My name is Vera Solovieva, I am an MD, Ph.D., Board Certified psychiatrist. I received my medical degree in Irkutsk, Russia in 1966 from the Irkutsk State Medical University. Before emigrating to the United States, I worked as a psychiatrist for 19 years. Upon coming to the US in 1994, I completed the Psychiatric Residency Program at the Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. I completed a fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in Bronx, NY. Psychiatry is my hobby and love. I speak 2 languages including English and Russian.

What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?

In our first session we introduce each other, discuss your problem, try to find reasons for its. Create a treatment plan, medications its benefits and side effects.

What treatment methods and tools do you utilize?

Usualy-psychotherapy the first, effective medication. If necessary I order neuropsychological evaluation, sleep study, consultation with a nutritionist, lab work, hormonal panel, lab work, consultation with a neurologist, MRI, EEG, EKG, consultation with a geneticist, etc. I give referrals for such studies. I collaborate with therapists who can provide DBT, EMDR. We have PCP in the clinic.

Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.

I have great experience in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses: anxiety, depression, panic attacks, insomnia, weight gain problems, multiple worries, mood swings, psychotic symptoms, anger spells, fatigue, and memory problems, substance abuse problems.

About Vera Solovieva