipolar. They SWEAR they don't treat people with that label differently. It's a crock. So as I was in and out of the ER, a new psychiatrist was ripping me off psych meds that should have been tapered over 9 or more months. Then they stopped the Hydrocodone and Diazepam at pain management. The doctor I was seeing gave me 2 weeks supply. When I ran out I was cold turkeyed. NO ONE told me you cannot just stop pain meds and I didn't realize Diazepam is Valium. So I was ending up in the ER when my psychiatrist cut me off Klonopin. It was an emergency and again, I was treated like an addict and questions were asked like, "where is your doctor?" Like I remember exhibiting symptoms of AKATHISIA and I was screaming and crying and some nurse was just like "awe, poor baby, what's wrong?" NO ONE IN YOUR HOSPITAL EVER PICKED UP ON THE AKATHISIA I HAVE HAD FOR OVER 5 YEARS now! JUST NEGLIGENCE and MALPRACTICE from most of the ERs in the DMV area. If you're labeled bipolar, I noticed you are treated like you're mentally ill and the symptoms are psycho somatic. It's a nightmare what I've been through. NO ONE PICKED UP on the AKATHISIA. I paced and paced. I couldn't sit still. I couldn't calm down. The agitation was horrific. Just terror and torment. You all are supposed to HELP, not treat patients like trashy junkies! Especially when they say they have 16 YEARS STONE COLD SOBER! Wasn't looking to go to the street to get Klonopin. We came to you for help so many times just to get shit care where no one reviewed my meds or put together that I had in actuality been ripped off 9 meds by the time I ended up screaming and crying in your ER. Just negligent. Spend more time with your patients. I see the TikTok videos of nurses and doctors who think everyone is a stereotype. How they handle patients without a care in the world. Try Routine checks and actually talking to the patient. No one sat and listened to me. The ER system in the US is a tragedy unless you're a millionaire. You wonder why there are SO MANY one star reviews. And I've now seen videos of nurses doing things like saying "if you load the syringe like this, they won't get Akathisia." There are some sick people working in this industry who probably should have rethought the whole nursing or meds school. But that's what's expected every time I go to an ER around here. With things like a gallbladder they know what they are doing, but when it comes to psych meds, opioids, and Benzos, y'all are slow. Akathisia from withdrawals? Nope. Not even recognized by people who are supposedly trained medical professionals. Most of them have never heard of it. Real tired of people treating me like an active addict. Had another doctor while I stayed in the hospital at Holy Crap, they cut my Gabapentin dose from 1800 to 500mg. When the doctor finally showed up I was exhausted and was having Akathisia which they dismissed and didn't deal with properly. Sleeping medications were cut and I was given crap like Benadryl which did next to nothing. It was horrific. One nurse got on my case and when I told her I could go into withdrawals she just said "I know" and carried on. I was having a horrible time getting to sleep because it's the hospital and I wasn't given the proper meds. It was just a shitshow that seems to follow me everywhere I go. In May, we tried Suburban and the doctors there were clueless and made me wait hours to be seen!

I went to Dr Bloehm in 2023 for Ionic Foot Detox. He kept me waiting for 1/2 hour past my…read moreappointment time b/c he was with another patient. He could have set me up in 5 minutes. I had to micromanage him at every step. He didn't take any initiative to make me comfortable; I had to take some pillows from the waiting room myself.

Dr. Bloem seems to be a nice person. However, he was very pushy right away for me to do hormonal…read moretherapy not knowing what was causing me my full issues. When I told him I was not comfortable with taking hormones not fully knowing what was causing me all my symptoms he still insisted on hormones. I suspect he has a partnership with the pharmacy in his building. He had to look a lot of things up as we were talking about my labs to get more information as well. He also had another patient doing some type of treatment while I was there and he kept leaving the appt several times to check on him and would not come back for 20mins and longer. He was not experienced at all with placing a needle for EBOO therapy and stuck me several times. He was completely unorganized and had no nurse in person to assist. He seems to be more about profit. I was diagnosed with Lyme Disease caused from an immune system reaction to a steroid shot. He was only concerned about treating me with HORMONE REPLACEMENT and not getting to the real root cause of all my horrible issues. Beware.

Unprofessional psychiatrists, absolutely unhelpful, don't respect patient privacy and rights.read more

Dr. Walks is great! Highly recommend his practice to anyone seeking amazing mental health services…read more I have been coming to IHR for years

I was taken to Washington Adventist, and placed under the care of Dr. Cyril Hardy, for an emergency…read morepsychiatric evaluation in 2005. I remained in the ER for four hours, during which I was repeatedly asked questions like "Do you know what today's date is?" and "Do you know where you live?". None of the nurses or doctors attempted to have a normal conversation with me. After four bizarre hours I said something odd to my parents - but not to the staff - which was enough to get me committed to the psych ward against my will. Thus began a 7 day experience unlike anything I had experienced in my life. Dr. Hardy gave me a cocktail of powerful psychotropic drugs that make it difficult to remember every detail - but one thing I cannot forget: Immediately after getting admitted into the psych ward, I demanded to know why I was being held against my will. When staff refused to provide an explanation, I banged on the glass partition dividing the staff from the patients. Rather than coming into the ward to talk to me about my admission, or at least warning me of the consequences of continuing to ask for an explanation, two security staffers escorted me into a room and held me down while a third staffer injected me with a sedative-filled syringe. I am currently writing an article about my experience for MadInAmerica.com. If anyone has had a similar experience with Dr. Hardy at Washington Adventist's psych ward, please reach out to me: msimonson@madinamerica.com or 201-572-1030

Although Dr. Hardy is a gentleman, he is not unlike other doctors I've met. He was the only doctor…read moreaccepting new patients at the time and the wait to see him wasn't a month long. I didn't have much of a choice. I had see him once a month or every two months for 15 minutes. During these 15 minutes, he asks me how I'm doing. There is not much discussion. My previous doctor was extremely knowledgeable and informative, and would suggest certain techniques to ease my symptoms. He showed some concern, but not enough. Unfortunately, Dr. Hardy was not as helpful. I did not like coming in for 15 minutes and paying $20 each time just to get two prescription refills. He gave me only 2 weeks worth of prescription for Chicago. I don't think I can find a doctor within that amount of time, especially when my health insurance does not cover doctors in Chicago. I have little respect for doctors who are quick to write prescriptions for their patients. It shows lack of commitment and interest. However, there are some patients who are perfectly content with 10 - 15 minute "med checks". I'm not one of them.