Psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and supportive therapy for adults, delivered by video wherever you are in Ballston.
Book an Appointment →Ballston runs on tight schedules. People move between apartment towers, the Metro platform, offices along Wilson and Fairfax Drive, and the shops at Ballston Quarter, often without a spare hour anywhere in the day. That is exactly why searching for a Ballston psychiatrist tends to stall out: the appointment you find is never at a time you can actually take.
Anh "Alice" Tran, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC, is a dual board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and family nurse practitioner licensed in Virginia. She treats adults 18 to 65. Most Ballston patients meet with her by secure video, which means a visit can fit into a lunch break instead of eating half a workday. For anyone who prefers to be in the same room, the office is a short drive out at 3060 Williams Drive, Suite 300, Fairfax, VA 22031, in Merrifield, with free parking on site.
Ballston is one of the densest professional pockets in Northern Virginia. Association staff, federal contractors, engineers at the Virginia Tech Research Center, university employees near Marymount, and a large share of parents with small children all share the same handful of blocks. The pressures that follow are specific.
Open floor plans, back-to-back meetings, and a culture where responsiveness is treated as a personality trait. Anxiety often shows up first as an inability to stop checking, then as trouble sleeping, then as dread on Sunday evening.
Daycare drop-off, two demanding jobs, and no local extended family. Parents in Ballston frequently describe running at full capacity with nothing left for the unexpected, which is not a scheduling problem so much as a sustainability one.
Plenty of adults here got through school and early career on raw effort. When responsibilities widen, the workarounds stop holding, and what looked like disorganization turns out to be untreated ADHD.
Thousands of neighbors within a few blocks and still very few people to call on a bad night. Turnover in Ballston is high, and friendships often leave with a lease.
Going back for a degree, moving from agency to industry, or leaving a role that no longer fits. Transitions like these can surface mood symptoms that were manageable when the routine was stable.
Late commutes, early standups, and a bedroom that faces a busy corridor. Chronic short sleep amplifies almost every other symptom, and it is one of the more treatable places to start.
Care is focused on adult psychiatry, with attention to how a condition actually shows up in daily life rather than only how it reads on a checklist.
Attention and focus. ADHD in adults, including people diagnosed as children who stopped treatment years ago and people evaluated for the first time in their thirties or forties. If you want a starting point before you book, the adult ADHD self-check is free to take.
Anxiety and related patterns. Generalized anxiety, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and the physical side of anxiety that sends people to urgent care convinced something is wrong with their heart. The GAD-7 screener can help you describe what you are experiencing.
Mood. Depression, including the version that still gets to work on time, along with bipolar disorder and grief that has settled in longer than expected. The PHQ-9 is available as well.
Trauma and stress. PTSD and trauma responses, including trauma that predates your time in Virginia entirely, plus burnout that has crossed from tired into clinically meaningful.
Sleep and reproductive mental health. Insomnia, and postpartum and perinatal mood changes, which come up often in a neighborhood with this many young families.
Psychiatric evaluation. The first appointment runs a full 60 minutes. That length is deliberate. It leaves room to hear the actual sequence of events: when the symptoms started, what was happening in your life at the time, what you have already tried, what your family history looks like, how you sleep, how you use caffeine and alcohol, and what a normal Tuesday feels like from the inside. Ballston patients often arrive with a diagnosis someone gave them quickly, years ago, in a fifteen minute visit. Part of the evaluation is checking whether that label still fits.
Medication management. If medication makes sense, the plan is explained in plain terms before anything is prescribed: what it is expected to do, roughly how long that takes, what side effects to watch for in the first two weeks, and what the exit plan looks like if it is not a fit. Doses are adjusted based on how you actually respond, not on a fixed protocol. Prescriptions go to whichever pharmacy is easiest for you, whether that is a counter inside Ballston Quarter or somewhere along Glebe Road. Controlled medications, including stimulants for ADHD, are handled according to Virginia requirements, which sometimes means an in-person visit at the Fairfax office.
Supportive therapy. Every follow-up includes real conversation, not just a symptom count and a refill. That might mean working through a decision about a job, naming a pattern you keep repeating, or planning how to protect sleep during a heavy stretch at work. When the situation calls for structured, longer-term therapy such as trauma processing or intensive CBT, Alice will say so and help you find a therapist, and she is glad to coordinate with clinicians you already see. More detail lives on the services page.
You will get intake paperwork ahead of time so the hour is not spent on forms. Fill in what you can and leave the rest; nothing is a test. Before the visit, coverage is verified so you know what you owe rather than finding out afterward.
