Robert Levy, MD

  • 40 years of Experience
  • United States
  • Newton, Massachusetts

Specialties: ADHD, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Dissociative Disorders, Interpersonal Relationships, Marital / Premarital, Medication Management, Personality Disorders, Postpartum, Trauma / PTSD

Specialties

ADHD, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Dissociative Disorders, Interpersonal Relationships, Marital / Premarital, Medication Management, Personality Disorders, Postpartum, Trauma / PTSD

Languages

English

Age Group Focus

Adolescents, Adults, Seniors

Treatment Approaches

Behavioral, Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Evaluation/Diagnostic, Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP), Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Long-Term, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic, Psychopharmacology, Relational, Short-Term (Brief Treatment)

Issues

Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Dementia, Eating Disorders, Family Conflict, Life Transitions, OCD, Parenting, Phobias, Psychoses/Major Mental Illness, Psychosomatic, Self Abuse, Sleep or Insomnia, Asperger's

State License

Massachusetts

About Robert Levy

I am a board certified psychiatrist in the full time office practice of psychotherapy. My practice is entirely virtual (telepsychiatry), so i am able to work with clients residing anywhere in Massa chusetts. While I can and do prescribe medications, my major interest and success is in the area of insight oriented psychotherapy. Therefore all medication evaluation and management is always integrated into an ongoing psychotherapy. My approach is collaborative, and I tend to work with individuals and couples who are well educated, employed, and invested in understanding and modifying symptoms that are a source of significant emotional or interpersonal distress.

Because of the collaborative nature of the treatment process, patient engagement is high, and I tend to be an active participant in the treatment process.  Important issues, patterns, and problems (including problems in the treatment) are actively identified and resolved as the major goal of the treatment process. I am also available to do diagnostic and consultative work in cases where there have been treatment failures, or a lack of momentum and progress toward treatment goals and the resolution of problems and symptoms.

I am no longer a participating provider with any health insurance networks because of the medication-oriented bias health plans endorse.  I see all of my clients for one hour sessions each time we meet, which is the model most consistent with the challenging but rewarding process of using exploratory techniques in the service of making meaningful changes.  If medication is felt to be a helpful adjunct to this work, it is integrated into the treatment relationship.  

I have been doing exclusively telepsychistry since March 2020, and will continue this format for the foreseeable future. In most cases it has proven to be comparable to face to face treatment. 

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