Dr Zafar
Dr. Zafar is a US educated, trained, and double board certified psychiatrist. Prior to pursuing medicine, he has had a successful career in engineering, helping build complicated implantable defibrillators, pacemakers, and deep brain stimulators. Dr. Zafar believes that prescription of medications without an adequate understanding of the brain, often results in frustration and worsening of mental health.
Prior to pursuing medicine, he had a successful career in engineering, helping build complicated implantable defibrillators, pacemakers, and deep brain stimulators.
His approach to Psychiatry encompasses understanding your mental health and gaining insight into how your brain developed, and currently functions to define who you are as a child, sibling, partner, spouse, parent, grandparent. He understands the importance of your mental health is and its effects on your daily life and your loved ones.
First session
The initial session (or more) will be spent understanding you, your journey, and where you would like to see yourself in the coming years. PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING AT DR. ZAFAR'S CLINIC: 1. DUE TO HIS WORK WITH SOME GOVERNMENT LABOR AND WORK ENTITIES, WE DO NOT FILL OUT FMLA/SDI/ESA PAPERWORK DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR CONFLICT OF INTEREST. 2. UNLESS HE DECIDES OTHERWISE, WE TEST FOR ADHD BEFORE PRESCRIBING ANY STIMULANT MEDICATION.
Strengths
Listening to patients, understanding their priorities and, developing a stable therapeutic relationship.
Ideal clients
With Dr. Zafar only you are in the driving seat on the journey back to health and happiness - Dr. Zafar will help you navigate your way back to your best potential. However, to improve your chances of success, you must be willing to follow the navigation and put in the effort that will be required to regain mental health.
Treatment methods
Psychodynamic
In the true Freudian tradition, I develop a psychodynamic understanding of my patients over their medication management sessions. I use this understanding to optimize my brief office-visit talk-therapy and facilitate a therapeutic relationship.
Location
Virtual sessions