For video visits, you click the link to doxy.me/alicetran a few minutes early. There is no app to download and no account to create. The first several minutes are just conversation. Alice will ask why now, because the timing of a decision to seek care usually says something useful. From there she works through symptoms, history, medical background, and current medications, then tells you what she is thinking and why. You will leave with a plan you agreed to, not one handed to you. Most people schedule their first follow-up two to four weeks out.
Telehealth is the main route, and for Ballston it is genuinely the more practical one. A 30 minute follow-up from your apartment or a booked room at work costs you 30 minutes, not an afternoon of parking, traffic on Route 50, and waiting rooms. Visits are secure and happen at doxy.me/alicetran.
In-person appointments are available in Fairfax at 3060 Williams Drive, Suite 300, roughly 20 to 30 minutes from Ballston depending on the hour, with free on-site parking. Some patients alternate: an in-person evaluation to start, then video for follow-ups. Either way you are seeing the same provider. You can read more about how virtual care works across the region on the Northern Virginia telehealth page.
You see Alice. Not a rotating panel, not whoever has an opening. Continuity matters in psychiatry because the useful information is often cumulative: how you responded to a dose change in March explains what to try in September.
Her training is unusual in a helpful way. Alice trained under psychiatrist Dr. Errol Segall, MD, who brings more than 50 years of clinical experience, and she holds dual board certification in psychiatric mental health and family practice. That family practice background means thyroid problems, anemia, sleep apnea, and medication interactions get considered rather than waved past, which matters when fatigue or brain fog is the main complaint.
Pricing is published and flat. Self-pay is $400 for the 60 minute initial visit, $200 for a 30 minute follow-up, and $250 for a 45 minute follow-up, with no membership fees and nothing hidden. Most major insurance plans are accepted, including Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, Medicare, and Medicaid, and coverage is checked before your first visit. See rates for current details, or read more about Alice.
Care is available fully in English or fully in Tiếng Việt, with no interpreter involved.
Ballston sits in the middle of a corridor, so patients often come from the neighborhoods on either side. Alice also sees adults across Arlington, including Clarendon, Virginia Square, and Rosslyn, as well as Falls Church, Fairfax, and Alexandria. Telehealth is available anywhere in Virginia. Neighborhood-specific pages for ADHD treatment and anxiety treatment in Arlington go deeper on those two areas.
No. The office is at 3060 Williams Drive, Suite 300, Fairfax, VA 22031, in the Merrifield area, with free on-site parking. Ballston is a community Alice serves, mostly through telehealth. If you would rather be seen face to face, you are welcome to drive out to Fairfax for your visits.
Yes, as long as you have a private space and a stable connection. Many Ballston patients use a booked conference room, a wellness room, or their car in the garage. Visits happen at doxy.me/alicetran, which opens in a browser with no app to install.
Yes, as long as you are 18 to 65. Alice treats adults only in that age range. Students often come in for attention concerns, sleep that has fallen apart, or anxiety that spikes around deadlines and exams.
New patients are typically seen within one to two weeks. No referral is needed. Regular hours are Monday through Thursday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Eastern, and evening or weekend times may be available on request.
The initial 60 minute visit is $400 self-pay. Follow-ups are $200 for 30 minutes or $250 for 45 minutes. There are no memberships and no hidden fees. Most major insurance plans are also accepted, including Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Not automatically. If something is working, the sensible move is usually to keep it and adjust around it. Alice will review what you have taken, what helped, what did not, and what side effects you noticed, then talk through options with you before anything changes.
Alice trained under psychiatrist Dr. Errol Segall, MD, who has more than 50 years of clinical experience. She is dual board-certified as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and a family nurse practitioner, and is licensed in Virginia.
Yes. Care can happen fully in English or fully in Tiếng Việt with no interpreter in the room. You can also switch between the two mid-sentence, which is how a lot of bilingual conversations actually go.
Appointments are scheduled one at a time rather than locked into a standing slot, so you can pick what fits each month. You can book online, or call or text (703) 791-9099 and we will find something workable.
No. This practice is not a crisis service and does not monitor messages around the clock. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, call or text 988, or go to the nearest emergency department.
More general questions are answered on the FAQ page.
Book online in a couple of minutes, or call or text (703) 791-9099 if you would rather ask a question first. New patients are usually seen within one to two weeks, no referral needed, and coverage is verified before you sit down. You can also email info@alicetrannp.com. If this is an emergency, call or text 988 instead.
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